Posts Tagged ‘Dannel Malloy’
Minimum Wage… President Obama, where does the extra $3 come from?
It’s a very honest question, but my guess is nobody – not one person – will dare to ask President Obama when he arrives at my alma mater on Wednesday. When you arbitrarily increase the minimum wage one, two or three dollars per hour, where does the money come from? On Feb. 4, Gov. D.P.…
Read MoreAll of a sudden, gun control legislation is a race for Connecticut’s Malloy
When Connecticut Gov. D.P. Malloy (D) formed his task force on gun violence prevention early in the year, the governor set a deadline of March 15 to deliver preliminary reports with suggestions. Now Malloy wants to ignore the working groups and push his own legislation through immediately.
Read MoreAmazon will collect Connecticut sales tax starting in November
For those of you who have been purchasing stuff on Amazon, ensuring you track all of your spending so you can properly pay your Connecticut Use Tax, we have fantastic news! Later this year, Amazon will start collecting it for you and pay the state so you don’t have to do all the work!
Read MoreConnecticut Republican Legislators Gearing up for November 2012
Like the federal budget the state of Connecticut’s debt keeps rising. At the time of this writing the states debt is $40,629,690,000+ and rising despite tax hikes and new taxes levied on services such as pet grooming, hair cuts. The states debt clock can be found here: http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-connecticut-debt-clock.html The Connecticut Republicans are now asking “Can…
Read MoreUnion schemes and scams: notes on the forced unionization of daycare workers and health aides.
Driving home tonight, I had some thoughts on today’s announcement of the unionization of Connecticut daycare workers and personal care attendants for the disabled and senior citizens: Did all 6,200 care workers actually receive ballots? Were they alerted about the importance and arrival of the ballots ahead of time? Did they all know that it…
Read MoreDocument Drop – Connecticut governor releases layoff numbers to meet $1.6 billion in cuts
This afternoon, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy’s (D) office released their suggestion to lay off about 5,466 state employees and leave 1,000 open positions unfilled.
Read MoreChris Christie to Dan Malloy: I got the job done. How ’bout you? Video
Fresh off his “huggable” performance on Meet The Press, Christie was in rare form this morning on the Morning Joe. Maybe rare is the wrong term? How about typically blunt form. Joe Scarborough brings up that he had just spent some time with Mika talking to CT Governor Dan Malloy and Christie was off and…
Read MoreThanks Connecticut – Amazon terminates associate contracts due to tax law interpretation
Connecticut is open for business! The Democrats have had their greedy hands out since they took control of both the state legislature and the governor’s office. Today, thousands of Amazon associates living in the Constitution State received notice Amazon was terminating the agreement they had with them effective immediately.
Read MoreMalloy To Hospital CEOs: ‘I Know You All Want More of My Money’
This is what I live for. This is why talk shows are successful. This why Democrats are on the ropes. Well … except in Connecticut. From CTNewsJunkie.com. Bless her heart.
Read MoreConnecticut budget – Spend more, tax more … maybe some cuts
The State of Connecticut’s leaders feel it is appropriate to spend even more money during the next couple of years. No cuts at all. The budget Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) proposed increased spending almost 2 percent and 2.4 percent over the next two years. Sure, they are going to try to get state employees to…
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