[Blargrifth]

Originally Posted by Sigequinox

Also, what's the efficacy of this program ? Anyone know of any recidivism stats for kids who go through this program?

Keeping these kids out of public schools is worth the cost by itself. Our inner city schools are bad enough.

[Sigequinox]

Originally Posted by Blargrifth

Keeping these kids out of public schools is worth the cost by itself. Our inner city schools are bad enough.

true.

[RunD1987]

Originally Posted by Blargrifth

We did it Reddit.

Some juvenile jail staff forced to work 18-hour shifts after layoffs | The CT Mirror

I believe very very very very can't say it enough understaff. Heard stories people work 24 hour's nap a few hours in between continue. Easily doing 80 to 100 a week.

[RunD1987]

Layoffs at New Milford, Danbury, Norwalk hospitals Republican American

[prwdmd]

Interesting article from Forbes today...

25 Years, $13 Billion Lost: Connecticut Income Tax Continues To Fail

[Rich Cabeza]

This is what happens when you give, give, give to get votes. The chickens are coming home to roost.

[SyraBrian]

Connecticut wasn't losing income to Florida before? People from Florida were retiring to Connecticut?

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by SyraBrian

Connecticut wasn't losing income to Florida before? People from Florida were retiring to Connecticut?

People have been retiring to Florida from Connecticut for decades. This is no surprise - just more doom and gloom from the glass half empty crowd.

[Beeker2211]

The money would've been spent anyways, as all that Weicker and the GA at the time was shift the burden from investment earnings (which were notoriously unreliable) and the tolls to the income system. What were the benefits though:

- Much more stable year to year estimates for revenue.
- CT becoming one of the few metropolitan states with zero inter- and intra- state tolls, at a huge daily savings to every commuter on tolls (although this may have increased urban sprawl, though even toll roads built at the same time in similar areas are strained so who knows).
- No bridges collapsing from lack of rational funding killing people.

The downside was that almost everyone had to put more skin in the game, not just the richest of 1%.

I'm not crazy about the Income tax, but the reasons it was put in when made sense. All the while complainers never have an appropriate working solution/alternative other than somehow cutting modest social programs. It's maddening.

[FunkOdyssey]

The original source with the nationwide map is fascinating and I recommend checking it out:

IRS Tax Migration | How Money Walks | How $2 Trillion Moved between the States - A Book By Travis H. Brown

When you drill down into a state you can see how wealth migrates by county. Middlesex and Litchfield counties are actually gaining wealth. Overall though, the northeast, midwest, and CA are losing wealth while the south, southwest, and pacific northwest gains it. You could make an argument that, with the exception of CA's cost-of-living related losses, people are simply moving to milder climates.