Connecticut Taxpayers were beaten up again this week. The Yankee Institute for Public Policy reported on two massive losses for Connecticut Taxpayers which added up to $41.2 million dollars in lost money.
First was a state audit that found the problematic Department of Economic and Community Development forgave or modified state loans to companies totaling
$23.6 million and awarding $16 million in excess assistance through the
ill fated First Five Plus program. There seems to be a constant theme in the Department of Economic and Community Development of a lack of oversight, whistle blower complaints and most importantly a massive waste of Connecticut Taxpayers monies in trying to create a handful of what seems to be jobs that are non existent and or politically connected. Why this Department still operates is beyond me.
The second waste of Connecticut Taxpayers monies occurred when the Department of Corrections in an audited example of 678 cases by 10 employees that they did not have 659 out of 678 approved union leave forms on file, accounting for 5,164 hours of paid time off. For two employees the result was in 230 and 404 days of consecutive leave in each case. The total waste to Connecticut Taxpayers was a mere $2.2 million dollars. Apparently the Department of Corrections does not wish to follow rules and laws in granting this union leave.
These two audited examples account for a mere $41.2 million dollars in wasted monies. And I will continue to remind you that Connecticut has $140 billion dollars worth of short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities that is ignored on a daily basis by the Connecticut Democrat Party. It seems to follow a very familiar pattern here in Connecticut state unions are given anything they want disregarding rules and laws while political connected corporate welfare marches on unabated and unchecked.
Thus Connecticut Taxpayers monies continue to be wasted. State audits and auditors are ignored. Laws and rules governing state agencies are ignored. The waste seems to be endless in our state government. And the lack of respect shown to Connecticut Taxpayers by the Connecticut Democrat Party continues.
Here is a thought. The $41.2 million dollars is probably a small portion of the massive amount of waste that occurs daily in state government. The $41.2 million dollars that was wasted in these two examples could have fixed and repaired a great deal of our roads and bridges in the state (without tolls).
How much waste of Connecticut Taxpayers monies is taking place on a daily basis? $1 billion dollars a year? $2 billion dollars a year? Pick a number? Who knows? A full forensic audit of our entire state government is needed immediately.
We do know that the Connecticut Democrat Party does seem to care nor worry about laws or audits in the state when it comes to accounting for Connecticut Taxpayers monies. The waste continues day in and day out, year in and year out. It is never ending.
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Saturday, March 07, 2020
Saturday, February 29, 2020
The Failures Of More Taxes In Connecticut
It is economically irrational to believe that new and or increased taxes will resolve any existing problems in the state of Connecticut.
For example, tolls and the supposed revenue that will be gained from them will repair the state's road and highway system. There is already in place a fund and specific taxes that should be used for this but is moved in to the state's general fund for spending elsewhere. Tolls will only raise the cost of living in Connecticut.
Another example is a 35% excise tax on all ammunition sold in Connecticut in order to deter the use of guns and thus reduce violence, crime and murders in the state. There are many fallacies to this tax as in my opinion and the opinion of many others all the tax will do is penalize law abiding citizens who hunt and use guns for target shooting, etc. in a legal manner. A hardened criminal will continue to obtain guns and ammunition in usually illegal manners in order to rob someone, rob a business and or murder someone. Since Connecticut has created more and more laws to encourage illegal actions and behaviors it should be no surprise that there has been a massive increase in crime over the past few years. The death penalty has been eliminated in the state thus that law gets criminals off the hook and they are now supported for the rest of their lives by legal Connecticut Taxpayers in prison. For the most part these criminals are not reformed by being sentenced to life in prison. And what happened to the right of those individuals who they hurt, maimed and or killed? Obviously their rights do not matter to the Connecticut Democrat Party. Nor will a 35% tax on ammunition deter criminals either, it is just another failure of Connecticut's Utopian liberalism when it comes to treating those violent criminals that roam our state especially our decaying cities.
More, new and or higher taxes serve no purpose other than to fuel the wasteful spending that we see in Hartford on a daily basis.
More, new and or higher taxes serve no purpose other than to keep a ruling Connecticut Democrat elite in power.
More, new and or higher taxes serve no purpose other than to keep Connecticut in an economic recession that the state can never get out of.
More, new and or higher taxes serve no purpose other than to keep a bloated bureaucracy operational to suffice the needs of a failed political nepotism system that is constantly propped up by these taxes.
More, new and or higher taxes fail Connecticut on a daily basis.
Enough is enough.
For example, tolls and the supposed revenue that will be gained from them will repair the state's road and highway system. There is already in place a fund and specific taxes that should be used for this but is moved in to the state's general fund for spending elsewhere. Tolls will only raise the cost of living in Connecticut.
Another example is a 35% excise tax on all ammunition sold in Connecticut in order to deter the use of guns and thus reduce violence, crime and murders in the state. There are many fallacies to this tax as in my opinion and the opinion of many others all the tax will do is penalize law abiding citizens who hunt and use guns for target shooting, etc. in a legal manner. A hardened criminal will continue to obtain guns and ammunition in usually illegal manners in order to rob someone, rob a business and or murder someone. Since Connecticut has created more and more laws to encourage illegal actions and behaviors it should be no surprise that there has been a massive increase in crime over the past few years. The death penalty has been eliminated in the state thus that law gets criminals off the hook and they are now supported for the rest of their lives by legal Connecticut Taxpayers in prison. For the most part these criminals are not reformed by being sentenced to life in prison. And what happened to the right of those individuals who they hurt, maimed and or killed? Obviously their rights do not matter to the Connecticut Democrat Party. Nor will a 35% tax on ammunition deter criminals either, it is just another failure of Connecticut's Utopian liberalism when it comes to treating those violent criminals that roam our state especially our decaying cities.
More, new and or higher taxes serve no purpose other than to fuel the wasteful spending that we see in Hartford on a daily basis.
More, new and or higher taxes serve no purpose other than to keep a ruling Connecticut Democrat elite in power.
More, new and or higher taxes serve no purpose other than to keep Connecticut in an economic recession that the state can never get out of.
More, new and or higher taxes serve no purpose other than to keep a bloated bureaucracy operational to suffice the needs of a failed political nepotism system that is constantly propped up by these taxes.
More, new and or higher taxes fail Connecticut on a daily basis.
Enough is enough.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Connecticut Still Needs To Cut Spending
No Tolls was heard loud and clear by a bunch of scared and frightened Connecticut Democrat legislators who feared for their political lives this past week in Hartford. The Connecticut Republican Party at the same time decided enough was enough and broke out of their political hibernation and decided they would read each word of the political pork toll bill in session and stage a 30 hour filibuster on the bill to stop it. The Connecticut Democrat Party became outraged by this action realizing that a majority of legal taxpayers in the state were against tolls. They expected to ram these new "user fee tax tolls" with ease as they rammed massive tax increases on the state for years now. The new toll bill would in my opinion quickly spiral into massive tolls on all vehicles with a high per mile "user fee tax tolls" implemented on all drivers in the state. The money from these "user fee tax tolls" we all know would not go to fix and or repair our bridges, roads and highways, it would find its way into the general fund. Therefore we would continue to see massive budget deficits each year, an increasing $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities and no repairs done to the road system.
It is ironic that the state actually has a transportation fund that if it wasn't raided yearly by the Connecticut Democrat Party would pay for the upkeep and repairs to our bridge and road system. It is also ironic that if the state cut spending across the board from 2 to 5% there would be more than enough money to pay for the upkeep and repairs to our bridge and road system. It is also ironic that Governor Lamont illegally held up municipal aid to our towns and cities in order to get his failed tolls system passed. Now the money gets freed up nine months late in violation of the passed state budget and the state constitution. Sickening to say the least.
