[beerisgood02]

Originally Posted by Cambium

So from Route 7 Connector to Greenwich exit it used to take 25-30 minutes with regular rush hour traffic between 7-9am..

Past couple months its now taking 40-50 minutes. So yeah, sometimes double the time. The amount of volume has been extreme and I know this from using the road everyday at the same hour. There is no way new drivers are on the road or people that moved to Lower Fairfield and work in NY in a matter of 2 months. So it dawned on me!


Ever since they started on the whole I-287 renovation area Merritt has built up. For those of you who don't know, either Google it or drive by on I-95 to the NY/CT border and look for yourself. Insane amount of work being done to expand the ramps and area where 287 meets I-95. 1 lane exit for 287 and 2 lanes for I95 south. This has created a back up on I-95 right lane for miles.


Did I lose you yet??


So it dawned on me. .. more and more people are finding the Merritt to be an alternate route vs just sitting on I-95 to get to 287.


The volume on the merit is insane and over the limit now. Where it used to open up in Stamford, is now crawling. Where it used to crawl is now standstill. Stop & Gos are a shorter distance.


But this is what would happen is tolls were JUST put on I-95 only. I see the future happening if they do that.

When is the 287/95 project supposed to finish?

[Fuele]

Originally Posted by JayCT

The Republicans share that blame. Remember we had 20 years of Republican Governors that did nothing to change things. They just kicked the can down the road. Jay

Check their pocketbooks. See which political party has received the most $$$ over the years from State Employees. That’s telling.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Fuele

Check their pocketbooks. See which political party has received the most $$$ over the years from State Employees. That’s telling.

We had 20 years of Republican Governors and they did little to nothing. This is fact.

Enough with the partisan garbage. Both parties are to blame whether you want to believe it or not. The Republican Party has failed us too. They failed to address this and continually fail to nominate electable candidates even when facing the least popular Governor in the country. That is a significant failure. More of a failure than what the Democrats have done IMHO and I’m a lifetime Republican. The difference is I just don’t blindly believe one party’s BS or blindly follow what one member says. If more Republicans did that, the party would be much better off as would our state.

Today’s Republican Party is not truly Republican. It’s libertarian. It is a puppet of big business that supports no government check on them, no taxes and no social services. That is not Republican. This is why the likes of Bob Stefanowski and Joe Markley failed to win. Despite desperately wanting change, Connecticut’s highly educated voters saw through their true agenda and questioned what their plan would do to our state. They did not like it and not only did the Gubernatorial candidates fail, the lost more of the legislature as well. That is very telling. Jay

[Fuele]

Originally Posted by JayCT

We had 20 years of Republican Governors and they did little to nothing. This is fact.

Enough with the partisan garbage. Both parties are to blame whether you want to believe it or not. The Republican Party has failed us too. They failed to address this and continually fail to nominate electable candidates even when facing the least popular Governor in the country. That is a significant failure. More of a failure than what the Democrats have done IMHO and I’m a lifetime Republican. The difference is I just don’t blindly believe one party’s BS or blindly follow what one member says. If more Republicans did that, the party would be much better off as would our state.

Today’s Republican Party is not truly Republican. It’s libertarian. It is a puppet of big business that supports no government check on them, no taxes and no social services. That is not Republican. This is why the likes of Bob Stefanowski and Joe Markley failed to win. Despite desperately wanting change, Connecticut’s highly educated voters saw through their true agenda and questioned what their plan would do to our state. They did not like it and not only did the Gubernatorial candidates fail, the lost more of the legislature as well. That is very telling. Jay

Once again, check their pocketbooks.

[Henry10]

Originally Posted by JayCT

We had 20 years of Republican Governors and they did little to nothing. This is fact.

Enough with the partisan garbage. Both parties are to blame whether you want to believe it or not. The Republican Party has failed us too. They failed to address this and continually fail to nominate electable candidates even when facing the least popular Governor in the country. That is a significant failure. More of a failure than what the Democrats have done IMHO and I’m a lifetime Republican. The difference is I just don’t blindly believe one party’s BS or blindly follow what one member says. If more Republicans did that, the party would be much better off as would our state.

Today’s Republican Party is not truly Republican. It’s libertarian. It is a puppet of big business that supports no government check on them, no taxes and no social services. That is not Republican. This is why the likes of Bob Stefanowski and Joe Markley failed to win. Despite desperately wanting change, Connecticut’s highly educated voters saw through their true agenda and questioned what their plan would do to our state. They did not like it and not only did the Gubernatorial candidates fail, the lost more of the legislature as well. That is very telling. Jay

Way off the mark. CT has attracted dependent class while pushing out jobs, aka middle class. CT has become more blue than it was, and it was blue.

To claim Republicans in CT are puppets if BIG business — that such a worn out liberal argument. Big businesses now favor Democrats.

