Just think how great our kids would learn in this school. Oh, by the way, the only factor ever proved to improve kids’ learning, is Mom. Yes, this is the same state that just gave out vouchers (IOUs) to state employees. With 9$B in debt and the highest taxes in the country, don’t laugh...
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Every year, the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation and the Center for Fiscal Accountability calculate Cost of Government Day. This is the day on which the average American has earned enough gross income to pay off his or her share of the spending and regulatory burdens imposed by government at the federal, state, and...
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Connecticut has the 5th biggest deficit nationally as a percentage of General Fund for 2009-2010 o NV – 30% o AZ – 29.8% o CA – 25.6% o NY – 24.3% o CT – 23.1% Connecticut already has the highest tax burden in the country. Connecticut’s young leave their home state at the highest...
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There is almost $2.4 trillion in mortgage debt for homes in negative equity. The total negative equity is $771 billion. There are 4.1 million homeowners with more than 50% negative equity (they owe 50%+ more than their homes are worth). This graph shows the percent of homeowners with mortgages in negative equity for 33...
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It is highly likely we are going to see a return to high inflation. #1: Because the government needs it to get out of the debt they have incurred. (A Billion $ A Day in Interest and climbing.) #2: Inflation is a natural economic outcome of creating money that has no basis in real...
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If the President’s Deficit Reduction Commission uses “baseline” or “current services” budgeting as a benchmark for determining spending “cuts” and tax increases, that’s a good sign that the crowd in Washington wants to pull a fast one on the American people. Baseline budgeting. This is the clever Washington practice of assuming that all previously...
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From the Connecticut House Democrats: Yes that is -$3.5 Billion in Fiscal Year 2012. Essentially $9.5 Billion in deficits for the fiscal years 2012, 2013 and 2104. Any comments? Thoughts as to what we as a state should do? BookMark To:
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