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ConnHoo
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It sucks to live in Connecticut
With SALT deductions going away, Hartford running out of cash. If the Hedge funds start to leave for Florida or Texas, it is game over very quickly for CT.
Posted: 12/20/2017 at 08:16AM
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It sucks to live in Connecticut
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ConnHoo
12/20/2017 08:16AM
Too many ticks. **
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SchmHoo
12/20/2017 10:20AM
And other blood suckers **
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JohnHoo2
12/20/2017 10:58AM
State tax ranked lowest to highest....Connecticut at the top (link)
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 09:48AM
Next list rankings of per capita income, median income, and HDI.
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 09:54AM
I wonder, though are those #s high because those places
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81_Hokie
12/20/2017 1:06PM
Love that Human Development Index...I'm stuck in traffic, but I have a
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 09:57AM
May seem a little touchy feely, but think about it.
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 10:40AM
I get it...the nomenclature just has a hint of "The Bubble", that being
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 10:48AM
Well, here's where you're off by miles. It HAS WORKED PRETTY WELL in
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 11:08AM
That investment in social programs really makes
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Cold Hoober Hoo
12/20/2017 11:26AM
It doesn't work perfectly everywhere, no. But in general blue states that
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 11:34AM
It’s a shell game RQ. The main reason your
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Cold Hoober Hoo
12/20/2017 11:51AM
RQ...It's Festivus, ease up on the anger and invective. **
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 11:14AM
Whoa there! This is part of "The Airing of Grievances"! **
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HowieT3
12/20/2017 11:22AM
It's Festivus all year for RQ :>) **
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 11:30AM
Be careful he doesn't challenge you to a "Feat of Strength"! **
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HowieT3
12/20/2017 11:48AM
Mental strength I would be Cumberland College versus Georgia Tech...RQ had
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 11:52AM
LOL, you're alright tuck. You would probably be fun to hang out with so
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 11:57AM
Geez, how did you ever score a 1400? Link for your education.
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 12:01PM
1400 isn't perfect. When most of us took the SAT, 1600 was
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Late 80s Hokie
12/20/2017 1:08PM
I didn't say it was. And 1600 still is for the math & verbal portions,
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 1:15PM
Because I took it before a lot of weed, booze, shrooms, and so on? :)
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 12:10PM
To be fair, you did bring it up first ....
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PalmyraHoo
12/21/2017 08:55AM
Just a humorous way to bust your chops, and my sheer envy and desire
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 12:19PM
Here ya' go...quite lopsided (link)
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 12:00PM
You don't move to Mississippi why? **
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Shenhoo
12/20/2017 09:47AM
I like Stars Hollow. **
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DanTheFan
12/20/2017 09:28AM
But, but, but, . you bleed GOP. Congrats, Trumpster. So much winning!**
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WaxHoo
12/20/2017 08:24AM
Over 80% expected to keep more of their money, and that's before
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 08:32AM
Psst. You forgot to use the designated sarcasm font. **
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HowieT3
12/20/2017 11:23AM
Such an oversimplified statement. So flawed. But that is how
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HoosWillWin
12/20/2017 09:11AM
LOL! I'm laughing at Connie's whining over Trump's winning. **
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WaxHoo
12/20/2017 08:36AM
The swamp still going strong in Hartford. I seriously doubt you can blame
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 08:46AM
Right. In TrumpSpeak, blue + poor = swamp.
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 09:16AM
Fiscal conservatism has been gone from the Republican party for
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Late 80s Hokie
12/20/2017 10:14AM
Something both parties figured out when Reagan set the precedent: no one
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 11:17AM
It was a PINO.
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HowieT3
12/20/2017 10:34AM
Neither party is fiscally responsible, but I'd actually (over the last 20
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Late 80s Hokie
12/20/2017 10:56AM
That is laughable considering Obama’s added more debt than every other prez
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TomKazanski
12/20/2017 11:20AM
On the one hand, you fantasy land dwellers love to
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 11:38AM
You would have a point if obama didnt also have record revenues to work wit
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TomKazanski
12/20/2017 4:04PM
Agreed. **
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HoosWillWin
12/20/2017 11:13AM
Bingo. **
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Shenhoo
12/20/2017 11:03AM
Yes. The almighty Internet. That was our last move towards
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 10:31AM
The whole Drainn the Swamp slogan is such shuck and jive.
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Chuck Taylor
12/20/2017 10:10AM
Agree, with one nit. It was also meant as a giant Christmas gift to their
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 09:59AM
WRT CT swamp has nothing to do with poor (areas) and everything to
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 09:57AM
All due respect, the only reason I can think of that anyone
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 10:18AM
Again wrt reform aspects, you'll get no argument from me, although it
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 10:48AM
And in return no more federal social services for anyone.
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 11:11AM
If you think CT is getting “subsidized” by Alabama, you’re an even bigger
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 10:06AM
If you think two people with the exact same income paying different
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 10:33AM
Think about it. What's the cause and what's the effect?
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 10:55AM
And of course boatloads of federal tax revenue collected from CA, MA, NY,
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 11:02AM
It's the Sound Bite Method for policy making.
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 11:16AM
Oh please, they don't pay the same tax if one guy can deduct $25K in SALT
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 11:39AM
Ok, that's true if I never actually pay the SALT I'm deducting.
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 11:49AM
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of subsidizing charities by not
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 11:22AM
Well now you're gonna get to "subsidize" home schoolin' too. **
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Seattle .Hoo
12/20/2017 11:48AM
FTR that's outrageous and absurd IMO. Thanks Betsy. What a joke. **
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 12:03PM
You would need to learn what the word subsidize means before we had that
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 10:49AM
When all they have left is insults.... Thanks for confirming what we all
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 10:51AM
Now now no need for name calling.
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 10:24AM
These gals are bottom rung on the HDI (pic)
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 10:10AM
Ahh itemizing will be reduced and if people’s paychecks
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TomKazanski
12/20/2017 09:48AM
Certainly, some people will lose enough in deductions so
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 10:00AM
Meh, for the average taxpayer, we know whats in it and how it
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TomKazanski
12/20/2017 10:26AM
...but you're The Nutmeg State, the next week or so is your time!!! **
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 08:18AM
Can we blame them for Pumpkin Spice madness too? **
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 08:23AM
It's Everywhere!!! (pic)
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Tuckahokie
12/20/2017 09:14AM
If there was any nutmeg in PSL.
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ConnHoo
12/20/2017 08:27AM
Yeah, Greenwich, Southport, Norwalk, Darien, etc. Real shit holes.
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 09:00AM
Amazing quality of life here
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ConnHoo
12/20/2017 1:32PM
In fact, that shithole CT has the highest per capita income of any state.
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hoolstoptheheels
12/20/2017 09:32AM
Highest human development index and median income too, just in case someone
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WahooRQ
12/20/2017 09:52AM
Skip Pepe's (and Sally's and Modern) and go up Crown St to "Bar"
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Late 80s Hokie
12/20/2017 10:09AM
With all that money you guys send to Hartford, one would expect
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Hoodafan
12/20/2017 08:43AM
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