To the editor:
At last the primary season is over. Candidates have been selected and are attempting to let the voters know where they stand on issues via TV/radio commercials, ads in the mail and by knocking on doors. This election truly is one of the most important for both state and federal offices. This election will effect the path our state and country takes for the next 25 years.
Now is the time for answers, not the usual “I’m going to fight for you in Hartford or Washington,” depending on the office.
If an incumbent comes to your door, ask them what have they done in Hartford to control spending? What cuts have they attempted to the state budget? What taxes and fees have they supported increasing to bail out the state? What experience do they have with budgets? What new ideas do they have to reduce spending at the state level?
For starters, how about getting rid of special license plates for legislators? The Department of Motor Vehicles announced that we will no longer get stickers for our windshields.
Every little bit helps, so lead by example. I doubt many legislators rely solely on their state stipend for a living, unless they are retired. Surely they have seen belt tightening in their private sector jobs.
Why not take a 10 percent pay cut and reduce your office expenses the same amount? Prove to taxpayers that you understand the fiscal cliff we are about to fall into and are responsible guardians of the taxpayers hard earned money.
These questions can be put to challengers also. It is no longer business as usual. State and federal budgets have to learn to operate more like a household or small town budget. We can’t afford everything right away, why should the state be any different?
Jim Rossi
Friday, August 20, 2010
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Jim Rossi wrote:
"... For starters, how about getting rid of special license plates for legislators? The Department of Motor Vehicles announced that we will no longer get stickers for our windshields.
Every little bit helps, so lead by example. I doubt many legislators rely solely on their state stipend for a living, unless they are retired. Surely they have seen belt tightening in their private sector jobs."
Perhaps you haven't heard, New Britain State legislators have never worked in the private sector! They have lived off of the government all their working lives and the unions keep them in office. To ask them to give back would mean using less money and voting for smaller government payroll.
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