Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Two Certainties In Life: Death and Tax Anxieties


My latest column for CTNewsJunkie.com:

To raise taxes or not to raise them? That is the question. I am resisting the urge the raise taxes to address our chronic fiscal woes for the same reason Gov. Lamont is: "Respond to that with just more taxes is not the way I think we should be going as a state."

In all my years of covering government, both as a reporter and pundit, few policy matters rouse the emotions of the electorate more than taxes. Raise taxes and most people object for obvious reasons. Cut taxes and advocates for various causes will complain about programs being starved and innocent people getting hurt.

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