Connecticut really needs to cuts its spending. It can no longer afford its overpaid Commissioners and political high and mid level managers any more. There is no checks and balances in our government that oversee wasteful and fraudulent state spending, corporate welfare and or failed state programs that do nothing for the state except waste legal Connecticut Taxpayers monies. Programs remain funded that offer nothing to the state. Political expedient state funded programs especially in the University system remain paid in full with no results except for keeping politcal appointments in a Taxpayer funded job for life.
Governor Lamont unfortunately really can not led the state as shown by his constant lies about tolls. How he ever made it in business is beyond me and many other legal Connecticut Taxpayers. And now is the time for the Connecticut Republican Party since they are awake to present on a daily basis areas to cut state spending, improve state government efficiencies and develop a plan to address the $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities. The time is now with this minor victory over tolls.
Make no mistake tolls will continue to be offered as the only alternative to repair the roads by the Connecticut Democrat Party. And make no mistake that if the state actually were to cut its wasteful and fraudulent spending, bridges and roads would be fixed while taxes would go down in both the short and long run along with a lowering of the state's massive debt.
It can be done. Connecticut can cut its spending and needs to start today.
It is ironic that the state actually has a transportation fund that if it wasn't raided yearly by the Connecticut Democrat Party would pay for the upkeep and repairs to our bridge and road system. It is also ironic that if the state cut spending across the board from 2 to 5% there would be more than enough money to pay for the upkeep and repairs to our bridge and road system. It is also ironic that Governor Lamont illegally held up municipal aid to our towns and cities in order to get his failed tolls system passed. Now the money gets freed up nine months late in violation of the passed state budget and the state constitution. Sickening to say the least.
Connecticut really needs to cuts its spending. It can no longer afford its overpaid Commissioners and political high and mid level managers any more. There is no checks and balances in our government that oversee wasteful and fraudulent state spending, corporate welfare and or failed state programs that do nothing for the state except waste legal Connecticut Taxpayers monies. Programs remain funded that offer nothing to the state. Political expedient state funded programs especially in the University system remain paid in full with no results except for keeping politcal appointments in a Taxpayer funded job for life.
Governor Lamont unfortunately really can not led the state as shown by his constant lies about tolls. How he ever made it in business is beyond me and many other legal Connecticut Taxpayers. And now is the time for the Connecticut Republican Party since they are awake to present on a daily basis areas to cut state spending, improve state government efficiencies and develop a plan to address the $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities. The time is now with this minor victory over tolls.
Make no mistake tolls will continue to be offered as the only alternative to repair the roads by the Connecticut Democrat Party. And make no mistake that if the state actually were to cut its wasteful and fraudulent spending, bridges and roads would be fixed while taxes would go down in both the short and long run along with a lowering of the state's massive debt.
It can be done. Connecticut can cut its spending and needs to start today.
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Why Cut Connecticut State Spending?
Why cut Connecticut state spending?
I mean why?
Why is it necessary?
Connecticut has only $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities. A staggering figure for a state as small as Connecticut. If the state does not spend its bloated budget for seven years straight it would pay off this debt but would not have one cent to feed the political trough known as our state government.
Connecticut continues to lag behind the rest of the country in economic development, economic growth, job creation, new business development and business friendliness along with having the highest property taxes and state taxes in the country. It continues to be a bottom five rank in most if not all economic categories.
Why cut Connecticut state spending?
I mean why?
Why is it necessary?
This short legislative session is more of the same increases in taxes, increases in spending along with new laws to take away legal Connecticut residents freedoms. The biggest new tax, a socialist's dream is the full implementation of tolls first for trucks and then for cars. The new toll tax will further cement Connecticut's economic nightmare of more population losses, more businesses moving out of state, more taxes and a much higher cost of living for the legal working middle class. The new toll tax should make Connecticut rank 50 out of 50 in all economic categories in the near future while doing nothing at all to repair or maintain the road system in the state. More lies by the Connecticut Democrat Party in the face of massive opposition to this new toll tax.
There is a simplistic solution to Connecticut's economic debt and chronic budget deficits.
Cut spending.
It is a simplistic approach that never is spoken in Hartford. An across the board cut in salaries, benefits and all state agencies budgets from 2% to 10%. There is no longer any justification for the excessive salaries, benefits and pensions that are being paid out to state commissioners and state union and management workers. As a taxpayer I can not see either efficiencies nor the value of overpaying these state workers? Have they streamlined any processes? Have they found ways to save money in their departments? Will any procedures be developed to make their departments more user friendly to Connecticut Taxpayers? Why are their budgets increased yearly? What are the economic justifications?
Instead we have more of the same inefficient, bloated state bureaucracy and political nepotism in place in our state government.
Cutting state spending and making state spending more efficient is critical to getting Connecticut back on track economically. However with the bunch of political losers and hacks who govern us we will never see it. Cutting state spending and making state spending more efficient would start to attract new businesses without state government corporate welfare that is so well known in Connecticut and does nothing to create jobs or tax revenues.
Connecticut Taxpayers need to demand cuts in spending in the areas that I stated earlier. It will be the only way for Connecticut to survive economically. By the way, NO TOLLS either. That is another lie force fed to us by the Connecticut Democrat Party.
Cut state spending today.
I mean why?
Why is it necessary?
Connecticut has only $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities. A staggering figure for a state as small as Connecticut. If the state does not spend its bloated budget for seven years straight it would pay off this debt but would not have one cent to feed the political trough known as our state government.
Connecticut continues to lag behind the rest of the country in economic development, economic growth, job creation, new business development and business friendliness along with having the highest property taxes and state taxes in the country. It continues to be a bottom five rank in most if not all economic categories.
Why cut Connecticut state spending?
I mean why?
Why is it necessary?
This short legislative session is more of the same increases in taxes, increases in spending along with new laws to take away legal Connecticut residents freedoms. The biggest new tax, a socialist's dream is the full implementation of tolls first for trucks and then for cars. The new toll tax will further cement Connecticut's economic nightmare of more population losses, more businesses moving out of state, more taxes and a much higher cost of living for the legal working middle class. The new toll tax should make Connecticut rank 50 out of 50 in all economic categories in the near future while doing nothing at all to repair or maintain the road system in the state. More lies by the Connecticut Democrat Party in the face of massive opposition to this new toll tax.
There is a simplistic solution to Connecticut's economic debt and chronic budget deficits.
Cut spending.
It is a simplistic approach that never is spoken in Hartford. An across the board cut in salaries, benefits and all state agencies budgets from 2% to 10%. There is no longer any justification for the excessive salaries, benefits and pensions that are being paid out to state commissioners and state union and management workers. As a taxpayer I can not see either efficiencies nor the value of overpaying these state workers? Have they streamlined any processes? Have they found ways to save money in their departments? Will any procedures be developed to make their departments more user friendly to Connecticut Taxpayers? Why are their budgets increased yearly? What are the economic justifications?
Instead we have more of the same inefficient, bloated state bureaucracy and political nepotism in place in our state government.
Cutting state spending and making state spending more efficient is critical to getting Connecticut back on track economically. However with the bunch of political losers and hacks who govern us we will never see it. Cutting state spending and making state spending more efficient would start to attract new businesses without state government corporate welfare that is so well known in Connecticut and does nothing to create jobs or tax revenues.
