This Budget Doesn't HAve Tax Hikes - Really?

Well, it looks like the lords of the democratic party are ready to give Connecticut its 2nd biggest tax hike in the last 4 years. I thought King Malloy said there would be no new taxes, but another lie has slithered past his fork tongue. Now they're trying to bronze the turd by saying there really isn't a raise in taxes, but if you're generating revenue, you're raising taxes.

The first $50 you could buy clothes with will now be taxable; bring your pet to the vet, taxable. Car wash - taxable. Our $300 deduction for property tax when we file our income tax, now cut $100!

An increase in the gas tax to fix the roads and the MASSIVE expansion projects that are planned. I get this needs to be done since it's been neglected for so long but I thought that's what the DOUBLE gas tax we're paying now was supposed to be used for.

GE, Aetna, Travelers are threatening to re-evaluate if it makes sense to stay in CT to do business. Some say that they need to pay more because of their size and they work to avoid taxes but how about the medium and small businesses? They're the ones who have the major employment here, what if they decide to re-evaluate doing business here? There are plenty of other states ready to welcome them.

That's the King and the Lords of the democratic party missing it. The more taxes get raised, the less business friendly this state becomes encouraging businesses to leave and building a wall to keep new businesses from coming in.

And what about the middle and lower class (we the serfs), how do they expect us to stay in this state when more money is taken from us? I for one am looking at my retirement and asking why should I pay more and more to this government for the money I worked hard for!

It can't be a one party rule like it has been. Both need to get together to have the discussions to have Connecticut go forward.

For now, I just hope they included Vaseline in this budget for the Connecticut residents!

Driver Re-Test???

Here we go again, the state is OVEREACTING and now wants to force ALL Connecticut drivers to take a mandatory test. Bill #335 states “A licensee seeking renewal of a motor vehicle operator's license shall be required to pass a comprehensive test as to knowledge of the laws concerning motor vehicles and the rules of the road.” Why ALL licensees? Why not the repeat offenders? Why not the ones that repeatedly get tickets? After going to traffic court or when the license comes up for renewal and numerous tickets appear against that driver a letter should be sent that the license cannot be renewed unless they pass a test. We have a process that works the same way regarding renewing your registration and emissions. If you haven’t had our emissions performed you can’t register your car. The same process can be set up for bad drivers.

But now we live in a socialistic or collective society where there is no individual. EVERYONE will conform. You didn’t build that, WE built that. It’s not the individual that gets punished, we all get punished. After reading the bill and listening to the reports on TV one thing hasn’t been mentioned yet, can you guess? $$$ MONEY $$$! There is no mention as to what the charge will be. Is that the bottom line, yet ANOTHER revenue stream for the state?

When are we going to tell our so called leaders enough is enough! If I wanted to live in a socialistic society I’d move to your Europe. If I wanted to be told what to do I move to Russia. But I don’t want to live that way or be told what to do. These aren’t brilliant minds we have in our government, just look at how society has been declining and now at an accelerated rate.

We should be telling them what to do. Remember, they work for us!