The recent op-ed in the Courant is correct on one count: state employees are not the problem. If not state employees, then who is to blame for the seemingly perpetual state budget deficit? The problem is politicians who, and this won’t surprise anyone, made promises they couldn’t keep.
Rocky Hill, CT – Yankee Institute Executive Director Fergus Cullen appeared on the Connecticut Business and Industry Association’s “State Fiscal Issues” panel on Friday, September 10, 2010 at the Rocky Hill Marriott. With the State of Connecticut facing a potential $3.5 billion budget deficit and fiscal issues at the forefront ...
HARTFORD – The Yankee Institute announces that it has updated its CTSunlight.org website by adding 2009 payroll data for all state employees. The data shows that 1,293 state employees earned more than Gov. Jodi Rell’s salary of $150,000 last year. This is up from 1,137 state employers who were paid ...
The Yankee Institute’s new study “The Care and Feeding of Connecticut’s Congressmen” has taxpayers grumbling all across Connecticut today as they learn about how their Member of Congress spends their hard-earned tax dollars. Among the Yankee Institute’s findings: Courtney was “the highest-spending member of Connecticut’s delegation” — based on his ...
The Hartford Courant ran an article today featuring the Yankee Institute’s research “A Look at Who Pays Connecticut’s Income Tax” by Executive Director Fergus Cullen. “It’s easy to bash the rich and say they aren’t pulling their weight, but we did the math,” said Fergus Cullen, the Yankee Institute’s executive director. ...