[JViello]

Originally Posted by JayCT

They actually borrowed from the rainy day fund. Read the link. Even so, it was no where near $3.5 billion. Jay

Right, I just caught that in your reply. I mistakenly put THIS years projected deficit in place of the 2.3 billion they had in 09-10. A billion here, billion there...pretty soon your talking real money.

The bottom line is, we had these shortfalls and borrowed almost a billion dollars to close the gap, and are projected to be at 3.5 billion this year. I think it will be worse.

Moody's didn't downgrade us because were have been fiscally responsible.

Edit: This is from April 2010:

With just 2½ months left before the fiscal year ends and most of the current budget already spent, three-quarters of the $323 million sliced off the deficit technically was achieved by raiding the next state budget, specifically by taking nearly $240 million in budget reserve funds originally assigned to 2010-11. But that raid was offset by a matching amount of spending cuts, additional federal revenue and transfers out of special accounts and trusts

House adopts $323M deficit-reduction bill | The Connecticut Mirror

Trust me Jay, there is so much smoke and mirrors going on it's rediculous and no one will talk about reducing the size of government. We did NOT have a surplus, that's crazy talk and nothing more than a shell game to lull the public.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by JViello

Trust me Jay, there is so much smoke and mirrors going on it's rediculous and no one will talk about reducing the size of government. We did NOT have a surplus, that's crazy talk and nothing more than a shell game to lull the public.

Isn't that what politics is all about??? Jay

[jane_sm1th73]

Me too.

[hat456]

Awesome city.

[Tetto]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Isn't that what politics is all about??? Jay

My god Jay, that's the problem! When people accept the absurd as normal, its all over. When guys like JV start pointing it out, others look at him like he has two heads...we need a do-over in this country. And fast...

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

Originally Posted by JViello

YouTube - Sandy Springs, Georgia: The City that Outsourced Everything

Good grief, I thought they outsourced everything to Bangalore

With so much negative sentiment, does King Malloy I know that his subjects are unhappy

[JViello]

Originally Posted by Tetto

My god Jay, that's the problem! When people accept the absurd as normal, its all over. When guys like JV start pointing it out, others look at him like he has two heads...we need a do-over in this country. And fast...

Agreed. And frankly that's all I'm trying to do is throw a little cold water into the face of CT residents. I believe they are getting screwed and fleeced and many don't even realize it or are in denial that it could be this bad and this corrupt.

Originally Posted by Antlered Chamataka

Good grief, I thought they outsourced everything to Bangalore

LOL Oh God, thanks for the laugh. Sadly, we could learn a lesson about efficiency and humility from them.