Connecticut Taxpayers need to demand cuts in spending in the areas that I stated earlier. It will be the only way for Connecticut to survive economically. By the way, NO TOLLS either. That is another lie force fed to us by the Connecticut Democrat Party.
Cut state spending today.
Saturday, February 01, 2020
Connecticut's Constant Debt
Lost is the euphoric conversations about the economic greatness of tolls is Connecticut's $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities especially pension liabilities. This $140 billion dollars of debt seems always to be ignored by the ruling elite of the Connecticut Democrat Party and by our biased state media. This current economically unsustainable budget has already $96 million dollars in deficits and we still can not get an answer from any elected official as to where and what the supposed $500 million dollars in cuts are coming from that were part of this current budget to help balance it.
I guess our state government is just based on lies.
Lies about tolls.
Lies about how much revenue will come from the banning of plastic bags and its tax.
Lies about the highest income earning Connecticut Taxpayers and the taxes they pay since they are moving out of state on a daily basis.
Lies about the net migration of population moving out of state and the economic impact it is having on the state.
Lies about about cutting spending.
Lies about how the last three largest tax increases in the state history over the past ten years still can not either address the $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities and or balance the current budget. All we have seen is the debt grow even higher and higher with no end in sight.
There is a simple politically unpopular solution to Connecticut's economic mess. Cut state spending. Cut the bloated salaries of the state commissioners and their budgets. Cut the ridiculous grandfathered pensions of a chosen few. Do more with less money as Connecticut Taxpayers must do on a daily basis to survive in this state.
Connecticut has constant debt that continues to erode our state's economic health and well being. Any way the Connecticut Democrat Party tries to sugarcoat it the problem is visible and horrific for the state.
However the upcoming short session of the state legislature will feature the desperate need for tolls and probably new and or higher taxes to address the budget deficit.
I guess our state government is just based on lies. Nothing really changes in Connecticut does it?
I guess our state government is just based on lies.
Lies about tolls.
Lies about how much revenue will come from the banning of plastic bags and its tax.
Lies about the highest income earning Connecticut Taxpayers and the taxes they pay since they are moving out of state on a daily basis.
Lies about the net migration of population moving out of state and the economic impact it is having on the state.
Lies about about cutting spending.
Lies about how the last three largest tax increases in the state history over the past ten years still can not either address the $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities and or balance the current budget. All we have seen is the debt grow even higher and higher with no end in sight.
There is a simple politically unpopular solution to Connecticut's economic mess. Cut state spending. Cut the bloated salaries of the state commissioners and their budgets. Cut the ridiculous grandfathered pensions of a chosen few. Do more with less money as Connecticut Taxpayers must do on a daily basis to survive in this state.
Connecticut has constant debt that continues to erode our state's economic health and well being. Any way the Connecticut Democrat Party tries to sugarcoat it the problem is visible and horrific for the state.
However the upcoming short session of the state legislature will feature the desperate need for tolls and probably new and or higher taxes to address the budget deficit.
I guess our state government is just based on lies. Nothing really changes in Connecticut does it?
Saturday, January 25, 2020
The Continuing Lies Of Connecticut's New Tolls
The continuing lies being told about Connecticut's new tolls truly astound me.
They are being called user fees. They are being called as the only way roads and bridges can be fixed. They are being called as a way to revitalize Connecticut's economy. They are being called as a way to improve train service so commuters can get into Grand Central Station ten minutes sooner. They are being called as a way to help create new unionized jobs. They are being called the greatest revenue producer since the ill fated state income tax.
These are all lies by the Connecticut Democrat Party.
All new tolls are a power grab to take more money out of Connecticut's economy to give to a bloated and inefficient state government that has failed miserably to address our failing state economy.
All new tolls help to satisfy the powerful union lobby in Hartford.
All new tolls help to further erode the state's struggling economy.
All new tolls help to increase the costs of living and to do business in the state.
All new tolls will be an economic disaster when revenues fail to match the state's overly optimistic projections of what they will bring in revenue.
There has been no transparency with the Connecticut Democrat Party's toll program. We really still have no idea how much they will be nor how much they will bring in revenue. We really don't know where the money is going to go to fix what roads and when.
And with these new tolls Connecticut will still have massive budget deficits.
And with these new tolls Connecticut will still have poor roads and bridges.
And with these new tolls Connecticut will still have over $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities.
And with these new tolls Connecticut will still have the same economic nightmare that has existed in the state since 1991 and the ill thought out Utopian state income tax.
What a waste of Connecticut's economic resources and its constant redistribution of income and wealth to the Connecticut Democrat Party and its political hacks.
Tolls will not solve anything in Connecticut.
The continuing lies about Connecticut's new tolls sicken me.
No Tolls.
They will not work. Cut spending instead. That always falls on deaf ears.
They are being called user fees. They are being called as the only way roads and bridges can be fixed. They are being called as a way to revitalize Connecticut's economy. They are being called as a way to improve train service so commuters can get into Grand Central Station ten minutes sooner. They are being called as a way to help create new unionized jobs. They are being called the greatest revenue producer since the ill fated state income tax.
These are all lies by the Connecticut Democrat Party.
All new tolls are a power grab to take more money out of Connecticut's economy to give to a bloated and inefficient state government that has failed miserably to address our failing state economy.
All new tolls help to satisfy the powerful union lobby in Hartford.
All new tolls help to further erode the state's struggling economy.
All new tolls help to increase the costs of living and to do business in the state.
All new tolls will be an economic disaster when revenues fail to match the state's overly optimistic projections of what they will bring in revenue.
There has been no transparency with the Connecticut Democrat Party's toll program. We really still have no idea how much they will be nor how much they will bring in revenue. We really don't know where the money is going to go to fix what roads and when.
And with these new tolls Connecticut will still have massive budget deficits.
And with these new tolls Connecticut will still have poor roads and bridges.
And with these new tolls Connecticut will still have over $140 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities.
And with these new tolls Connecticut will still have the same economic nightmare that has existed in the state since 1991 and the ill thought out Utopian state income tax.
What a waste of Connecticut's economic resources and its constant redistribution of income and wealth to the Connecticut Democrat Party and its political hacks.
Tolls will not solve anything in Connecticut.
The continuing lies about Connecticut's new tolls sicken me.
No Tolls.
They will not work. Cut spending instead. That always falls on deaf ears.
Saturday, January 04, 2020
Happy New Year Connecticut Taxpayers!
Happy New Year Connecticut Taxpayers!
Now get to work and pay your increased and new taxes of all shapes and sizes in the land of omnipotent one party Democrat rule Connecticut.
2020 is starting off like most of the past thirty years here in Connecticut with budget deficits, massive unfunded liabilities, massive short and long term debt, high taxes, a net migration of population moving out of the state, high business taxes, and one of poorest business climates in the country.
Connecticut continues to lag from the rest of the country in all things economy wise. And the economic debacle that continues in 2020 is the platform that the Connecticut Democrat Party will be running on for the General Assembly in 2020. A platform of more and higher taxes, tolls, and move out of the state if you don't like it.
Happy New Year Connecticut Taxpayers!
The state has again many economic issues to try to confront in the new decade.
How is the state going to pay for the $100 billion dollars in unfunded liabilities for state pensions and benefits?
How is the state going to pay for the $40 billion dollars in short and long term debt it has created?
Why is the 20% of the state budget going for salaries, benefits and pensions for roughly a half of per cent of the population?
