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NEW ENGLAND:
Big Dig debt gets deeper at $22 billion
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| July 17, 2008 Big Dig debt gets deeper at $22 billion
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(Latoyia Edwards, NECN: Boston, MA) - The Boston Globe has reported that the Big Dig debt will not be paid off until 2038 -- 30 years from now.
Taxpayers will be responsible for$18 billion of the $22 billion dollar debt stemming from the Big Dig.
About eighty-percent of state employees are paid on borrowed money due to this debt, making an employee who makes $18 an hour cost the state $28 an hour.
NECN's Latoyia Edwards has the report from Boston, MA.
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