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Renewal:POLICY SOLUTIONSTO REVITALIZE
CONNECTICUT
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Problems Spending for K-
51 percent over t
Connecticuts acthe nation.
Common Core i
Tuition at in-stauniversities has g48 percent in eigadministrators a
Our Solutions Suspend and re-t
Common Core S
Empower parentfollow children t
Rein in costs andpublic colleges an
Problems State taxes are crushing the middle class.
Red tape and small fees are tying up ourbusinesses.
distributes tax breaks and subsidies.
Our Solutions Reduce burdensome licensing and
regulatory requirements for businesses.
Roll back all of the 2011 tax increases, andeliminate nuisance taxes and fees that costmore to collect than they bring in.
Streamline and privatize social services;
Eliminate unwarranted exemptions, taxdeductions and subsidies given to specialallies of the governing class.
Reviving the Economy Reforming Education S
Connecticut canprosper again!
Lately weve heard the frustration in the voicesof friends, neighbors and family memberswho have moved or who have thought aboutmoving from Connecticut:
For our state to recover, the 2014 gubernatorialand state legislative candidates of both partiesshould adopt the following common sense
economy; ensure fairness for all its citizens;renew the prosperity of its people; and enableConnecticut residents of all generations tothrive together.
Right now, Connecticut is broken but with these changes,
Connecticut islost! I do not planon going downwith the Titanic!
Im consideringjoining those thathave moved out.
I le! Good luck,but I think its alost battle!
All of these are real
quotes, from realpeople, who arebeing hurt by ourstates policies.
Our state is onthe wrong course but with theright policies,Connecticut cancome back!
it can be fixed!
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Reform
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Our Solutions: Strict adherence
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Eliminate accouadopt GAAP acc
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Curing Health Care
Problems: Connecticuts health insurance rates are
among the nations highest.
Health care costs at hospitals and clinicsare not transparent.
Our Solutions: Reduce the number of insurance
mandates to lower the cost of insurancepremiums.
Allow consumers to see provider costsbefore treatment.
Maintain consumer control of health careoptions.
Grant low-income residents more choicesby moving some out of Medicaid andonto the exchange created by the ACA.
Lower the Medicaid-qualifying incometo a level appropriate for our region.
Civil Service Reform
Problems: 0 billion in liabilities
for its promised employee pensions and
man, woman and child in the state.
Public employees earn $10 more per hourthan their private sector counterparts inthe Hartford area.
Public eextensive and more expensive than thoseof private sector workers.
Our Solutions: Move t
style retirement plan for all newemployees.
End pensio
Provide all state employees with high-deductible health savings account healthplans.
Negotiate with state employee unions
Give workers the choice of whether ornot to join a union, and dont make unionmembership a condition of employment.
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