[BobNJ1960]

Great to see a step in the right direction. He should also attend some CBIA gatherings, take questions from business owners, regularly, in person.

https://www.nhregister.com/business/...=nhrhpbusiness

[CTREInvestor]

Originally Posted by CTartist

1) Do you realize that over 50% of the population is female?

2) Do you know that a large majority of the female population never had a draconian law like the one that was just passed in Texas?

3) Do you further realize that a large portion of the female population holds the purse strings and buys everything for the house?

If I were a young woman today I would not care if the streets of Texas were paved in gold, I would not go there. You do realize that most marriages are men married to women, right? Young people are not going to put up with this. The future is young people.

So many young people are going to put the breaks on moving to Texas there will be skid marks all over the US.

I share your sentiment, but abortion on both sides has been a divisive propaganda tool for decades. The reality is the overwhelming majority of people do in fact care about living standards first and foremost, with every other issues far removed from their minds. Now, I think people who leave Connecticut for Texas will be disappointed, but we have to remember that internal disparities are maintained as tool of division and atomization, just as the non-issue of abortion.

Nothing serves the ruling class better than a population moving around the country endlessly searching for better opportunity, leaving all their friends and family behind and being stuck with their televisions.

[JayCT]

Let’s stick to topic which is Coonecticuts economy. JayCT, Moderator

[Monarkman]

I’m glad the firearms manufacturers are Fleeing CT. The politicians and the general culture does not want those “evil” INANIMATE objects in the state anyway.

[beach43ofus]

This org says CT economy is not keeping up with the rest of the USA:

https://www.wshu.org/post/connecticu...erage#stream/0

She's advocating for paid child daycare I think, & taxing rich people even more, that could cause more to leave, and less to move in.

Looks like she's right on CT not keeping pace though:

https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-...zrm-story.html

There are people saying its good and some say its bad, but its safe to say CT's economy isnt keeping up with its peers:

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/col...s-16459638.php

The # of businesses declined:

https://yankeeinstitute.org/2021/08/...ing-to-report/

IMHO...It seems the workforce needs a massive skills training effort, funded by taxpayers and employers. The colleges are too costly for most, so trade schools need to plug the gap colleges are not able to because they priced themselves out of the market for most potential students.

Chart 1.2-4 shows the net outbound domestic migration:

https://www.ct.gov/opm/lib/opm/budge...ion_Trends.pdf

I think a skills training program could reverse this trend, & attract people from other places, if these schools had dormatories, or affordable housing for its students.

The financial & insurance jobs are not enough to lift all boats, so diversification is needed, & less reliance upon NYC, so CT residents beyond Fairfield County can prosper too.

[okbymeman]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

This org says CT economy is not keeping up with the rest of the USA:

https://www.wshu.org/post/connecticu...erage#stream/0

She's advocating for paid child daycare I think, & taxing rich people even more, that could cause more to leave, and less to move in.

Looks like she's right on CT not keeping pace though:

https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-...zrm-story.html

There are people saying its good and some say its bad, but its safe to say CT's economy isnt keeping up with its peers:

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/col...s-16459638.php

The # of businesses declined:

https://yankeeinstitute.org/2021/08/...ing-to-report/

IMHO...It seems the workforce needs a massive skills training effort, funded by taxpayers and employers. The colleges are too costly for most, so trade schools need to plug the gap colleges are not able to because they priced themselves out of the market for most potential students.

Chart 1.2-4 shows the net outbound domestic migration:

https://www.ct.gov/opm/lib/opm/budge...ion_Trends.pdf

I think a skills training program could reverse this trend, & attract people from other places, if these schools had dormatories, or affordable housing for its students.

The financial & insurance jobs are not enough to lift all boats, so diversification is needed, & less reliance upon NYC, so CT residents beyond Fairfield County can prosper too.

CT made a big mistake not investing in its cities and not fostering growth of a tech sector.

[robr2]

Originally Posted by okbymeman

CT made a big mistake not investing in its cities and not fostering growth of a tech sector.

You can't foster a tech sector without tech universities and at least a couple of existing tech companies who chose CT for whatever reason.

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by okbymeman

CT made a big mistake not investing in its cities and not fostering growth of a tech sector.

You may be right, but it's not too late. Ct needs to do a deep dive to figure out some new gateways to prosperity besides NYC finance & insurance. I like shipping, commerical harbors, & boat/ship building.

Maybe some LNG terminals where shipped liquid natural gas is converted into usable forms.

[Johnho771]

Originally Posted by robr2

You can't foster a tech sector without tech universities and at least a couple of existing tech companies who chose CT for whatever reason.

CT has many tech companies especially given its small size. Some include Otis, Stanley B&D, Electric Boat, Xerox, Frontier Communications, SS&C Technologies. Amazon is also continuing to grow its footprint in Connecticut which will only bring more techies.

And while CT may not have many tech Universities itself, with institutions like MIT and WPI nearby, there are many places to draw talent from.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

This org says CT economy is not keeping up with the rest of the USA:

https://www.wshu.org/post/connecticu...erage#stream/0

She's advocating for paid child daycare I think, & taxing rich people even more, that could cause more to leave, and less to move in.

Looks like she's right on CT not keeping pace though:

https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-...zrm-story.html

There are people saying its good and some say its bad, but its safe to say CT's economy isnt keeping up with its peers:

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/col...s-16459638.php

The # of businesses declined:

https://yankeeinstitute.org/2021/08/...ing-to-report/

IMHO...It seems the workforce needs a massive skills training effort, funded by taxpayers and employers. The colleges are too costly for most, so trade schools need to plug the gap colleges are not able to because they priced themselves out of the market for most potential students.

Chart 1.2-4 shows the net outbound domestic migration:

https://www.ct.gov/opm/lib/opm/budge...ion_Trends.pdf

I think a skills training program could reverse this trend, & attract people from other places, if these schools had dormatories, or affordable housing for its students.

The financial & insurance jobs are not enough to lift all boats, so diversification is needed, & less reliance upon NYC, so CT residents beyond Fairfield County can prosper too.

Whenever I read any article or report I look for the angle of the author. Just about every article or study has a bias. The trick is to figure out what that bias is and separate out the facts from the opinion.

For example, The Yankee Institute is a far right, pro small government organization that has been known to bend the facts to suit their agenda. Objectivity is not their strong suit. In fact it’s not even in their wheelhouse. That’s why they and other pro business groups keep harping on growth rather than the actual rankings of our state. We rank very high in GDP but that would not serve their agenda which is to promote business, reduce taxes at any cost and reduce the size of government to the bare bones.

The population migration study you linked is somewhat objective. Did you even read it? It hardly paints the doom and gloom situation you and others here like to promote. First it was written four years ago before we had the actual US Census that showed that Connecticut did not lose population like had been reported in estimates given. It also notes that while the state lost a few (very few) high earners, it did NOT lose the high income jobs that gives the state its affluence.

But that goes against what The Yankee Institute and other small government proponents are claiming. No kidding! I wonder why? Can you say bias? Jay