[Stylo]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Democrats Pitch Dining Tax - Hartford Courant

That's ugly. Ultimately hurts restaurants, who don't exactly have it easy to begin with.

[BPt111]

No vote for budget on 18th

Some of the outstanding issues include an Education Cost Sharing formula, crumbling foundations, municipal oversight, sales taxes, and other revenue ideas.

“It is no secret that there is disagreement among Democrats on taxes and spending,” House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, said. “We want to pass a budget that does not include tax hikes, but preserves vital social services, and does not burden towns and cities. Republicans are willing to go forth with an up or down vote.”

"Aresimowicz said they’re trying to include more Republican proposals in their budget to see if they can’t get enough support for a bipartisan package, but he can’t say they’ve been able to reach a bipartisan agreement on much of anything yet."

"Aresimowicz said Democratic lawmakers in the House are still expected to come to Hartford July 18 for a caucus, but there won’t be any vote. They will go over budget proposals."

CT News Junkie | No Budget Vote On July 18

[Sigequinox]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Democrats Pitch Dining Tax - Hartford Courant

OMG, so brilliant only a hypereducated place like CT could even dream of such a creative, dynamic and sensible strategy to dig the state out of the steaming pile of maggot-infested feces for which it is currently bathing in! I need to meet this astute fella, so I can shake his hand and ask him just how it was even possible to think up such unadulterated brilliance.

If only the rest of these uneducated backwoods, redneck, sister-banging mongoloid populations that make up the rest of this country could be more like CT, the USA would rise from its weak, feeble, ungodly ashes and back into the center global stage where it once was. Please, please, please I beg of us conscientious liberals, allow for just one more eugenics movement so that we may replenish the human gene pool with our superior scholastic aptitude, our unwavering work ethic and our uninhibited sense of elitism. We need to move on from these petty issues of economic stability, the global spread of Islam, sociopaths developing intercontinental nuclear weapons and move on to the truly important things in life like gluten free transgender-sensitive fast food restaurants in The South.

[hartford_renter]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Democrats Pitch Dining Tax - Hartford Courant

How about the Democrats CUT SPENDING???

We spend 25% of the budget on health care to the poor and oodles more on welfare.

Make these people get jobs like the rest of society. We are done paying for the deadbeats

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by Sigequinox

OMG, so brilliant only a hypereducated place like CT could even dream of such a creative, dynamic and sensible strategy to dig the state out of the steaming pile of maggot-infested feces for which it is currently bathing in! I need to meet this astute fella, so I can shake his hand and ask him just how it was even possible to think up such unadulterated brilliance.

If only the rest of these uneducated backwoods, redneck, sister-banging mongoloid populations that make up the rest of this country could be more like CT, the USA would rise from its weak, feeble, ungodly ashes and back into the center global stage where it once was. Please, please, please I beg of us conscientious liberals, allow for just one more eugenics movement so that we may replenish the human gene pool with our superior scholastic aptitude, our unwavering work ethic and our uninhibited sense of elitism. We need to move on from these petty issues of economic stability, the global spread of Islam, sociopaths developing intercontinental nuclear weapons and move on to the truly important things in life like gluten free transgender-sensitive fast food restaurants in The South.

Fabulous post!

[Wilton2ParkAve]

Originally Posted by hartford_renter

How about the Democrats CUT SPENDING???

We spend 25% of the budget on health care to the poor and oodles more on welfare.

Make these people get jobs like the rest of society. We are done paying for the deadbeats

I hope most of you realize that there has been a complete balanced budget since early April from the House Republicans. They've called for majority leaders to call a vote but the Democrats are stonewalling. Let's review what is in the budget:

- NO tax or fee hikes of any sort
- Preserves all municipal aid while slightly increasing school funding for every town and city
- No shift to municipalities of teacher pensions

How is this financed -- $2 billion in savings on state labor-related costs and reducing the state workforce through attrition. Yes state workers will need to contribute more to pension and healthcare (we/taxpayers are not the safety net). DC plan for all new hires.

It's a sensible, rational, balanced budget. Would welcome discourse but there aren't a lot of holes to poke. All of us at C-D ought to be pushing centrist dems to bring a vote. Even Malloy admits that raising taxes is not an option.

[BPt111]

Originally Posted by hartford_renter

How about the Democrats CUT SPENDING???

We spend 25% of the budget on health care to the poor and oodles more on welfare.

Make these people get jobs like the rest of society. We are done paying for the deadbeats

Hartford going bankruptcy Waterbury and Bridgeport is on border line

[BPt111]

Malloy would cut town aid, early childhood education to patch budget hole

https://ctmirror.org/2017/07/14/mall...medium=twitter

Malloy recognizes his budget proposal is $121M out of balance

https://ctmirror.org/2017/07/13/mall...ut-of-balance/

[blakesq]

Its time to tax ourselves to prosperity, who's with me?

Originally Posted by BPt111

Malloy would cut town aid, early childhood education to patch budget hole

https://ctmirror.org/2017/07/14/mall...medium=twitter

Malloy recognizes his budget proposal is $121M out of balance

https://ctmirror.org/2017/07/13/mall...ut-of-balance/

[hvexpatinct]

They need to apply a stronger means test to early childhood education aid anyway. It does limited good in a town like Fairfield, but oodles of good in Waterbury or Torrington. It's attacking the root of the achievement gap.

I would far rather pay for that than for cosmetic orthodontia for kids of self employed parents who cook the books to get Husky eligibility.