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The “simplest approach,” cSPA Executive Director Evan Horowitz wrote, would be to give all taxpayers a one-time rebate, an option under consideration in 10 other states across the political spectrum.

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.

“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.”

"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.

"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.

"The cSPA report lays out options for lawmakers to consider if they want to intervene, including the possibility of the state overseeing a centralized benefit system for gig workers"