Your taxes keep rising—so why is Connecticut broke? Download PDF (see pdf for complete list) Connecticut residents pay the highest taxes in the entire country, second only to New York. Next year, lawmakers must close…
Download PDF A Double Standard: Union Tax Policy vs. Union Duesby Zachary Janowski, Director of External Affairs, Yankee Instituteand David Goldman, Research Associate, Yankee InstituteApril 2016For footnotes and charts, please download the attached pdf.IntroductionUnions dominate…
Download PDF Download the attached .pdf file for footnotes and sources.Yankee Institute Policy BriefA Fresh Start: Governor Malloy’s 2017 Budget RevisionsBy Suzanne Bates, Policy DirectorFebruary 2016Overview Lawmakers adopted a preliminary 2017 budget last year when…
Download PDF The Working Class Tax: A Review of ‘Jobs With Justice’ StudyBy Mark Gius, PhDProfessor of Economics, Quinnipiac UniversityFor footnotes and sources, please download the .pdf file above.SummaryIn this review, Professor Mark Gius, a…
Download PDF A Better Place to Die: Reforming Connecticut’s Estate TaxBy Suzanne Bates, Policy DirectorFor footnotes and sources, please download the .pdf file above.Summary Connecticut is one of only 14 states that has an estate…
Download PDF Yankee Institute Policy Brief$60 a Second: Connecticut’s Outmigration ProblemBy Suzanne Bates, Policy Director, Yankee InstituteNovember 2015For charts and data, please download the attached pdf.IntroductionIn just two years – from 2011 to 2013 –…
The study we released today, Unequal Pay: Public Vs. Private Sector Compensation in Connecticut, shows that state employees make an average of 25 to 46 percent more than private sector workers with similar skills and experience.…
Yankee Institute Policy BriefConnecticut’s Spending Cap: A Legal OverviewBy Peter Bowman, J.D.April 24, 2015 Executive SummaryConnecticut’s spending cap has a rocky history. This policy brief examines the legislative and legal record of the cap, including…
Yankee Institute Policy BriefConnecticut’s Spending Cap: A Legal OverviewBy Peter Bowman, J.D.April 24, 2015Executive SummaryConnecticut’s spending cap has a rocky history. This policy brief examines the legislative and legal record of the cap, including a…
April 9, 2015 DOWNLOAD PDF $15 AN HOUR OR PAY A TAX The lowest wage a person can earn is not the minimum wage – currently $9.15 an hour in Connecticut.It’s zero. That’s what people earn…