What is the state doing to try to attract new businesses that provide jobs and pay taxes besides failed corporate welfare programs that Connecticut Taxpayers must pay for?
What is the state doing to find the $500 million dollars in savings that it was supposed to have in the current budget? There has been no discussion on this whatsoever?
What happened to the programs that have been moved off the state budget? How are they being funded and why were they hidden?
What causes more people to move out of our state every year? Why does anyone want to move into Connecticut? High taxes? Poor job prospects?
Happy New Year Connecticut Taxpayers!
What is the real plan to save Connecticut from economic ruin is the question every legal Connecticut Taxpayer should be asking its State Representatives and State Senators. Why are they doing to turn the state around if anything?
We have serious economic problems in 2020 here in Connecticut and they really need some answers by our highly paid state officials. In one of the greatest economic expansions in our nation's history it is pathetic to see how bad our state economy is. And the remaining legal Connecticut Voters and Taxpayers need their voices to be finally heard on November 3, 2020.
Now get to work and pay your increased and new taxes of all shapes and sizes in the land of omnipotent one party Democrat rule Connecticut.
2020 is starting off like most of the past thirty years here in Connecticut with budget deficits, massive unfunded liabilities, massive short and long term debt, high taxes, a net migration of population moving out of the state, high business taxes, and one of poorest business climates in the country.
Connecticut continues to lag from the rest of the country in all things economy wise. And the economic debacle that continues in 2020 is the platform that the Connecticut Democrat Party will be running on for the General Assembly in 2020. A platform of more and higher taxes, tolls, and move out of the state if you don't like it.
Happy New Year Connecticut Taxpayers!
The state has again many economic issues to try to confront in the new decade.
How is the state going to pay for the $100 billion dollars in unfunded liabilities for state pensions and benefits?
How is the state going to pay for the $40 billion dollars in short and long term debt it has created?
Why is the 20% of the state budget going for salaries, benefits and pensions for roughly a half of per cent of the population?
What is the state doing to try to attract new businesses that provide jobs and pay taxes besides failed corporate welfare programs that Connecticut Taxpayers must pay for?
What is the state doing to find the $500 million dollars in savings that it was supposed to have in the current budget? There has been no discussion on this whatsoever?
What happened to the programs that have been moved off the state budget? How are they being funded and why were they hidden?
What causes more people to move out of our state every year? Why does anyone want to move into Connecticut? High taxes? Poor job prospects?
Happy New Year Connecticut Taxpayers!
What is the real plan to save Connecticut from economic ruin is the question every legal Connecticut Taxpayer should be asking its State Representatives and State Senators. Why are they doing to turn the state around if anything?
We have serious economic problems in 2020 here in Connecticut and they really need some answers by our highly paid state officials. In one of the greatest economic expansions in our nation's history it is pathetic to see how bad our state economy is. And the remaining legal Connecticut Voters and Taxpayers need their voices to be finally heard on November 3, 2020.
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Governor Lamont-Connecticut's Can't Governor
Ned Lamont supposedly won the Connecticut Governor's race back in 2018. He helped the Connecticut Democrat Party by spending a huge amount of his money to help buy his way into office thus preserving the Connecticut Democrat Party's monies to help them buy their way into other state offices and races.
Although Ned Lamont had some political experience being a former Greenwich selectman and losing several races on both a state and federal level, he seems lost as Governor. He can't really do anything for the betterment of the state and its taxpayers. He apparently has surrounded himself with ineffective aides and commissioners along with flipping his positions numerous times on issues especially tolls. A grassroots organization called No Tolls Connecticut has taken down the Governor on the tolls issue showing the public that one can fight and win over Connecticut state government economic stupidity and nepotism. Lamont has catered to his liberal base while energizing moderate and conservative taxpayers to fight his ridiculous policies and ideas.
The can't Governor also does not realize the folly that Connecticut has become as far its catering to its superior political elite and ruling class. The recent reports that the state has $125 billion dollars in unfunded pension and pension benefits liabilities earned a collective yawn from the Connecticut Democrat Party and Lamont. The state now has depending on how one researches it (since it is very secretive information) roughly $160 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities including pensions. The can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party have not offered one bit of information as to where they are developing the $500 million dollars in budget savings that was included in this past partisan budget for the state. One could argue clearly that both revenue and savings estimates are no where near where they should be thus the state will once again have a massive budget deficit in January. Oh well the can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party will once again shrug it off and demand more taxes, tolls, etc. to balance the always unbalanced state budget.
I personally believe Connecticut voters and taxpayers are having the great awakening to the can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party. They are seeing the folly of their inability to lead and govern. They are seeing what a grassroots organization like No Tolls Connecticut is having on our elected officials. They are seeing the daily lies being force fed to them by a biased state media. And they are seeing people flee the state on a daily basis moving to lower taxed along with more personal freedom states such as Florida and Tennessee.
The can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party is starting to lose their ruthless grip on the state. The tide has turned. Years of economic inefficiencies along with a failed state command economy coupled with political corruption and nepotism has brought the state to its knees.
The Connecticut Taxpayer can't really take any more of our can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party.
Although Ned Lamont had some political experience being a former Greenwich selectman and losing several races on both a state and federal level, he seems lost as Governor. He can't really do anything for the betterment of the state and its taxpayers. He apparently has surrounded himself with ineffective aides and commissioners along with flipping his positions numerous times on issues especially tolls. A grassroots organization called No Tolls Connecticut has taken down the Governor on the tolls issue showing the public that one can fight and win over Connecticut state government economic stupidity and nepotism. Lamont has catered to his liberal base while energizing moderate and conservative taxpayers to fight his ridiculous policies and ideas.
The can't Governor also does not realize the folly that Connecticut has become as far its catering to its superior political elite and ruling class. The recent reports that the state has $125 billion dollars in unfunded pension and pension benefits liabilities earned a collective yawn from the Connecticut Democrat Party and Lamont. The state now has depending on how one researches it (since it is very secretive information) roughly $160 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities including pensions. The can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party have not offered one bit of information as to where they are developing the $500 million dollars in budget savings that was included in this past partisan budget for the state. One could argue clearly that both revenue and savings estimates are no where near where they should be thus the state will once again have a massive budget deficit in January. Oh well the can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party will once again shrug it off and demand more taxes, tolls, etc. to balance the always unbalanced state budget.
I personally believe Connecticut voters and taxpayers are having the great awakening to the can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party. They are seeing the folly of their inability to lead and govern. They are seeing what a grassroots organization like No Tolls Connecticut is having on our elected officials. They are seeing the daily lies being force fed to them by a biased state media. And they are seeing people flee the state on a daily basis moving to lower taxed along with more personal freedom states such as Florida and Tennessee.
The can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party is starting to lose their ruthless grip on the state. The tide has turned. Years of economic inefficiencies along with a failed state command economy coupled with political corruption and nepotism has brought the state to its knees.
The Connecticut Taxpayer can't really take any more of our can't Governor and the Connecticut Democrat Party.
Saturday, December 07, 2019
Connecticut The State That Can't
Connecticut to me does not seem to be the Constitution State any more with years of omnipotent one party rule.
Connecticut has turned into the Can't state.
It can't seem to cut state spending it can only only increase state spending.
It can't seem to cut state taxes it can only increase and create new taxes.
It can't seem to understand and utilize a lock box for transportation projects only lobby for tolls.
It can't seem to understand that the majority of those people who drive in Connecticut do not want tolls. No tolls must be constantly communicated to the Connecticut Democrat Party on a daily basis.
