Unions to Connecticut Governor: You Owe Us
Connecticut’s first Democratic governor in 20 years, Dannel Malloy, won his race last November by less than a percentage point, largely because of the public sector unions of the state, who worked tirelessly to have him elected. So, when Malloy unveiled his budget a couple of weeks ago, proposing to close his state’s deficit of [...]
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Connecticut’s Governor To Taxpayers: You’re Still Not Sacrificing Enough
As the entire nation confronts the problem of unfunded mandates and bloated government spending, individual states are doing the same.
Republican governors Chris Christie (New Jersey) and Scott Walker (Wisconsin) are letting government unions know that they can no longer expect to receive the kind of benefits and pensions they were falsely promised by union leaders [...]