Stipend Reform

About this episode

This episode discusses the stipend system in Massachusetts and its implications with former state representatives Jay Kaufman and Jonathan Hecht.

Please donate to the show! This week, Incorruptible Mass takes a hard look at a uniquely Massachusetts practice: legislator stipends. We'll have a conversation with Jay Kaufman and Jonathan Hecht, a pair of former state representatives, about our current stipend system, how it's used as a tool for grift, and what we can do to put a stop to it. You’re listening to Incorruptible Mass. Our goal is to help people transform state politics: we investigate why it’s so broken, imagine what we could h...

People in this episode

Host: Anna Callahan

Guests: Jay Kaufman, Jonathan Hecht

Topics covered

• legislator stipends
• political reform
• government grift
• Massachusetts politics
• state representatives

Keywords

• stipend reform
• politics
• Massachusetts
• government
• grift
• state representatives

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Organizations: Incorruptible Mass

Places: Massachusetts

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