It can't seem to understand that withholding municipal aid to towns for snow removal because there are no toils in the state is both illegal and violates its own statutory budget it signed into law.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut has still not recovered from the recession of 2007-08.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut continues to lose high paying jobs since our taxes are so high.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut continues to lose business and industry since our taxes are so high.
It can't seem to understand that constitutional amendment to have a balanced budget it what that means not chronic budget deficits.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut has in excess of $160 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities and pension liabilities. There is no plan whatsoever to address this.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut government has no transparency.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut's State Treasurer is violating his office and breaking the law by divesting state investments from gun companies to make a political stand.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut's legal system has no transparency any more. Legal Connecticut citizens have little protection when their rights have been violated and or have been stolen from.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut government works only for a ruling political elite with pay for play in full display from the amount of corporate welfare that is given to certain businesses with ties to the Connecticut Democrat Party.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut is last in most economic categories in the country.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut is in poor economic and fiscal shape.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut's supposed leaders have failed miserably in providing any leadership whatsoever in dealing with the massive economic problems the state has.
Connecticut has turned into the Can't state. It Can't really do anything except protect its political ruling class and nurture the constant failure of its command state economy.
When will this economic madness end in Connecticut?
Connecticut has turned into the Can't state.
It can't seem to cut state spending it can only only increase state spending.
It can't seem to cut state taxes it can only increase and create new taxes.
It can't seem to understand and utilize a lock box for transportation projects only lobby for tolls.
It can't seem to understand that the majority of those people who drive in Connecticut do not want tolls. No tolls must be constantly communicated to the Connecticut Democrat Party on a daily basis.
It can't seem to understand that withholding municipal aid to towns for snow removal because there are no toils in the state is both illegal and violates its own statutory budget it signed into law.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut has still not recovered from the recession of 2007-08.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut continues to lose high paying jobs since our taxes are so high.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut continues to lose business and industry since our taxes are so high.
It can't seem to understand that constitutional amendment to have a balanced budget it what that means not chronic budget deficits.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut has in excess of $160 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities and pension liabilities. There is no plan whatsoever to address this.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut government has no transparency.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut's State Treasurer is violating his office and breaking the law by divesting state investments from gun companies to make a political stand.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut's legal system has no transparency any more. Legal Connecticut citizens have little protection when their rights have been violated and or have been stolen from.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut government works only for a ruling political elite with pay for play in full display from the amount of corporate welfare that is given to certain businesses with ties to the Connecticut Democrat Party.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut is last in most economic categories in the country.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut is in poor economic and fiscal shape.
It can't seem to understand that Connecticut's supposed leaders have failed miserably in providing any leadership whatsoever in dealing with the massive economic problems the state has.
Connecticut has turned into the Can't state. It Can't really do anything except protect its political ruling class and nurture the constant failure of its command state economy.
When will this economic madness end in Connecticut?
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Connecticut's Constant Tax Crisis-No Tolls
The Connecticut Democrat Party seems to be besides themselves in always trying to raise taxes and to protect their ruling elite in Hartford.
Their new toll tax manufactured crisis is yet another example of a crisis to help create new toll taxes and yet more prevailing wage and excessive cost construction jobs for the state unions.
Some Democrat Senators are truly concerned now for their campaigns and seats next November since a majority of legal Connecticut Taxpayers are against tolls and will vote them out of office. In my opinion they should be voted out of office anyways since they have done nothing for our state other than create an economic nightmare and constant recession.
We do not need a toll tax. The monies will not go to repairing bridges and roads. There will be constant cost overruns to these tolls. The costs of administering tolls to the state will be enormous.
We do not need tolls. We need a functional unbiased financial analysis of what roads and bridges need to be repaired and how much will it cost. We need a competitive bid process for these same projects not a group of Connecticut Democrat Party donors and or lobbyists getting the work. We need a definitive time table as to when it will be completed. We need the original transportation funds and gas taxes that were earmarked for these repairs to go back into the DOT budget and be used as such. We need a full forensic audit of the DOT and its spending. We need answers as to why our roads and bridges are in such a state of disrepair.
We can compare these possible new tolls taxes with the complete failures of the ten cent a bag plastic bag tax, the $12 per homeowners insurance tax for crumbling foundations, the dry cleaners surcharge tax and the upcoming sales tax on dry cleaning effective 1/1/2020, the $2 tax per tire for tire disposal when buying new tires, the secret roughly 25 cents per gallon gross earnings tax on each gallon of gasoline you buy, the $250 tax on all LLC's in the state to file a three line form with the Secretary of State's office, etc., etc. The list of these taxes is really endless. Toll taxes will be no different. And I am confident they will do little to improve our road and bridge system. And I am confident Connecticut's $100 billion dollars in long and short term debt along with unfunded liabilities will only grow even more in the near future.
It is time for Connecticut's ruling political elite to come up with a much different plan to provide Connecticut drivers a efficient, functional and safe road system with the monies they already have. The Connecticut Republican Party's new plan is a start. Connecticut Taxpayers need to be respected by Connecticut Democrat Party and its cronies.
No Tolls. No they will not work. Our ruling elite need to figure out a new plan that does not include new taxes or tolls. They need to do it today.
No Tolls
Their new toll tax manufactured crisis is yet another example of a crisis to help create new toll taxes and yet more prevailing wage and excessive cost construction jobs for the state unions.
Some Democrat Senators are truly concerned now for their campaigns and seats next November since a majority of legal Connecticut Taxpayers are against tolls and will vote them out of office. In my opinion they should be voted out of office anyways since they have done nothing for our state other than create an economic nightmare and constant recession.
We do not need a toll tax. The monies will not go to repairing bridges and roads. There will be constant cost overruns to these tolls. The costs of administering tolls to the state will be enormous.
We do not need tolls. We need a functional unbiased financial analysis of what roads and bridges need to be repaired and how much will it cost. We need a competitive bid process for these same projects not a group of Connecticut Democrat Party donors and or lobbyists getting the work. We need a definitive time table as to when it will be completed. We need the original transportation funds and gas taxes that were earmarked for these repairs to go back into the DOT budget and be used as such. We need a full forensic audit of the DOT and its spending. We need answers as to why our roads and bridges are in such a state of disrepair.
We can compare these possible new tolls taxes with the complete failures of the ten cent a bag plastic bag tax, the $12 per homeowners insurance tax for crumbling foundations, the dry cleaners surcharge tax and the upcoming sales tax on dry cleaning effective 1/1/2020, the $2 tax per tire for tire disposal when buying new tires, the secret roughly 25 cents per gallon gross earnings tax on each gallon of gasoline you buy, the $250 tax on all LLC's in the state to file a three line form with the Secretary of State's office, etc., etc. The list of these taxes is really endless. Toll taxes will be no different. And I am confident they will do little to improve our road and bridge system. And I am confident Connecticut's $100 billion dollars in long and short term debt along with unfunded liabilities will only grow even more in the near future.
It is time for Connecticut's ruling political elite to come up with a much different plan to provide Connecticut drivers a efficient, functional and safe road system with the monies they already have. The Connecticut Republican Party's new plan is a start. Connecticut Taxpayers need to be respected by Connecticut Democrat Party and its cronies.
No Tolls. No they will not work. Our ruling elite need to figure out a new plan that does not include new taxes or tolls. They need to do it today.
