Happy Tax Freedom Day

EAST HARTFORD – Today is Tax Freedom Day in Connecticut, the day on which Connecticut residents finally stop working for the government and start working for themselves. Connecticut has the latest Tax Freedom Day of any state in the country, as calculated by the Tax Foundation. Nationally, Tax Freedom Day arrived on April 18. Connecticut residents work three and a half weeks longer to pay...
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Look Out Below! Connecticut 45th

It turns out that rising taxes and non-existent growth are not desirable traits for business. CEO Magazine, a trade magazine for business leaders, ranked Connecticut the 45th best (?) state for business in 2013. Texas was the top ranked state for the second year in a row while New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, and California rounded out the bottom of the list. The comments from CEOs...
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The List of Lasts

EAST HARTFORD – The Yankee Institute for Public Policy purchased a full page advertisement (PDF) in four Connecticut newspapers today to highlight the disgraceful list of lasts Connecticut has compiled in recent years. “We aren’t just doing worse than average,” said Fergus Cullen, the Yankee Institute’s Executive Director. “We are doing the...
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