Posted on 09/04/2014 7:34:03 AM PDT by C19fan
A funny-sad back-and-forth appeared in the pages of the Hartford Courant last month.
It started when one Christopher Edge wrote into the letters section to say he had had it and was moving out in a brief tirade entitled “Farewell, Connecticut.” More positive residents then chimed in with their support for the Nutmeg State. “Running away is not the solution,” chided one Patricia Karwoski.
But what problems could Edge possibly be trying to duck by bailing? Who would run away from Connecticut in the first place? It seems a state not afflicted, a lovely, hilly green hamlet nestled between Boston and New York. It has a low crime rate. It has stellar schools. It has the highest per-capita income of the 50 states. It’s got America’s best pizza, for God’s sake.*
Edge complained primarily about the state’s political incompetency and its “freeloaders.” But there’s a much deeper malaise afflicting Connecticut and its angry letter-writers. While there is great wealth, there is stagnant growth. Along with high incomes has come increasing poverty. Amid those million-dollar mansions, the middle class has eroded.
In short, Connecticut has somehow managed to become both the richest and worst economy in America. And what’s worse, America has started to look more and more like Connecticut.
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CT Republicans need to launch a “Bring Industry Back!” campaign.
State Regulations that “bite” more sharply than Federal Regulations need to be dialed back — or repealed as “redundant”.
Laws that place financial liability on innocent businesses should be repealed.
Those taxes identified as making Connecticut less competitive for business and industry should be reduced.
A “good faith” government hiring freeze would help a lot.
As would an overhaul of the “good-ole-boy” judicial system. A change that considered 12 “guilty” votes received from 14 impaneled jurors to mean “conviction” would reduce crime and clean up the Court’s backlogs.
And how about putting some toll-booths on the roads into those “sovereign” mega-casinos? Why should Macau reap all those dollars?
Will the last conservative to leave please turn off the lights?
Even though you probably talk funny, I will welcome you to Virginia as long as you do not try to turn it in to Connecticut.
The most redeeming thing about Connecticut is that it is a long ways from here.
Springfield MA is just across the boarder. Used to go their back in the 80’s.
Drove through a couple of years ago and thought I was in another country.
I left “toney” Fairfield County, CT for Idaho and I’ll never go back. CT is a prison for tax slaves.
Funny? I don’t know what you’re talking “aboot”. It’s not just Canadian, I’ve heard it in VA.
True, but again as the black and Hispanic populations increase, the so-called "poverty" rate will increase. Very small numbers of people in those two groups get STEM jobs. So even if some make it to middle-class jobs, the increasing majority of them will still have low-paying jobs or no jobs at all. And their numbers increase faster than other ethnic groups which always drives the average down.
It would be interesting to see how the money/income numbers for white and Asians increase or decrease. They are the ethnic groups who get the overwhelming majority of the STEM and skilled trades types of jobs.
Dey gots dem rats ya know!
Back in the home countries, the only way to make and keep any money was to hide your income. Immigrants from 3rd world countries do the same thing here. A lot of cash changes hands but not much is reported as income.
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