Thread by @drbashir2018

#Connecticut will be deciding who they are going to put in the Governor's Office in a few weeks!

Let's look at what @NedLamont has to say.

1) Reducing Property Taxes for the Middle Class:

"From Middlebury to Middletown and Norwalk to Norwich, people in [CT]... (cont)

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...feel squeezed. Our state has become one of the most expensive places to raise a family or start a business. And in the face of stagnant wages and weak job growth, Hartford politicians have hit middle class families with tax increase after tax increase. Even worse... (cont)

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...there’s barely anything to show for it: after three decades of mismanagement by governors of both parties, our budget hole remains deep and Connecticut’s working families are being asked to pick up more of the tab. It’s unfair, it’s unproductive, and it needs... (cont)

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...to change Connecticut’s middle class needs and deserves a break.

Businesses won’t come to a state where their employees can’t afford to live. Young people won’t consider building a future in a state where they can’t afford to own a home. And long-time residents... (cont)

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...residents won’t retire where they can’t afford to remain.

That’s why I’m proposing a plan to give Connecticut families a property tax cut. Decades of fiscal mismanagement mean we can’t afford pie-in-the-sky promises, so I’m proposing a smart, achievable...(cont)

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...commitment to responsibly give middle class families the tax relief they deserve. It’s not only the right thing to do for working families; property tax relief is key to making Connecticut a better place to start or grow a business and create jobs...(cont)

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...Connecticut’s property tax system is broken. We rely far too much on taxing people’s homes and cars to fund essential local services. And towns and cities with the greatest local needs also have the greatest difficulty raising local revenues, with...(cont)

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...with less local wealth to draw on and much of their local property exempt from taxation. Municipalities must become more efficient and reduce costs – but our state must also provide immediate relief to hard-pressed middle class families....(cont)

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...Worse still, the burden of high property taxes is unfairly distributed: lower- & middle-income families and seniors are hit the hardest. And this is a problem that isn’t unique to homeowners: 20[%] or more of the cost of rent in [CT] is due to local property taxes...(cont)

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...Reforming this broken system is imperative, but it will take time to turn around – and working families in Connecticut can’t afford to wait...

...In my first biennial budget as governor, I will restore and expand the property tax credit for working families...(cont)

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...Looking ahead, we need to do more. It’s no secret that Connecticut’s budget is as broken as our property tax system. Decades of fiscal mismanagement by Hartford politicians in both parties have put real limits on how much of a tax break we can reasonably afford,,,(cont)

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...That’s why in my second biennial budget, I’ll propose additional property tax relief targeted at the low- and middle-income taxpayers who are hit the hardest by this broken system...

...In the longer term, we need fundamental structural reform of [CT’s] broken...(cont)

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...property tax system.That means having every stakeholder at the table – from municipal & nonprofit leaders who must do more with less,to teachers & first responders who make our communities run,to homeowners & renters who have to be able to afford a place to live...(cont)

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...Structural reform starts with identifying inefficiencies within our fragmented system of 169 towns and cities, but it also means critically reexamining whether regional services make more sense than leaving every locality to fend for itself... (cont)

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...These are tough choices, and only one candidate is telling the truth about them. I won’t be afraid to lead on structural reform – and to stand up right away for working families and the middle class who need a break and cannot wait.

#VoteBlueCT2018
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