And CT used to be like NH and have no income tax until 1991 when Lowell Weicker, a Yale Grad, go figure, proposed a “temporary” flat 6% income tax and dripped the sales tax from 8% to 4.25%. It was only supposed to be for 1 year. Hahaha...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2016/08/24/ctincometax/?sh=2b95112e4006
Not only was Lowell Weicker a Yale grad, he was a Republican.