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POLL SHOWS CONNECTICUT VOTERS OPPOSE NEW TAX INCREASES | Yankee Institute for Public Policy

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POLL SHOWS CONNECTICUT VOTERS OPPOSE NEW TAX INCREASES. May 18, 2015. Sixty-three percent of Connecticut residents fear raising taxes could reduce revenue. Nearly 70 percent of Connecticut voters say they’re less likely to support lawmakers who vote for tax increases this spring, according to a poll released by the Yankee Institute today. Conducted late last week, the poll shows overwhelming support for Connecticut’s constitutionally enshrined spending cap and a strong opposition for new tax increases.

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Lawmakers Should Not Override Malloy’s Veto of Education Commissioner Rules | Yankee Institute for Public Policy

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Lawmakers Should Not Override Malloy’s Veto of Education Commissioner Rules. Jul 16, 2015. It is not often that we find ourselves agreeing with Gov. Dannel Malloy, but he was right to veto the legislature’s efforts to put strict requirements on who can serve as the head of the State Department of Education. The state’s teachers unions were the primary proponents of the bill setting limits on a governor’s choice for education chief. You must be logged in. To post a comment. Join our mailing list to receiv...

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About | Yankee Institute for Public Policy

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About The Yankee Institute. 8220;Everyone in Connecticut should be Free to Succeed”. The Yankee Institute develops and advances free-market, limited-government solutions in Connecticut. As one of America’s oldest state-based think tanks, Yankee is a leading advocate for smart, limited government; fairness for taxpayers; and an open road to opportunity. Together, we can make Connecticut a great place to work, retire and see our children prosper. Together, we can:. Yankee Fights for Connecticut’s People.

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House Budget Vote Disappointing | Yankee Institute for Public Policy

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House Budget Vote Disappointing. Jun 3, 2015. HOUSE BUDGET VOTE DISAPPOINTING. Lawmakers make only cosmetic changes to damaging plan. June 3 This budget is disappointing. It could have been worse, but that’s faint praise. It raises taxes on the middle class, on businesses, on hospitals and on the affluent. Those of us who love Connecticut know we can do better. This budget will further damage our state’s economic future. In the 1990s, Gov. John Rowland and complicit union leaders developed a scheme t...

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Agreed, State Employees Are Not The Problem. Oct 28, 2015. The recent op-ed in the Courant is correct on one count: state employees are not the problem. If not state employees, then who is to blame for the seemingly perpetual state budget deficit? The problem is politicians who, and this won’t surprise anyone, made promises. Yankee Institute’s Zach Janowski Appears on CT Valley Views. Jun 29, 2014. E-Gov Could Cut Costs. Jan 19, 2011. Standing Up for Fiscal Sanity. Sep 10, 2010. May 27, 2010. HARTFORD Th...

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Zachary Janowski | Yankee Institute for Public Policy

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Gov Weicker was right about one thing. Oct 21, 2016. Twenty-five years ago Gov. Lowell Weicker vetoed a state budget. In his veto message, he got one thing right. We will not set employment levels and then drum up programs to make work, he said. To this day, Connecticut doesn’t set priorities. We start with state. Pensions are “the perfect vehicle for procrastination”. Oct 7, 2016. Employers are afraid to hire in Connecticut. Sep 16, 2016. Sep 2, 2016. Nearly every day I struggle to implement a very impo...

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Join us for the 2016 Gala! 25th Anniversary of the Connecticut Income Tax. We are losing $60 a second. Union Time on the Taxpayer Dime. Find out how YOU paid $4.1 million for union activities. Connecticut assistant attorneys general vote to join the American Federation of Teachers. By Marc E. Fitch. Oct 19, 2016. Connecticut election laws on fusion voting have mixed legal precedent. By Marc E. Fitch. Oct 18, 2016. Management company improperly approved higher rents for Section 8 housing in Hartford.

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Suzanne Bates | Yankee Institute for Public Policy

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Union targets Connecticut as battleground in Fight for $15. Jul 14, 2016. Connecticut is one of the epicenters of the $70 million campaign to pressure states and municipalities to raise the minimum wage to $15, despite the damaging effects that a steep minimum wage increase would have on workers. The money for the Fight for $15 campaign. Making Connecticut an attractive place to work again. Jun 14, 2016. Connecticut is financially unprepared for the future. Jun 2, 2016. May 24, 2016. This year we’ve trie...

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Lawmakers Want Expensive Paid Leave Expansion Despite Budget Woes | Yankee Institute for Public Policy

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Lawmakers Want Expensive Paid Leave Expansion Despite Budget Woes. May 28, 2015. Lawmakers Want Expensive Paid Leave Expansion Despite Budget Woes. May 28, 2015 Other Research. Even though Connecticut is mired in a deep budget crisis and is contemplating billion dollar tax hikes to close deficits over the next two years, state lawmakers are thinking about creating a new, expensive and expansive government program. The program, as outlined in House Bill 6932. Proponents of the bill here say the program wo...

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Latest Policy Brief: Pension Debt and the Spending Cap | Yankee Institute for Public Policy

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Latest Policy Brief: Pension Debt and the Spending Cap. May 21, 2015. Latest Policy Brief: Pension Debt and the Spending Cap. May 21, 2015 Pension Reform. The latest Yankee Institute policy brief looks at lawmakers’ plan to move pension debt payments out from under the constitutional spending cap. Read it here: Yankee Institute Pension Debt and the Spending Cap. The policy brief raises the following points:. Connecticut’s public pensions are the most generous in the nation. Lawmakers want to make this ch...