Caligiuri on tax reform

Reported by the New Britain Herald:

Last week The Yankee Institute for Public Policy, a state-based think tank, released with little fanfare a study, a Taxpayer Bill of Rights, on how to save Connecticut’s financial future. One reason it may have received so little media coverage was that the study called for the elimination of the state income tax...

State Sen. Sam Caligiuri, R-16th District, believes our state income tax has made it easier than ever for the legislature to spend more than the state can afford.

“Its imposition has enabled a vicious cycle of excessive spending and tax hikes that stifles economic growth,” he says.

Tim White