[Stepfordct]

Originally Posted by mdovell

Florida has Disney. Without Disney Florida would easily need an income tax to stay afloat. Remember the space shuttle jobs lost? Imagine that ten fold.

As for Texas it has oil. Boom and bust is a fact of life there. Some of my family was there in the mid 80s and got out.

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-an...l-bust-houston

The two casinos pay about half of what Disney pays. However Florida is a much bigger state with much larger population.
Wish it were as simple as you make it out to be.
Because if so you would think the huge windfall from the casinos opening would have solved all our fiscal issues.

[ryanthegoldengod]

Once you get past the bottom of the barrel like Dominos or Pizza Hut or frozen pizza, is there even a "best" or just "slightly different".

I realize such a question will have me branded as a bottom feeding plebeian but I just don't see the dramatic differences others do. Pizza fanatics are even worse than cork sniffing wine connoisseurs!

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by ryanthegoldengod

Once you get past the bottom of the barrel like Dominos or Pizza Hut or frozen pizza, is there even a "best" or just "slightly different".

I realize such a question will have me branded as a bottom feeding plebeian but I just don't see the dramatic differences others do. Pizza fanatics are even worse than cork sniffing wine connoisseurs!

Of course. Tons of variation and huge differences.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by mdovell

Florida has Disney. Without Disney Florida would easily need an income tax to stay afloat. Remember the space shuttle jobs lost? Imagine that ten fold.

As for Texas it has oil. Boom and bust is a fact of life there. Some of my family was there in the mid 80s and got out.

https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-an...l-bust-houston

Huh? Disney barely pays enough to justify an income tax if they folded.

But let’s be real - Disney isn’t going anywhere. Their CEO, however, will be.

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Huh? Disney barely pays enough to justify an income tax if they folded.

But let’s be real - Disney isn’t going anywhere. Their CEO, however, will be.

Correct. They have put themselves in a bad spot, as now they need to back away gracefully and do nothing.

[JayCT]

Let’s return to the topic of the thread which is the 2022 election in Connecticut. JayCT, Moderator

[JayCT]

A new poll has Governor Lamont leading over presumed Republican challenger Bob Stefanowski by a LOT. Not surprising. Jay

https://westfaironline.com/147292/ne...a-second-term/

[RoundTableKnight]

It's not surprising one bit. Especially if Stefanowski is the nominee again. He stands about as much chance as Terryville's own Buddy the Beefalo.

[MikefromCT]

Originally Posted by JayCT

A new poll has Governor Lamont leading over presumed Republican challenger Bob Stefanowski by a LOT. Not surprising. Jay

https://westfaironline.com/147292/ne...a-second-term/

Not really all that surprising if you ask me. Much of this state is dyed in the wool blue just as many conservative states are dyed in the wool red, especially at the gubernatorial and federal level. Many voters in such states won't even consider the opponent no matter how valid their points are. That said, Stefanowski is not running a good campaign. Not once has he ran an ad that addresses the issue of crime, which like much of the country, has people on edge. And before anyone responds by saying that crime is down or that juvenile crime is exaggerated (both of which are false), most Americans are tired of reading about lawlessness becoming tolerated as though it were a form of reparation. That seems to be what's happening here, and I'm sick of it. If Bobby is serious about wooing voters, he better step it up. Fast.

[synchem]

Do you think they are pushing for Stefanowski to run because they don't want to "waste" a better candidate this go around? Lamont seems to be more liked now than he was during the previous election.