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giant_toad42 t1_ixxyjlu wrote

Reply to comment by sld06003 in The work we’ve done in the legislature with two governors over the last twelve years is noticed again by Wall Street resulting in significant taxpayer savings. Standard & Poor’s announced it is increasing Connecticut’s general obligation bond credit rating from A+ to AA-. by senatorduff

I suggest you check your notes on CTs state government.

https://ballotpedia.org/Party_control_of_Connecticut_state_government

Here's the history, if you need help with that.

( Hint: 30 years of Democratic house, 28 years of Democratic senate. )

The only time the governor flips is when the D governor is so bad that people can't stand them.

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sld06003 t1_ixxzhgj wrote

Dannel Malloy (D) won the 2010 election. Jodi Rell (R) from 04-11 John Rowland (R) 95-04 Lowell Weicker (technically I... But actually Republican) 91-95 Before getting back to William A. O'Neill (D)... But go ahead and let me know where you might need help. I don't judge, numbers are really hard for some people.

Soooo.. you have from 91 -11 (I'll do the math for you since you are a fan of numbers...20 years) with a republican governor, but a democratic legislature where debt was consistently a problem. And 11 years where Dems have controlled the governor and legislature and have whittled the debt down to the point that CT is one of the top states in this regard. And yet, you are going to point to the time when Democrats didn't control the state government as your argument against Democrats??

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giant_toad42 t1_ixy1ktn wrote

Some mental gymnastics there. A 2016 USA Gymnastics Team tier performance on your part.

FYI, we have a state legislature that writes the laws.

One party has controlled just about everything for the past, well, likely your entire life.

The governor is and always has been a token in CT.

If you are old enough to remember the ancient history you're talking about - perhaps it's time to head on down to your doc and get checked for dementia.

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sld06003 t1_ixyuj04 wrote

Not sure about the gymnastics. It's takes two branches to get laws through.

From 1991-2010 there was a republican gov and democratic legislature. Since 2011, Democrats hav held controlled both .

Starting in 2011, the state started getting under control. Spot the subtle difference....

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giant_toad42 t1_ixz4dp1 wrote

Mmm hmm.

You do know who writes the budget, right?

Pretending the person who signed the budget is 100% responsible for the budget?

Come on.

Oh, hang on, now I'm a fascist because I know how the budget is written - and I'm not willing to twist the truth because it makes the people I support look bad. We fucked it up, we fixed it. It's the truth - deal with it.

Seriously, fuck progressives.

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