| HARTFORD – After failing to build a consensus for a bipartisan budget deal to address the massive deficit caused by his disastrous tax-and-spend policies, Democrat governor Dan Malloy is putting forth<http://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/Press-Room/Press-Releases/2017/06-2017/Gov-Malloy-Releases-Detailed-July-1-Spending-Plan-Alongside-Proposed-Mini-Budget-Alternative> a “Resource Allocation Plan” to put in place with the expectation that he will not be able to pass a budget.
But while Malloy’s plan protects his big union allies, it leaves the rest of Connecticut out to dry, making massive cuts to education funding, law enforcement, much needed aid for cities and towns across the state, and even ethics funding despite having himself been the subject of an investigation.
Here are just some of the main items for the most recent item of Dan Malloy’s catastrophic agenda for Connecticut:
> $7.4 million in cuts to Care4Kids TANF/CCDF
> $14,804,521 in cuts to Temporary Family Assistance
> $175,523 in cuts to the Election Enforcement Commission
> $15,698 in cuts to the Office of State Ethics (B-9)
> Eliminates property tax relief for veterans
> $3,324,998 in cuts to the Division of Criminal Justice
> Eliminates funding for Connecticut’s Youth Employment Program and Opportunities for Long Term Unemployed
> Eliminates funding for the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
> Eliminates Department of Social Services funding for Protective Services for the Elderly
> Cuts $515,833,717 in Department of Education funding for Education Equalization Grants
> Cuts $1,212,066 in Department of Education funding for the American School for the Deaf
> Cuts $42,337,171 in Department of Education funding for priority school districts
> Cuts $28,701,582 in funding for the University of Connecticut
> Cuts $14,774,971 in funding for the University of Connecticut Health Center
> Adds $278,267,000 in retirement contributions for the Teacher’s Retirement Board
> Increases spending on debt service by $304,937,812
> Keeps $293,577,508 in reserve for salary adjustments
(Source: “Executive Order: Resource Allocation Plan Fiscal Year 2018,” State of Connecticut, June 26, 2017)
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