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Lawmakers should consider a tax cut package that “benefits the most vulnerable, improves our state’s competitiveness, and avoids unintended long-term consequences,” Evan Horowitz wrote

“Since we haven’t fixed anything, there’s no reason to think we’re going to have a different outcome...we’ll be underfunding moving forward because we weren’t able to agree on changes,” said Evan Horowitz.

NBC10 interviews cSPA's Evan Horowitz about the gig driver ballot question

Spend the same amount, get less stuff. That’s what we mean by inflation.

"I'm tempted to say this can't go on but I would have said the same thing three months or six months ago and been very, very wrong," said Evan Horowitz.

“Post-pandemic madness continues to reign over state tax revenues,” Horowitz said. "As a forecaster, it’s hard to stomach but there’s no question state finances are in very good shape.”

"When it feels like there’s more money than we know what to do with, it opens the door to bad policies," said Evan Horowitz, executive director of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University.

"A new report from Tufts University is urging lawmakers to take action on the classification of gig drivers before the November election, calling a ballot question that will go before voters 'unusual.'"

"Massachusetts voters go to the polls in November to decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers should be classified as independent contractors, but a new report suggests that might not be the final word on the issue."