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SKIPPY_IS_REAL t1_j5n091x wrote

Reply to comment by Background_Steak in Connecticut’s gas tax is returning incrementally. What’s going on? by NicoleMcIsaac

https://openbudget.ct.gov/#!/year/2022/operating/0/fund_type

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/OPM/Budget/ComptrollerLetter/FY-2022/FY-2022_July_20_2022_Comptroller_Letter.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjxufT2o9_8AhXqE1kFHZfnBWIQFnoECAoQBg&usg=AOvVaw2JaYbRDuzst5JzbBmUgH2G

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laceyourbootsup t1_j5mzi30 wrote

Reply to comment by MrKatalyst in New Haven Board of Ed. security officer fires gun at teen who was breaking into his car: PD by EasyE0287

Shouldn’t have chased him. You let the person go. It’s only a car, it can be replaced.

The innocent victim was just stealing a car. He probably had a troubled home life and just needs hugs.

The nerve of the monster that decided to stop the young man from trying to feed his family! Put him in jail and throw away the key

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juliarad290 t1_j5mz0b1 wrote

Reply to Is Middletown a safe place for a woman living alone? by JenjaBebop

I'm a women and I've lived here alone for a couple years. I really love it here and wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Like others have said, I would avoid the north end just for peace of mind. I live a place downtown and I found it through Craigslist. Beautiful place, great landlady and walking distance to so much great food

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thug_nificent OP t1_j5mvzje wrote

Reply to comment by drjoshthewash in Yale by thug_nificent

Good point. The very top performers would leave, but I imagine many undergrads with less in-demand majors might stay. Whether their training would add much to the city’s development is hard to say, but I imagine it would still be significant and positive.

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and_dont_blink t1_j5msfrr wrote

Reply to comment by TreeEleben in Connecticut’s gas tax is returning incrementally. What’s going on? by NicoleMcIsaac

...we just going to ignore the tax being suspended leading up to midterms so people aren't seeing the consequences of their votes when making them? We are voting in these choices, and there's no free lunch. When we sign emissions treaties, kill pipelines to lessen usage (eg, more expensive) and have to upgrade the grid for solar while killing development of denser housing you get New England prices.

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SKIPPY_IS_REAL t1_j5mnygy wrote

Reply to comment by TheSpacePopeIX in Connecticut’s gas tax is returning incrementally. What’s going on? by NicoleMcIsaac

CT received $10 billion in COVID relief over all. By the end of last year, our surplus was down to $4 billion, end of this year, a.k.a February, it will be $3.2 billion, and they expect us to bleed it dry. Lamont is using some of it to invest in infrastructure, to his credit, but it won't be enough. Our operating budget is $47 billion, you can subtract special revenue from that, which is about $18 billion and transportation and special projects, which are another $4 billion. But the general budget was $20.1 and pensions were $6 billion and our total tax revenue was only $21.4 billion plus some federal investment. There is still a net loss per year of about $1.7 billion in the budget when everything is added together, so we are living off surplus for now. He does have plans to reverse this by 2024, but inflation has not been applied to the general budget.

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