No Tolls
Friday, November 08, 2019
Tolls Are Taxes
I wonder what part of No Tolls doesn't Ned Lamont or the Connecticut Democrat Party understand?
I wonder what part of new tolls does not mean new taxes for Connecticut drivers, taxpayers and businesses?
I wonder what part of new tolls does not mean new higher transportation costs that will be passed on to all in our state economy thus increasing the cost of living?
I wonder what part of new tolls does not mean more Connecticut bureaucracy and high costs to run the already failed program?
I wonder why there is going to be a toll on a part of Interstate 684 that is not even in Connecticut?
I wonder how many drivers will use non toll roads in order to avoid these tolls?
I wonder how fast will toll revenues decline from their projections?
I wonder how many out-of-state drivers will ignore the toll notifications they will get from the State of Connecticut and not pay the toll?
I wonder how quickly the temporary tolls will increase in costs and become permanent?
I wonder also how quickly the toll money gets diverted to the State's General Fund to pay for state union and management salaries, benefits and pensions?
I wonder how long will it take to actually repair the major road and bridge projects that are being proposed to be fixed by the Governor?
I wonder how many cost overruns will occur when these projects are being worked on?
I wonder how much more money has to be spent because these repairs can only be done by unions with no competitive bidding and with a forced prevailing wage rate being paid?
I wonder what Democrat political appointee will run this already failing toll program?
I wonder how much he or she will be paid also and why such an excessive amount of salary?
I wonder why Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Democrat Party have such a dislike and disrespect for the Connecticut Taxpayer especially since there is such a great opposition to tolls?
The Connecticut Democrat Party will once again damage the state economy with their new toll tax.
And for those members of the Connecticut Democrat Party who vote for tolls, they will lose at the polls in November.
NO TOLLS.
I wonder what part of new tolls does not mean new taxes for Connecticut drivers, taxpayers and businesses?
I wonder what part of new tolls does not mean new higher transportation costs that will be passed on to all in our state economy thus increasing the cost of living?
I wonder what part of new tolls does not mean more Connecticut bureaucracy and high costs to run the already failed program?
I wonder why there is going to be a toll on a part of Interstate 684 that is not even in Connecticut?
I wonder how many drivers will use non toll roads in order to avoid these tolls?
I wonder how fast will toll revenues decline from their projections?
I wonder how many out-of-state drivers will ignore the toll notifications they will get from the State of Connecticut and not pay the toll?
I wonder how quickly the temporary tolls will increase in costs and become permanent?
I wonder also how quickly the toll money gets diverted to the State's General Fund to pay for state union and management salaries, benefits and pensions?
I wonder how long will it take to actually repair the major road and bridge projects that are being proposed to be fixed by the Governor?
I wonder how many cost overruns will occur when these projects are being worked on?
I wonder how much more money has to be spent because these repairs can only be done by unions with no competitive bidding and with a forced prevailing wage rate being paid?
I wonder what Democrat political appointee will run this already failing toll program?
I wonder how much he or she will be paid also and why such an excessive amount of salary?
I wonder why Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Democrat Party have such a dislike and disrespect for the Connecticut Taxpayer especially since there is such a great opposition to tolls?
The Connecticut Democrat Party will once again damage the state economy with their new toll tax.
And for those members of the Connecticut Democrat Party who vote for tolls, they will lose at the polls in November.
NO TOLLS.
Sunday, November 03, 2019
Connecticut's New Temporary Tolls Are Just New Taxes
What is a temporary toll? Here in Connecticut with a majority of drivers and businesses in opposition to tolls, 14 "temporary" tolls are now being introduced by our leaderless Governor Ned Lamont. The tolls are supposedly "temporary" in nature if one can understand the new complex program for approximately 20 years or until the time the state can pay back the Federal Transportation Administration for money borrowed to fix our failed highway, road and bridge system while making Metro North 15 minutes faster on some routes for their commuters. The state is going to borrow against future revenue streams claiming that there is no money as usual to pay for road repair.
That is what a "temporary" toll is going to look like in Connecticut. The tolls will be placed on most bridges making it close to impossible to avoid. Thus the Connecticut Democrat Party will have the best of all worlds with these new "temporary" tolls. The Connecticut Democrat Party gets a new tax in the form of a toll, gets to continue to divert road and highway funds to pay for state union and management salaries, benefits and pensions, and again like the state income make a "temporary" tax into a permanent one. The Connecticut Democrat Party economic reasoning defies any type of economic logic as these new toll taxes will only further the economic decline of the state.
New toll taxes will increase the cost of living in Connecticut as drivers must find this money from their personal budgets in order to drive to work daily.
New toll taxes will increase the cost of living in Connecticut as all deliveries will cost more and those increased costs of delivery for food, fuel and all essential goods and services get passed on to consumers in higher prices.
New toll taxes will increase the cost of living in Connecticut while not guaranteeing any roads or highways get repaired in the long run since there will not be enough money in the future since toll revenues will not meet estimates. Thus tolls will have to go up as usual to meet these inflated estimates. I am also confident that most of the repair work will have no bids involved and thus the costs to repair will be astronomical.
Governor Lamont took the easy way out and has offered an unrealistic solution to fix our state's road and highway problems. New toll taxes will increase the cost of living in Connecticut. The Connecticut Democrat Party gets what they want in new taxes so they can continue to tax and spend Connecticut into economic oblivion.
And once again legal Connecticut Taxpayers are ignored and shunned by our inept one party rule state government.
No Tolls.
That is what a "temporary" toll is going to look like in Connecticut. The tolls will be placed on most bridges making it close to impossible to avoid. Thus the Connecticut Democrat Party will have the best of all worlds with these new "temporary" tolls. The Connecticut Democrat Party gets a new tax in the form of a toll, gets to continue to divert road and highway funds to pay for state union and management salaries, benefits and pensions, and again like the state income make a "temporary" tax into a permanent one. The Connecticut Democrat Party economic reasoning defies any type of economic logic as these new toll taxes will only further the economic decline of the state.
New toll taxes will increase the cost of living in Connecticut as drivers must find this money from their personal budgets in order to drive to work daily.
New toll taxes will increase the cost of living in Connecticut as all deliveries will cost more and those increased costs of delivery for food, fuel and all essential goods and services get passed on to consumers in higher prices.
New toll taxes will increase the cost of living in Connecticut while not guaranteeing any roads or highways get repaired in the long run since there will not be enough money in the future since toll revenues will not meet estimates. Thus tolls will have to go up as usual to meet these inflated estimates. I am also confident that most of the repair work will have no bids involved and thus the costs to repair will be astronomical.
Governor Lamont took the easy way out and has offered an unrealistic solution to fix our state's road and highway problems. New toll taxes will increase the cost of living in Connecticut. The Connecticut Democrat Party gets what they want in new taxes so they can continue to tax and spend Connecticut into economic oblivion.
And once again legal Connecticut Taxpayers are ignored and shunned by our inept one party rule state government.
No Tolls.
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Connecticut's Constant Corruption
Connecticut's experiment with socialism has failed miserably. Corruption rules Connecticut.
Our state government and in particular the Connecticut Democrat Party enjoy taking our personal freedoms away along with nurturing their political nepotism, unyielding rule and abuse of power and laws.
