Massachusetts collected over $34 billion in 2021 alone. We can afford a few administrative staff to keep our state funded higher education institutions functioning properly. You want to find ways to balance the budget? Put a flat 1% tax on the gross incomes of the top 1% earning businesses and individuals in this state. Also.. it's time to tax all religious institutions. That will more than make up for any imaginary budget issue you've conjured up in your imagination.