Connecticut is a wonderful place to live and work, but our success depends on our ability to hold the line against excessive government spending, and to institute long-term structural changes to our tax code that will strengthen our economy by attracting and retaining businesses and creating new jobs. Connecticut residents, families and businesses -- already saddled with some of the highest taxes in the country, transportation challenges and burdensome regulations -- are now also coping with the rising costs of energy and health care. As a result, business growth is slowing, unemployment rates are increasing, inflation is outpacing wages, and the average Connecticut worker at every income level earned less in 2006 than in 2002.
We must act now to restructure our government policies in a way that encourages economic growth through job creation.
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Friday, February 15, 2008
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