Connecticut continues to be last or near last in many economic and business categories. This weeks failed socialist news items included Connecticut having the highest administrative costs of our road system in the country at a mere $32,508 per mile. Our highway system is the 44th worse in the country while spending $200,000 per mile it controls according to a new report issued by the Reason Foundation. It is always amusing when a report like this comes out our media does not report it nor is there any comment by the Connecticut Democrat Party on it. It is business as usual for Connecticut's socialism. The Connecticut Democrat Party want tolls now to apparently spend even more money to take care of the political operatives it has and continuing to provide horrific roads and bridges for Connecticut drivers. Why are our road costs so high? Where is the money going? Why isn't there a forensic audit to find out?
We also are viewing a massive scandal and misuse of Connecticut Taxpayers monies at the Connecticut Port Authority. Former Board Chairman Deputy Secretary of the State Scott Bates apparently used it as his own bank account hiring a friend for a no show $6500 a month job, hiring other friends and buying a board members daughter artwork for its offices. Connecticut Taxpayers question must be is why is Bates still the Deputy Secretary of the State in Connecticut? How is he not abusing that office? Why should there be any trust now in the Secretary of State's office with a person like this being the Deputy Secretary of the State with no reprimand whatsoever? It is again amusing when a report like this comes out our media does not report it nor is there any comment by the Connecticut Democrat Party on it. It is business as usual for Connecticut's socialism.
Ned Lamont claims transparency in his Administration. Where is the transparency in these two issues? Where is the justice? Why is Connecticut Taxpayers monies wasted in this manner?
Connecticut has $100 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities. It has some of the highest taxes in the country. And we continue to see issues of corruption literally on a daily basis.
The money that has been wasted on these two issues could go to lowering taxes on Connecticut businesses and residents. Instead we are force fed the same stale rhetoric. The lies of the Connecticut Democrat Party are tiring. We should not be a state with two sets of laws, one for the ruling political elite and one for the Connecticut Taxpayer who must foot this bill for constant corruption.
Our state government and in particular the Connecticut Democrat Party enjoy taking our personal freedoms away along with nurturing their political nepotism, unyielding rule and abuse of power and laws.
Connecticut continues to be last or near last in many economic and business categories. This weeks failed socialist news items included Connecticut having the highest administrative costs of our road system in the country at a mere $32,508 per mile. Our highway system is the 44th worse in the country while spending $200,000 per mile it controls according to a new report issued by the Reason Foundation. It is always amusing when a report like this comes out our media does not report it nor is there any comment by the Connecticut Democrat Party on it. It is business as usual for Connecticut's socialism. The Connecticut Democrat Party want tolls now to apparently spend even more money to take care of the political operatives it has and continuing to provide horrific roads and bridges for Connecticut drivers. Why are our road costs so high? Where is the money going? Why isn't there a forensic audit to find out?
We also are viewing a massive scandal and misuse of Connecticut Taxpayers monies at the Connecticut Port Authority. Former Board Chairman Deputy Secretary of the State Scott Bates apparently used it as his own bank account hiring a friend for a no show $6500 a month job, hiring other friends and buying a board members daughter artwork for its offices. Connecticut Taxpayers question must be is why is Bates still the Deputy Secretary of the State in Connecticut? How is he not abusing that office? Why should there be any trust now in the Secretary of State's office with a person like this being the Deputy Secretary of the State with no reprimand whatsoever? It is again amusing when a report like this comes out our media does not report it nor is there any comment by the Connecticut Democrat Party on it. It is business as usual for Connecticut's socialism.
Ned Lamont claims transparency in his Administration. Where is the transparency in these two issues? Where is the justice? Why is Connecticut Taxpayers monies wasted in this manner?
Connecticut has $100 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities. It has some of the highest taxes in the country. And we continue to see issues of corruption literally on a daily basis.
The money that has been wasted on these two issues could go to lowering taxes on Connecticut businesses and residents. Instead we are force fed the same stale rhetoric. The lies of the Connecticut Democrat Party are tiring. We should not be a state with two sets of laws, one for the ruling political elite and one for the Connecticut Taxpayer who must foot this bill for constant corruption.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Connecticut's New Unbalanced Budget
Connecticut has a new budget that is unbalanced. The smoke and mirrors of the budget afforded the usual political patronage pay outs and once again disrespected and insulted the legal Connecticut Taxpayers of the state.
In homage to the ruling political ruling class was the usual sneaking in of the following:
$46 million dollars in new wage increases to state employees.
An addition $2 million dollars in raises to Legislative staff members.
An impossible real time sales tax to paid immediately by Connecticut businesses to the Department of Revenue.
A new mansion and exit tax for those leaving the state.
New taxes on dry cleaning, a new 1% additional restaurant tax and sales tax on many other services.
Budget revenue being stated in the non existent $450 million dollars in state union employee contract savings. There has been no agreement to these give backs but yet were included as revenue in the new budget.
Estimated growth in tax revenues over 5% in the budget when they is no indication this will be forthcoming given the poor economic climate of Connecticut.
A raid of the special Transportation budget to de-fund it.
And the entire budget was a given a whole 24 hours to be voted on. Over $44 billion dollars worth of spending to be read and analyzed in 24 hours to decide the economic conditions for Connecticut for the next two years. In 24 hours.
The Connecticut Democrat Party budget once again makes a mockery of the state budget process and is hostile and unfair to legal Connecticut Taxpayers. It is an insult to our economic intelligence.
Sickening is another good word for this budget.
In a few months with a battle to ram tolls down our throats we will be hearing the familiar cry of lower than expected tax revenues along with a rapidly approaching $1 billion dollars budget deficit thus taxes will need to go up as fast as possible to cover this new deficit.
And the $100 billion dollars plus in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities will continue to grow along with the unrelenting increases in state employee union and management salaries, benefits and pensions for 2019-20.
The economic crisis continues unabated here in Connecticut thanks to our economically irrational and illiterate Governor Lamont and the Omnipotent Connecticut Democrat Party.
The legal Connecticut Taxpayer is damned.
In homage to the ruling political ruling class was the usual sneaking in of the following:
$46 million dollars in new wage increases to state employees.
An addition $2 million dollars in raises to Legislative staff members.
An impossible real time sales tax to paid immediately by Connecticut businesses to the Department of Revenue.
A new mansion and exit tax for those leaving the state.
New taxes on dry cleaning, a new 1% additional restaurant tax and sales tax on many other services.
Budget revenue being stated in the non existent $450 million dollars in state union employee contract savings. There has been no agreement to these give backs but yet were included as revenue in the new budget.
Estimated growth in tax revenues over 5% in the budget when they is no indication this will be forthcoming given the poor economic climate of Connecticut.
A raid of the special Transportation budget to de-fund it.
And the entire budget was a given a whole 24 hours to be voted on. Over $44 billion dollars worth of spending to be read and analyzed in 24 hours to decide the economic conditions for Connecticut for the next two years. In 24 hours.
The Connecticut Democrat Party budget once again makes a mockery of the state budget process and is hostile and unfair to legal Connecticut Taxpayers. It is an insult to our economic intelligence.
Sickening is another good word for this budget.
In a few months with a battle to ram tolls down our throats we will be hearing the familiar cry of lower than expected tax revenues along with a rapidly approaching $1 billion dollars budget deficit thus taxes will need to go up as fast as possible to cover this new deficit.
And the $100 billion dollars plus in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities will continue to grow along with the unrelenting increases in state employee union and management salaries, benefits and pensions for 2019-20.
The economic crisis continues unabated here in Connecticut thanks to our economically irrational and illiterate Governor Lamont and the Omnipotent Connecticut Democrat Party.
The legal Connecticut Taxpayer is damned.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
No Tolls For Connecticut
There should be no tolls in Connecticut.
