By CHRIS POWELL Will Connecticut ever realize that two of what it professes to be its highest ideals of public policy, local control and equality of opportunity, are contradictions? State government was reminded of this again the other day by another report from the Equable Institute, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve government employee pensions. Connecticut’sContinue reading “Connecticut’s contradictory ideals: local control vs. equality”
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State’s economy isn’t strong; and a teacher salary trick
By Chris Powell Democrats warn that Donald Trump’s return to the presidency will endanger Social Security and Medicare. Trump has made ambiguous and contradictory comments on those programs and is not the master of policy details. But as a practical matter President Biden’s administration already has made big cuts in Social Security and Medicare —Continue reading “State’s economy isn’t strong; and a teacher salary trick”
A grossly premature parole; and teachers aren’t underpaid
By Chris Powell Next time the governor and state legislators boast about the decline in Connecticut’s prison population, remember the recent report in the Hearst Connecticut newspapers about the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. By a vote of 2-1 after a hearing in January, the board approved parole for a Bridgeport man who hadContinue reading “A grossly premature parole; and teachers aren’t underpaid”
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