GOP Shares Proposals to Address Budget Shortfalls
HARTFORD – Rep. Dave Rutigliano joined House Republican Leader Themis Klarides and Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano for the release of Republican proposals to close the state’s current budget deficit and make long-term structural changes to help the state avoid future shortfalls, Nov. 13. These proposals were shared with Democrat leaders and Governor Dannel P. Malloy in bipartisan budget negotiations.
The Republican proposals include modifications totaling over $370 million in Fiscal Year 2016, enough to close the current year’s projected deficit while also restoring cuts made to social services by the governor’s September rescissions. None of the immediate proposed solutions require labor concessions. The proposals also include tax changes to improve Connecticut’s business environment, including eliminating Unitary Combined Reporting.
The long-term Republican budget proposals include lowering state debt by limiting the amount Connecticut can borrow, identifying and addressing inefficiencies in state government, protecting transportation funding, better managing the state’s pension system, and modest labor modifications.
