Washington—Massachusetts bans businesses—but not unions—from making political contributions. Now, the Goldwater Institute is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to address this unfair double standard and level the campaign-finance playing field.

In Massachusetts, for-profit businesses cannot give money to political candidates, committees, and parties at all—not directly, and not indirectly through a political action committee. But unions—including unions from outside the state—can give up to $15,000 to a single candidate and can also create political action committees to give even more. That makes Massachusetts one of six states that ban businesses—but not unions—from giving to parties, committees, and candidates.

The Massachusetts legislature gained three new proponents of fiscal conservatism and common-sense government last week!

State Representative-Elect Norman Orrall (R-Lakeville)

State Representative-Elect Alyson Sullivan (R-Abington)

State Representative-Elect Michael J. Soter (R-Bellingham)

Over the past several weeks, we’ve received many requests from media outlets and our members for our positions on the ballot questions. 

Questions 1 and 2 are both relevant to MassFiscal's mission, and our ability to execute them and our positions are stated below: