In the last debate between the candidates for governor of Connecticut, Democrat Ned Lamont got pushed to admit that he would raise taxes. That's RAISE taxes. It was a refreshing bit of truth.
In the primary season, Lamont told interviewers that he would raise the income tax, impose tolls on highways and possibly add a statewide property tax on cars. Then the primary ended and Lamont was the official Democrat candidate and Bob Stefanowski was the official Republican candidate. Suddenly, Lamont tried to paint Stefanowski as a tax raiser. That didn't work. Anyone who has ever heard Bob knows that his main thrust has been the need to cut taxes to get the Connecticut economy moving again. Then Lamont tried to argue that Stefanowski would cut the state budget by about 60%. He created phony numbers about the various cuts and kept pushing them. That ploy also didn't work. Bob Stefanowski has made clear his plans for initial changes in spending. Cuts would be phased in as tax cuts were also phased in. There's more than enough waste and unnecessary spending by the state to cover the initial tax cuts. If there cannot be sufficient savings, there won't be corresponding tax cuts. Lamont had to abandon that push too.
Lamont's latest ploy has been to call himself a tax cutter. He proposed a $100 property tax credit for homeowners. That would be a lot less than the increase in income tax and all his other new taxes. Then Lamont talked about how he would cut the income tax. It was bogus, but that didn't stop Lamont. One day he was raising the income tax and the next day he was cutting it.
At the debate, however, when challenged, Lamont said that "everyone" in the state would have to "do more" when it came to taxes. That's right, Lamont admitted once again the basic truth of his plans: he wants to raise, not lower, taxes.
Hopefully the news of this will get out. The people of Connecticut recognize that their taxes are just too high. People are leaving the state for lower tax locations. Businesses are leaving too for the same reason. Even worse, new businesses are avoiding the state again because of taxes. Lamont's plan to raise taxes may be in line with Democrat dogma, but it would be a death blow to Connecticut's economy. Our state still has not recovered from the 2009 recession, and it's nearly ten years later. Higher taxes would be a disaster. Lamont would be a disaster.
In the primary season, Lamont told interviewers that he would raise the income tax, impose tolls on highways and possibly add a statewide property tax on cars. Then the primary ended and Lamont was the official Democrat candidate and Bob Stefanowski was the official Republican candidate. Suddenly, Lamont tried to paint Stefanowski as a tax raiser. That didn't work. Anyone who has ever heard Bob knows that his main thrust has been the need to cut taxes to get the Connecticut economy moving again. Then Lamont tried to argue that Stefanowski would cut the state budget by about 60%. He created phony numbers about the various cuts and kept pushing them. That ploy also didn't work. Bob Stefanowski has made clear his plans for initial changes in spending. Cuts would be phased in as tax cuts were also phased in. There's more than enough waste and unnecessary spending by the state to cover the initial tax cuts. If there cannot be sufficient savings, there won't be corresponding tax cuts. Lamont had to abandon that push too.
Lamont's latest ploy has been to call himself a tax cutter. He proposed a $100 property tax credit for homeowners. That would be a lot less than the increase in income tax and all his other new taxes. Then Lamont talked about how he would cut the income tax. It was bogus, but that didn't stop Lamont. One day he was raising the income tax and the next day he was cutting it.
At the debate, however, when challenged, Lamont said that "everyone" in the state would have to "do more" when it came to taxes. That's right, Lamont admitted once again the basic truth of his plans: he wants to raise, not lower, taxes.
Hopefully the news of this will get out. The people of Connecticut recognize that their taxes are just too high. People are leaving the state for lower tax locations. Businesses are leaving too for the same reason. Even worse, new businesses are avoiding the state again because of taxes. Lamont's plan to raise taxes may be in line with Democrat dogma, but it would be a death blow to Connecticut's economy. Our state still has not recovered from the 2009 recession, and it's nearly ten years later. Higher taxes would be a disaster. Lamont would be a disaster.
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