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Originally Posted by PaulS
a state is made up of its citizens. A state is not a person. I could care less if you think the "wealth" of a state is based on how much $ the state has in the bank. I'm more concerned w/how healthy the citizens are or how long they live or their access to good mental health services, or any other fact that impacts people and their lives on a day to day basis. When you look at those the R led states fall down.
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so what does this say to you about our state government.
we have some of the highest tax rates in the nation, applied to some of the highest incomes in the nation. That necessarily means, we have the state government a ton of money. They spent all that.
Then we got the casinos, which in good years,, gave hundreds of millions of dollars to the state. And they spent all
that.
Then because that wasn’t enough, the state borrowed tens of thousands of dollars for every person living here, and they spent all that.
And what do we have to show for it? What can i get here, that I can’t get in a nice suburb of NH, or in a well run place like Franklin TN?
Nothing. I get nothing from the state, that i wouldn’t get if i lived in a other state with lower taxes.
What i get, is a public university in CT that’s way more expensive than what’s available in other places with lower taxes.
If you’re a multi millionaire, CT is a better place. And probably if you want state welfare, Ct is a better place.
But for everyone in between, please tell me what CT offers, that you can’t get ( cheaper) in a well run suburb of NH or TN or SC?
What’s our value proposition? Abortions?
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