CT's fiscal guardrails are a tax on the public good

Fiscal Restraint Worked. So Obviously, It Has to Go

The General Assembly adjourned less than a month ago, but progressive activists are already calling for more taxes, more spending, and another round of fiscal recklessness — wasting no time in pressuring lawmakers to tear down the state’s fiscal guardrails.  In a June 25 email blast, Connecticut Voices for Children (CT Voices) — a left-leaning research and advocacy nonprofit — declared that “the urgency of now is too important to rest” and urged…

CT's fiscal guardrails are a tax on the public good

We should start calling Connecticut's fiscal guardrails what they are: a regressive tax.