[Wilton2ParkAve]

Originally Posted by MrGompers

Also, lets not forget Trump forgot to raise their taxes too despite saying he would during his campaign.

Do you keep up with the news. A tax on carried interest is forthcoming.

[HumpDay]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

Same reason the Titanic's Captain Smith was.

At least he sank with the ship. Malloy sold his house and once he leaves office, it's almost guaranteed he's leaving the state the same way Rell did.

[RogerAnthony]

Malloy flat-out lied when he was running for re-election. He kept insisting the state had a surplus in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Then, shortly after he was re-elected he informed everyone that, oops, that surplus is actually a deficit of over a billion dollars.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

We have terrific lobster rolls, too.

Equally unimportant, when your state has been amongst the worst at recovering jobs lost during recession during Comrade Malloy's reign of error.

When his answer has been one tax hike after another.

When corps warned him not to raise taxes, he did, they fled, and he whined over what should have been expected results.

He now ranks 50th in popularity amongst governors, a ranking he earned each and every day.

Just like:



https://www.bing.com/images/search?v...x=0&ajaxhist=0

What corporations "fled" because of tax increases? GE did not say anything about taxes in their announcement of moving to Boston, where they were lured by massive incentives and the taxes are only marginally less. The same for Alexion and the now canceled Aetna move. Henkel just moved their consumer products division here from Arizona. CVS/Aetna has made a major commitment to our state. UTC, Sikorsky and Electric Boat are expanding here. Does not sound like companies fleeing to me. I am not saying our business taxes are low or should be increased but the only the two major company moves we have had said nothing about taxes as their reason for leaving. Jay

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by RogerAnthony

Malloy flat-out lied when he was running for re-election. He kept insisting the state had a surplus in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Then, shortly after he was re-elected he informed everyone that, oops, that surplus is actually a deficit of over a billion dollars.

This, precisely. It has nothing to do with our economic conditions, which was inevitable regardless of who’s in office. He’s one of the most dishonest and manipulative politicians out there.

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by JayCT

What corporations "fled" because of tax increases? GE did not say anything about taxes in their announcement of moving to Boston, where they were lured by massive incentives and the taxes are only marginally less. The same for Alexion and the now canceled Aetna move. Henkel just moved their consumer products division here from Arizona. CVS/Aetna has made a major commitment to our state. UTC, Sikorsky and Electric Boat are expanding here. Does not sound like companies fleeing to me. I am not saying our business taxes are low or should be increased but the only the two major company moves we have had said nothing about taxes as their reason for leaving. Jay

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/conne...155920208.html

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/conne...155920208.html

Here is GE's official announcement on its corporate headquarters relocation. No where does it mention taxes. If lower taxes was the reason for the relocation, this announcement would have said so AND they would not have gone to Massachusetts where taxes are only marginally lower. Jay

GE Moves Headquarters to Boston

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by ryanthegoldengod

Honestly, you can point to this or that policy or tax or business that left CT, but I think a lot of it has to do with his personality. He's just kind of weasily. And he seems incapable of talking to people, just at them.

Actually a porcupine, as Colin McEnroe calls him!

[BobNJ1960]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Here is GE's official announcement on its corporate headquarters relocation. No where does it mention taxes. If lower taxes was the reason for the relocation, this announcement would have said so AND they would not have gone to Massachusetts where taxes are only marginally lower. Jay

GE Moves Headquarters to Boston

Immelt started searching though right after the tax hike.

[RoundTableKnight]

Originally Posted by jstf

I just moved here three months ago, and am still trying to figure out why people scowl when speaking of our governor's name. I checked out a few pages about him, and there seems to be a lot of talk of the taxes he has raised. Is that why we don't like him? Is there hope in the upcoming 2018 elections? A recent NYT time pointed to Connecticut as the model state for gun control laws.

In short, he's coming up on 8 years in office and has set us back financially rather than ahead. While not all the money problems we have are his fault, he is CT's leader so a lot of the responsibility falls on him.