[Mr_250]

Let me wrap my head around this. Currently we are 5 months into FY 2014-2015 and we already have a deficit of $80m? At the year ending FY 2014-2015 the projected deficit will be $1.4b?

[BPt111]

Originally Posted by Mr_250

Let me wrap my head around this. Currently we are 5 months into FY 2014-2015 and we already have a deficit of $80m? At the year ending FY 2014-2015 the projected deficit will be $1.4b?

almost 100m in deficit and toward end of next year into 2016 1.3 billlion or the billion deficit could come earlier than expected.

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by JayCT

till all this hinges on a do-nothing Congress that seems more bent on doing the exact opposite of what the President of wants than doing their job. Jay

Their job is just to be a rubber stamp?

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by HeadedWest

Their job is just to be a rubber stamp?

No, their job is to solve the problems of the country. If that means putting their egos aside and compromising rather than doing nothing, so be it. Of course they won't do that. Jay

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by JayCT

No, their job is to solve the problems of the country. If that means putting their egos aside and compromising rather than doing nothing, so be it. Of course they won't do that. Jay

In your opinion.

[hartford_renter]

Originally Posted by JayCT

No, their job is to solve the problems of the country. If that means putting their egos aside and compromising rather than doing nothing, so be it. Of course they won't do that. Jay

I think this is what most voters believe as well

However lets be honest about the history of state politics in CT over the past 10 years

We have had massive spending increases, in the past 4 years Malloy increased spending far outpacing inflation and has increased taxes by the most in state history.

Is this working together with both sides? and is this a compromising administration?

Malloy is charting a course to massive debt and massive taxes over hell and high water.

He is not a compromiser he is a spending & taxing psycho

[pickledpainter]

Government should not be a growth industry. Too bad 99% of those (s)elected think otherwise. That is why the taxpayers are over a log.

[Mr_250]

Colt will be out of the State in less than a year. They already built a new plant in Texas. Let's see if the Gov will save them.

Filing: Colt At Risk Of Defaulting On Loan - Hartford Courant

Gun sales have slowed a bit in 2014 after 2013 was a record year. A lot of people will not buy Colt because they are based in Connecticut. Colt is such a huge part of Connecticuts history and really made Hartford what it is. If Ct loses them it will be a sad day.

Say goodbye to a couple thousand jobs.

[bobtn]

Colt-Couple thousand-laughable. The entire industry has 2,200 Ct jobs, and 2%, Sturm Ruger hq jobs, has said they aren't moving, and those jobs are many times the median relatively low wage associated with gun manufacturing today.

If Colt goes, a few hundred of those low-paying jobs would go away. But the days of tens of thousands paid well at Remington Arms is decades in the past.

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by bobtn

Colt-Couple thousand-laughable. The entire industry has 2,200 Ct jobs, and 2%, Sturm Ruger hq jobs, has said they aren't moving, and those jobs are many times the median relatively low wage associated with gun manufacturing today.

I think I read that Colt jobs are high wage union jobs. Am I wrong about that?

Sturm, Ruger may not move headquarters, but they do much (most?) of their actual business in Arizona.