[cinives]

gosh, it's really a surprise to any but Dims that taxes don't create jobs.

[KarlInOhio]

* Revenue from the income tax did not lead to property-tax relief -- between 1991 and 2003, Connecticut property-tax collections rose 19.8 percent.

Less than 20% increase in twelve years is pretty good. The taxes for my house went up by about 150% in the same period.

[johnny7]

But... but... what about all that gambling revenue and the cigarette tax windfall?!!

[2banana]

To see what outrageous taxes will do - look to Philadelphia - with the highest wage tax in the nation and has lost 50% of its population...

[TWohlford]

Instead of shifting a tax to a badly misguided sales tax (aka "FAIR" tax) how about simply downsizing the size of government, and making it more efficient?

[TChris]

I have an innovative and brilliant solution to Connecticut's woes: Cut Spending^TM

Now available from participating conservatives near you!

[D-Chivas]

How about imposing taxes on all internet transactions? That will surely balance the budget. Right?

Right???????

[Otho]

Before the income tax was adopted the CT sales tax was 7% and there was a stiff (up to 11% or so), discriminatory income tax on dividends and capital gains. After the general income tax on all income was passed the sales tax was reduced to 6%. The big winner with the income tax (maximum rate 4.5% at the time) was the politicians -- they had a vast honey pot of new money to spend. Another winner was those in lower Connecticut who worked in New York City. They already paid tax to New York State on earnings in NY, and that more than offset their CT income tax on those earnings. The CT tax on their dividends & capital gains dropped by more than half. The legislature repealed the tax but then-governor Weicker vetoed it and the veto couldn't be overridden.

[RaceBannon]

Trip down memory lane....