
“The
assortment of burdensome and job-killing tax hikes that Gov. Malloy
announced today should stir
every taxpayer to action. Don’t want tolls every mile? Speak out.
Don’t want new taxes on medicine? Speak out. Don’t want higher gas and
property taxes? Speak out. Send a brief note to me at
Tony.Hwang@cga.ct.gov. Include your name and town. I will get your message to the governor.”
“I
will work with Republicans and any willing Democrats to protect
taxpayers from being gouged yet
again by this outgoing governor. We need to be honest and transparent
in our budgetary process and everything in state government needs to be
re-assessed, and that includes the state employees’ labor agreement. We
don’t have a revenue problem in this state.
We have a government spending problem. The solution is
not seeking out more revenue
from taxpayers’ wallets. We need to
re-prioritize and respect how every single taxpayer dollar is spent. We
need to craft our budgets just like families craft
household budgets.
“Hurting
vulnerable and at-risk residents and cutting education and municipal
funding while maintaining
an unsustainable and inefficient government bureaucracy is
unacceptable. Levying higher taxes and having the most tolls and
onerous gas tax in the nation without a disciplined approach to
re-inventing government is not the way forward. If you agree, then
light up the governor’s email at governor.malloy@ct.gov to tell him how much you disagree with his vision for Connecticut. And cc me at
Tony.Hwang@cga.ct.gov.
Let’s fight this fight together. If we all get active, we will win
this fight and send a clear message to the governor. Please urge
friends, neighbors and co-workers to get vocal as well – the governor
needs to hear from all
of us.”
Sen. Hwang said Gov. Malloy’s budget includes the following changes of concern to Connecticut residents:
•
Does not restore funding for the Medicare Savings Program
•
Makes cuts to municipal aid
•
Rejects
the new Education Cost Sharing formula that fairly distributed funding
for the first time in decades to schools based on need, population,
poverty and other factors
•
Penalizes
job creators with tax increases, at the same time the national effort
is focused on reducing burdens on job creators in other parts
of the country
•
Puts a new tax on nonprescription drugs
•
Puts a new tax on low income working families and elderly individuals by eliminating the $200 property tax credit
•
Increases taxes on retirees by eliminating newly passed tax breaks on social security and pension income
•
Hurts the housing market by increasing real estate conveyance tax
•
Puts a new tax on tires
•
An increase to one of the highest gas taxes in the country
•
Tolls with no understanding or details of locations or their cost to Connecticut residents
•
Increases the hotel tax
*Sen. Hwang represents Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston and Westport .
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