To claim the Republicans want no Govt check on them, no taxes and no social services — that’s the same as claiming “I don’t want sex” when I object to rape.

To understand CT’s trajectory just look at two things:

- Govt jobs have outgrown private jobs by 2 to 1.
- Demographics - CT is pushing out productive taxpayers while importing the poor (foreign or American).

Do the math what’s gonna happen to CT.

[Beeker2211]

Originally Posted by Henry10

Way off the mark. CT has attracted dependent class while pushing out jobs, aka middle class. CT has become more blue than it was, and it was blue.

To claim Republicans in CT are puppets if BIG business — that such a worn out liberal argument. Big businesses now favor Democrats.

To claim the Republicans want no Govt check on them, no taxes and no social services — that’s the same as claiming “I don’t want sex” when I object to rape.

To understand CT’s trajectory just look at two things:

- Govt jobs have outgrown private jobs by 2 to 1.
- Demographics - CT is pushing out productive taxpayers while importing the poor (foreign or American).

Do the math what’s gonna happen to CT.

Lol.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Henry10

Way off the mark. CT has attracted dependent class while pushing out jobs, aka middle class. CT has become more blue than it was, and it was blue.

To claim Republicans in CT are puppets if BIG business — that such a worn out liberal argument. Big businesses now favor Democrats.

To claim the Republicans want no Govt check on them, no taxes and no social services — that’s the same as claiming “I don’t want sex” when I object to rape.

To understand CT’s trajectory just look at two things:

- Govt jobs have outgrown private jobs by 2 to 1.
- Demographics - CT is pushing out productive taxpayers while importing the poor (foreign or American).

Do the math what’s gonna happen to CT.

Please provide back up to your claim that our state is attracting the “dependent class” and losing middle class.

The Republican ties to big business is well known and has long been the case. The Koch Brothers are the most notorious of them. Read about them and the agenda they have been pushing for decades.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/u...-politics.html

The Connecticut Republicans nominated Bob Stefanowski and Joe Markley to run for Governor and Lt. Governor. Their platform was to eliminate the state income tax, the No. 1 source of revenue for our state. How do you run a state and social programs if your revenue is cut so severely? You can’t.

Your claims about public sector verses private sector jobs is incorrect. Since the recession, Connecticut has regained about 110% of the private sector jobs lost. Public sector jobs have not been regained. Just read the job reports or the many posts made in the Economic Climate thread. Jay

https://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/laborsit.asp

[Wilton2ParkAve]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Please provide back up to your claim that our state is attracting the “dependent class” and losing middle class.

The Republican ties to big business is well known and has long been the case. The Koch Brothers are the most notorious of them. Read about them and the agenda they have been pushing for decades.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/u...-politics.html

The Connecticut Republicans nominated Bob Stefanowski and Joe Markley to run for Governor and Lt. Governor. Their platform was to eliminate the state income tax, the No. 1 source of revenue for our state. How do you run a state and social programs if your revenue is cut so severely? You can’t.

Your claims about public sector verses private sector jobs is incorrect. Since the recession, Connecticut has regained about 110% of the private sector jobs lost. Public sector jobs have not been regained. Just read the job reports or the many posts made in the Economic Climate thread. Jay

https://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/laborsit.asp

Pretty easy to back up - new residents earn only 55% of those moving out. Not sure how that dynamic will balance our budget or help fully fund our gamed pensions.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nat...ing-state/amp/

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Wilton2ParkAve

Pretty easy to back up - new residents earn only 55% of those moving out. Not sure how that dynamic will balance our budget or help fully fund our gamed pensions.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nat...ing-state/amp/

Yeah, it’s well documented and has been pretty often cited on this forum that newer residents of the state earn a fraction of those leaving, while states like FL are seeing a sharp rise in income (and job growth).

[Henry10]

Originally Posted by JayCT

The Connecticut Republicans nominated Bob Stefanowski and Joe Markley to run for Governor and Lt. Governor. Their platform was to eliminate the state income tax, the No. 1 source of revenue for our state. How do you run a state and social programs if your revenue is cut so severely? You can’t.

How do the other states do it? Large or small. In fact states without PERSONAL income tax are thriving. CT used to do it too.

You drive roads of Tennessee for example, and they are like glass. They also got rid of personal income tax (on wages).

Originally Posted by JayCT

Your claims about public sector verses private sector jobs is incorrect. Since the recession, Connecticut has regained about 110% of the private sector jobs lost. Public sector jobs have not been regained. Just read the job reports or the many posts made in the Economic Climate thread. Jay

https://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/laborsit.asp

Missing the forest for the trees. At the economic thread I have posted studies that In the last 20-25 yrs, basically since CT turned left, Govt jobs is the only sector which has growth in jobs. Economic trends take time to take shape. Rise in Govt jobs while private sector shrinks — enjoy misery.