… what we really looked at was, look, you know, you can raise taxes, you can lower spending, you could do some of each of those things, or the best. Absolutely. The best way to help pay the bills and bring in more revenue is not to raise tax rates, although I wanted a graduated system, but it's not to raise tax rates, but rather to grow the economy. I mean, that's really the best thing you can do. And you talked about Massachusetts investing in their tech economy and kind of jobs of the future. (22:59–23:11)
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Asserts that growing the economy is the best way to increase revenue without raising tax rates.
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