By Chris Powell When federal census data showed Connecticut’s population increasing by about 57,000 in 2021 and 2022, Governor Lamont construed it as great news, evidence of the state’s prosperity under his administration, a remarkable contrast with the population losses of nearby states. But the other day the U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged that the populationContinue reading “Connecticut isn’t ready to prosper; and stop taxing electricity”
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Connecticut uses electricity to hide cost of government
By Chris Powell Feeling unusually put-upon by state government, Connecticut’s two major electric utility companies, Eversource and United Illuminating, are pushing back, which is good, since, whatever their faults, they are too easily demagogued against, as nearly everybody hates electric companies, electricity being too expensive. Connecticut has the second highest electricity costs in the country.Continue reading “Connecticut uses electricity to hide cost of government”
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