Democratic legislative leaders have joined Gov. Dannel Malloy and the GOP in calling for across-the-board budget cuts to deal with the budget deficit. All sides are now calling for spending cuts. Advocates are bracing for cuts to mental health services, cuts to schools, cuts to job training, cuts to hospitals, cuts to transportation, and cuts to aid for cities that will put overstretched agencies and programs at risk of catastrophe. To seriously close the budget gap, we need to look at more than spending cuts. We must rejuvenate our cities as centers of industry so that our economy can grow and our budget is less reliant on Fairfield County.
Alex Taubes
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Want to fix ailing CT economy? Focus help where it’s needed
Bipartisan talks on closing Connecticut’s budget deficit have begun. Gov. Dannel Malloy has proposed state employee layoffs and business tax cuts. Republicans, for their part, have been arguing for state employee labor concessions. But both sides are tinkering around the edges.
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Want to fix Connecticut’s economy? Pass property tax reform to help the cities
To help our cities create jobs, Connecticut must reform property taxes. It’s no coincidence that unemployment is highest in our cities where property taxes are highest.
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CT special session should strengthen,
CT special session should strengthen,
not weaken, progressive budget
General Electric and other major corporations have demanded these changes while threatening to leave our state. But the General Assembly shouldn’t do GE’s bidding. They should build on this year’s progress instead. To help everyone, including GE (despite what they say), the General Assembly should continue with property tax reform.