The different costly studies and economically irrational plans have not stated how these tolls will relieve congestion on our highways nor work to repair and fix the decaying highway and bridge system in Connecticut. The toll plan is a fools dream, a commuters nightmare, an economic shock due to the higher costs of living in Connecticut that would be created from it and another economic insult to legal Connecticut Taxpayers.
There are many questions unanswered with the push for tolls.
These include the following:
How much will it actually cost to build these tolls?
How many tolls will there actually be? This number changes on a daily basis.
How much will the tolls actually cost and what is the theoretical discount for Connecticut drivers since supposedly our state highways have at all times 40% out of state drivers traveling on them?
What are the costs to actually run the toll program?
How much revenue will actually be brought in from the tolls?
What happens if revenues are low for the tolls? How much do the tolls go up to per mile?
Where does the money from tolls go to? Trains? State employee salaries, benefits and pensions? Will any money actually go to repair the crumbling state road and bridge system? (I personally doubt it)
Why has the Special Transportation Fund been drained each year since it was implemented? This years budget was no different.
Tolls will do the following:
Increase the costs of living in Connecticut as the costs of tolls will be passed on to all goods and services being offered, sold and delivered in the state.
Increase the costs of driving in Connecticut.
Create a new union bureaucracy with even more political patronage jobs with high salaries, benefits and pensions to run this program.
Toll monies will naturally be diverted from the repair of the crumbling state road and bridge system and be lumped into the general fund.
State jobs will open up mysteriously for all Democrat State Representatives and Senators who lose their election bids for voting for tolls in 2020 growing the states massive management and union payrolls which will further expand the state pension crisis.
Connecticut can ill afford tolls on top of the massive taxes Connecticut taxpayers must pay to work, operate a business and live in the state.
It is a bad economic idea that is being shoved down the throats of legal Connecticut Taxpayers.
No Tolls for Connecticut. It will make Connecticut dead last in all economic categories in our country. It is a horrific plan. End it today.
The different costly studies and economically irrational plans have not stated how these tolls will relieve congestion on our highways nor work to repair and fix the decaying highway and bridge system in Connecticut. The toll plan is a fools dream, a commuters nightmare, an economic shock due to the higher costs of living in Connecticut that would be created from it and another economic insult to legal Connecticut Taxpayers.
There are many questions unanswered with the push for tolls.
These include the following:
How much will it actually cost to build these tolls?
How many tolls will there actually be? This number changes on a daily basis.
How much will the tolls actually cost and what is the theoretical discount for Connecticut drivers since supposedly our state highways have at all times 40% out of state drivers traveling on them?
What are the costs to actually run the toll program?
How much revenue will actually be brought in from the tolls?
What happens if revenues are low for the tolls? How much do the tolls go up to per mile?
Where does the money from tolls go to? Trains? State employee salaries, benefits and pensions? Will any money actually go to repair the crumbling state road and bridge system? (I personally doubt it)
Why has the Special Transportation Fund been drained each year since it was implemented? This years budget was no different.
Tolls will do the following:
Increase the costs of living in Connecticut as the costs of tolls will be passed on to all goods and services being offered, sold and delivered in the state.
Increase the costs of driving in Connecticut.
Create a new union bureaucracy with even more political patronage jobs with high salaries, benefits and pensions to run this program.
Toll monies will naturally be diverted from the repair of the crumbling state road and bridge system and be lumped into the general fund.
State jobs will open up mysteriously for all Democrat State Representatives and Senators who lose their election bids for voting for tolls in 2020 growing the states massive management and union payrolls which will further expand the state pension crisis.
Connecticut can ill afford tolls on top of the massive taxes Connecticut taxpayers must pay to work, operate a business and live in the state.
It is a bad economic idea that is being shoved down the throats of legal Connecticut Taxpayers.
No Tolls for Connecticut. It will make Connecticut dead last in all economic categories in our country. It is a horrific plan. End it today.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Can Connecticut Cut State Spending?
The Connecticut Democrat Party seems to have a habitual spending problem. It can not, will not, must not nor it seems it ever will cut spending in Hartford. Spending each budget year must go up it can never go down. Tax revenues in the state continue to be unreliable as the net migration moving out continues daily along with businesses leaving the state thus lowering revenue. The few new jobs that are being developed are at much lower wages than previous jobs (for example the Amazon warehouse jobs). The progressive/socialist wing of the Connecticut Democrat Party seems to believe that higher taxes will make the state more fair and equitable to those in need. There is no mention by these same progressive/socialists of the Connecticut Democrat Party as to the excessive tax burden that the Connecticut working middle class must pay year in and year out.
The Connecticut Democrat Party new pitch is an additional 2% tax increase on Capital Gains. The claim is that these wealthy citizens who receive Capital Gains can afford to pay more in taxes since they are wealthy. How does the Connecticut Democrat Party define wealth? Unknown to anyone but themselves. The net impact of this yet new tax besides all of the other taxes they have proposed is to continue the net migration of population out of the state and to see yet even more businesses moving out of state. It seems to be a never ending cycle.
High taxes negate economic growth. However for the protected individuals of the Connecticut Democrat Party this scenario does not exist since they feed off the Connecticut Taxpayers never ending supply of money. Wealth formation is gained through the Connecticut Democrat Party and their deals and subsidies to those politically connected with them. Rules and laws do not apply to them.
Cutting the bloat of Connecticut state government would have been the first step in the road to economic recovery for the state. Why couldn't Governor Lamont instruct the "exceptional" newly appointed state commissioners that all received raises in their salaries to find a way to do more with less money by cutting spending in their agencies by 10%. This would have been a serious step in restoring the state's finances. But instead Connecticut Taxpayers are force fed the same stale rhetoric of new and higher taxes along with now tolls will once again solve all of the state's fiscal issues.
New taxes and tolls does not improve Connecticut.
It has not and it will not.
Cutting state spending fails always on deaf ears.
Connecticut Taxpayers must again be the serfs and economic slaves to the Connecticut Democrat Party.
Cut spending. No Tolls. Connecticut Taxpayers have had enough.
The Connecticut Democrat Party new pitch is an additional 2% tax increase on Capital Gains. The claim is that these wealthy citizens who receive Capital Gains can afford to pay more in taxes since they are wealthy. How does the Connecticut Democrat Party define wealth? Unknown to anyone but themselves. The net impact of this yet new tax besides all of the other taxes they have proposed is to continue the net migration of population out of the state and to see yet even more businesses moving out of state. It seems to be a never ending cycle.
High taxes negate economic growth. However for the protected individuals of the Connecticut Democrat Party this scenario does not exist since they feed off the Connecticut Taxpayers never ending supply of money. Wealth formation is gained through the Connecticut Democrat Party and their deals and subsidies to those politically connected with them. Rules and laws do not apply to them.
Cutting the bloat of Connecticut state government would have been the first step in the road to economic recovery for the state. Why couldn't Governor Lamont instruct the "exceptional" newly appointed state commissioners that all received raises in their salaries to find a way to do more with less money by cutting spending in their agencies by 10%. This would have been a serious step in restoring the state's finances. But instead Connecticut Taxpayers are force fed the same stale rhetoric of new and higher taxes along with now tolls will once again solve all of the state's fiscal issues.
New taxes and tolls does not improve Connecticut.
It has not and it will not.
Cutting state spending fails always on deaf ears.
Connecticut Taxpayers must again be the serfs and economic slaves to the Connecticut Democrat Party.
Cut spending. No Tolls. Connecticut Taxpayers have had enough.
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