Categories
Advocacy Fiscal Policy Transportation

Pat Sasser

The founder of NoTollsCT.org joins me to discuss his recent win and his rare loss when fighting against the state’s continued attempts to increase taxes on everyone and everything.

Categories
Fiscal Policy Politics

Sen. Eric Berthel

Sen. Berthel joins me as the recent special session wraps up to talk about the two major issues taken up in the session, the legalization of recreational us of marijuana and the passage of the massive implementer.

Categories
Economy Fiscal Policy Politics

Sen. Henri Martin

CT State Senator Henri Martin joins me to go over the potential for tricks being played yet again with the budget implementer bill, a bill that should only be about how the budget gets implemented, but becomes a way to pass many unpopular items that receive little or no debate or attention.

Categories
Fiscal Policy Politics

Sen. Eric Berthel

With the 2021 regular legislative session ending at midnight Wednesday night, and with a special session looming, Sen. Berthel calls in to discuss some of the more controversial bills that passed this year.

Categories
Economy Fiscal Policy

Dr. Michael Busler

Public policy analyst and professor Dr. Busler joins me again as we take a look at the escape of Blue state residents to places like Florida, Texas and Arizona to escape what he cal;ls “tax hell.”

Categories
Fiscal Policy Politics

Rep. Joe Polletta

As the legislation session starts to wrap up, CT State Representative Joe Polletta joins me to discuss where a few of the bigger bills stand.

Categories
Fiscal Policy Politics Transportation

Sen. Henri Martin

Sen. Martin and I discuss the continuing efforts to stop the truck mileage tax.

Categories
Advocacy Authors Fiscal Policy Politics

Marc Fitch

We catch up with investigative journalist Marc Fitch of the Yankee Institute to sift through what was accomplished and what is still on the agenda before the general legislative session ends on Wednesday.

Categories
Fiscal Policy Politics

Sen. Rob Sampson

As the end of the current legislative session nears, CT State Senator Rob Sampson joins me to discuss the latest budget proposal, which no longer includes the state joining the TCI program, avoiding yet another tax increase.

Categories
Advocacy Fiscal Policy Politics

Joe Delong

The Executive Director of CCM calls on Connecticut legislators and the Governor to once again fulfill a commitment to fund the 3-tiered PILOT program, which they have failed to do for years.