Those are Republicans!
"The state ended the 2016 fiscal year $1.5 billion in the hole and there is a predicted budget gap of $700 million as part of a $32 billion spending plan passed last month, though they have yet to agree on all the revenue needed to fund it. The credit agency Standard & Poor's said the state is undergoing a "multiyear financial erosion" and warned the commonwealth's credit rating could be downgraded if lawmakers do not act to resolve the revenue problem".
"The state ended the 2016 fiscal year $1.5 billion in the hole and there is a predicted budget gap of $700 million as part of a $32 billion spending plan passed last month, though they have yet to agree on all the revenue needed to fund it. The credit agency Standard & Poor's said the state is undergoing a "multiyear financial erosion" and warned the commonwealth's credit rating could be downgraded if lawmakers do not act to resolve the revenue problem".