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Drowning in debt, Connecticut faces budget crunch
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| August 23, 2017 | 7:28 AM
| Hillary Russ
Posted on 08/23/2017 5:59:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: SaveFerris
Letterman isn’t even in Tepper’s league. You have to report over $1 billion in gross income to pay $100 million in state income taxes in New Jersey!
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posted on
08/23/2017 6:42:18 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
To: Olog-hai
CT is probably small enough to build a wall around to keep folks from leaving.
Good practice for the south.
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posted on
08/23/2017 6:53:22 PM PDT
by
fruser1
To: Billthedrill
You want to see Civil War II really get started ?
Just wait for one of these liberal , bankrupt , out of control spending and taxing states pass laws for themselves to force other states to pay their bills, debts off, forced bailouts....
Don’t laugh it could happen.
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posted on
08/23/2017 6:55:03 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(Trump is the pawn and creation of the Media and Political Establishment)
To: ConservativeMind
Or they could just confiscate every subjects income for one year, yea that would work.
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McConnell must be voted out..
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posted on
08/23/2017 7:02:39 PM PDT
by
2001convSVT
(Going Galt as fast as I can.)
To: American Constitutionalist
Look for Connecticut to institute a $10-15/day ‘toll’ to travel from CT to NY and CT to MA.
To: Olog-hai
Connecticut needs to sell New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, and Willimantic to California, then the rest of the state would be Republican...
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posted on
08/23/2017 7:23:42 PM PDT
by
ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
To: Olog-hai
Those Indian Casino's really helped Connecticut and its Tax Problems.Oh!I forgot that the Former Governor of Connecticut Lowell Weiker screamed for an Income tax and our stupid legislators agreed to give it to him.That was also supposed to solve our budget problems.
The one thing they always failed to take into consideration was spending.
They spent like the money was never ending and the Democrats did everything they could to import third world parasites here who immediately went on the public dole.
Connecticut Taxpayers are Screwed.
Unfortunately,I'm one of them.
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posted on
08/23/2017 7:24:18 PM PDT
by
puppypusher
( The World is going to the dogs.)
To: Olog-hai
I think they should tax every liberal hedge fund manager at 90%.
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posted on
08/23/2017 7:27:12 PM PDT
by
Terry Mross
(Liver spots And blood thinners.)
To: neverevergiveup
I am so glad I don’t live in the Northeast States.
At one time one of our ex-Govs wanted to pass a law to tax those moving out of our state..
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posted on
08/23/2017 7:28:46 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(Trump is the pawn and creation of the Media and Political Establishment)
To: Olog-hai
I don't know about the history of their sales tax but there was a time not that long ago that CT had *no* income tax.While driving through Greenwich (which I do on occasion) I often wonder what the residents think of things...Bridgeport,for example.
To: puppypusher
Weiker screamed for an Income tax and our stupid legislators agreed to give it to him.That was also supposed to solve our budget problems. The one thing they always failed to take into consideration was spending. Every level of "government" is nothing but a jobs program for democRATs...funded by legalized theft.
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posted on
08/23/2017 7:41:40 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: ConservaTeen
Most of the towns on the Metro-North lines too, yes?
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posted on
08/23/2017 7:55:12 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: American Constitutionalist
Just wait for one of these liberal , bankrupt , out of control spending and taxing states pass laws for themselves to force other states to pay their bills, debts off, forced bailouts... Hah! Got that right. My first guess would be California, second guess Illinois. Both are in dire financial straits but Kali is piling it on with regard to pensions, the Train To Nowhere, and loose-cannon taxation policies. I could see them threatening to default on their bonds, expecting to be bailed out by a federal cash infusion because they're "Too Big To Fail". But under this President? Maybe not so much.
To: Olog-hai
I’m hoping that this year - local elections - will keep R in New Britain, Meriden, Bristol and put R in Manchester, Glastonbury, East Hartford and Mansfield (sure the last two... East Hartford is a D town,and Mansfield is a college town...)
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posted on
08/23/2017 8:31:29 PM PDT
by
ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
To: RetiredTexasVet
> Could pull a California and issue Chit-mans in lieu of cash/checks. <
Or they could pull an Illinois and stop paying lottery winners.
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posted on
08/23/2017 11:44:19 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: puppypusher
I was one of Tom Scott’s campaign volunteers. I was at Bushnell Park protesting the income tax. I knew it would be a death knell for Connecticut. I wanted Tom to win. He was great as a legislature.
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posted on
08/24/2017 5:27:50 AM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
To: Olog-hai
The shear economic genius of Democrats is mind boggling
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posted on
08/24/2017 6:27:11 AM PDT
by
okie 54
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
if the people vote for these politicos then they should have their taxes raised, and quite high, so they can make sure all their beloved teachers and other govt workers get to live on their fat pensions....
one must pay for what one wants....
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posted on
08/24/2017 11:04:41 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: Billthedrill
To big to fail when California wants to leave the Union ?
Their currentcy would be worthless compared to the USD..
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posted on
08/25/2017 11:15:35 PM PDT
by
American Constitutionalist
(Trump is the pawn and creation of the Media and Political Establishment)
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