There’s an interesting editorial in the Boston Herald today entitled, “State seeing double?”
The editorial talks about an economic development summit Governor Patrick sponsored earlier this week. One of the Governor’s plans is to create a new small-business loan program. But, as the Herald points out, there are already two other state programs doing the same thing.
The point of the editorial is that in these tough fiscal times, state government can’t afford to be duplicating its efforts. We need to take an inventory of existing state programs and overhaul them first before starting new initiatives.
I think that’s a good approach. Basically, we need to reset state government and take a fresh look at how we’re spending money, delivering services, etc. Having that sort of a master plan is critical if we’re going to come up with creative ways to get through this fiscal crisis.
What do you think? Please feel free to post a comment below to get the conversation started.
