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To All My Fellow CT. Millionaires,

The honorable Jodi Rell and the CT. legislature have reached a new low; they have driven every profitable business from CT. and now have turned their attention to the rest of us.

Surrounded by my milk and bread yesterday awaiting the pending snow storm I had little else to do but read the Sunday paper editorials.

Lo and Behold with one swift stroke of the pen, the governor and legislature have re-defined what it takes to be a millionaire in the state of CT... Just in case you are not aware and to avoid the PC label CT. is best related to the color related to baby boys.

But first I must digress a bit, after driving the Insurance Industry, Metals Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry & Eyelet and Fasters Industries out of CT. and creating the most hostile business atmosphere anywhere on the North American continent the boys and girls in Hartford are now coming after us.

Facing a budget deficit and the business well has gone dry, they needed a new "revenue enhancement" stream so they decided to come up with a "millionaires tax", but when they looked around and ran the numbers all the real millionaires split along time ago the new revenue stream from this new tax did not add up to much. WHAT TO DO!!! Redefine what it takes to be a millionaire!!!!

So as of this legislative session a

"MILLIONAIRE IN CT. WILL NOW BE ANY INDIVIAUAL MAKING MORE THAN $10.47 PER HOUR. THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS NO MISPRINT THERE $10.47 PER HOUR AND UP AND YOUR A CT. MILLIONAIRE.

Thus subject to the new millionaire tax. With my new found wealth I stopped at the package store on the way home and picked up a bottle of Brandy never drank Brandy before but I understand if you’re a millionaire you drink Brandy. I then stopped at the cigar store and picked up a couple of Monte Crisco torpedoes.

To add insult to injure they have attached an amendment to this bill to give every illegal alien in-state tuition at all public Universities and Colleges in CT... But the rest of us legal residents are just left to our own devices, no help here for our kids.

Now the coup to decra in order to get this passed so that all of us local morons do not burn down the state building they are going to eliminate the personal property tax on automobiles (un-funded mandate). The only problem with that is we do not pay the state personal property tax on autos we pay the cities so they lose that revenue stream and they will be forced to up the mill rate on our homes to pay for the shortfall in revenue (CT. just went through re-valuation).

So I sit here tonight drinking my Brandy and smoking my Monte Crisco like all the other real millionaires and thanking my luck stars for my new found wealth.

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your new found status.

this used to be a hell of a good country.

John,
If you're a millionaire you should own another home in NH. Heck, just move to NH before they build a wall around CT to keep people from leaving. Next thing you know you'll need a passport to leave CT. Get the hell out of that Socialist Republic of Connecticut. Don't stop in Taxachusettes either.

Heh Heh. Soon I will be leaving CT behind. No more $9000 a year property taxes. No more 17.8 cent per KWH electricity. No more cold. No more putting up with snooty neighbors.

Emm dont suppose there is any chance of sharing some of your new found wealth, you could be the next Carnegie. Cast your bread upon the water and he who giveth surely will be skint in double quick time and all that.

I'm gonna move to CT, so I can go out drinking in NYC and tell all the girls..."Yeah...I'm a millionaire..."

Poppy, it took the Governor to tell you that you're a Millionaire! Geez, I knew that as soon as I crossed the state line and moved into Litchfield County! Why I live only miles from the likes of Conan O'Brian and James Earl Jones, near towns who consider splitting their mandated minimum 5-acre lots down to 1-acre lots so long as they are used for affordable housing (for those non-Yankees out there, that would be a house that costs $285,000, has .23 acres of land that you don't own, but belongs to the town, but that you CAN will to your kids, BUT that you have to make under $60,000 a year to be eligible to buy since it is "AFFORDABLE" housing-you figure out that logic!!), get to pay BY THE BAG to take my trash to the dump, and if I want to be elitist, and rent a small house for my family instead of an apartment complex with no yard, no pets, etc..., can look forward to approx. $1800/month rent plus over $300/mo in electric and oil. Why I'd HAVE to be a millionaire to live here, wouldn't I (or just crazy or a fool, not sure which I am yet)! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the rural hills and valleys of Litchfield County, the winding roads and mountain streams, being close to family, the shore, etc..., but people around here wouldn't know "affordable" if it landed on their faces and farted out money! Poppy, swing by this weekend and we'll fire up a couple Monte Cristos over a snifter of Brandy, and laugh at the poor people, or perhaps admire the new leather on my 1930 Bentley 4-1/2 Liter...
Ciao Dahlings....

In CT I would have been a millionaire since I was 16. In Montana still poor white trash

Does your governor know our governor? I think they have been trading ideas. Tax everything and everyone to excess and give it away to those that shouldn't be here. At the same time, dictate every thought and and action we have.

At the the end of this year, we (those of us in Oregon) will need to have a passport to fly as the Oregon drivers licence will no longer be considered a valid id (seems we give away too many drivers licences to illegal aliens).

Soren

gotta run... there's a heavy knock at the door

Ya know Kim and I are trying to move north too, and CT and MA would be a really nice in-between for our families. Scariest part is either would still be cheaper than Long Island....

Hey Big Poppy, just got back to CT to read your epistle. No need for me to rub it in about my move to SC March 27. I gladly give up millionaire status but I'll miss having you close by.
SteveB

Washington is not much better. Our power is cheaper, but wait!

Dave

jeez cant you mericans keep this stuff on the QT, dont want to give our pol(lying thieving kaniving lowlife SOBs MFs)itians any ideas.

So know that you are a millionaire, i take it you will be trading that poor mans bike of yours and buying something that reflects your financial status. An OCC bike or something of that nature.

Do you need me to find you the number of the local Bentley dealer. Jaguars are so middle class

Oh, btw, could you lend me a few thousand.

Who would of thunk it. That a plumber like me could wake up one morning, and read on the net that now I am a millionaire. And I didn't even buy a lotto ticket.
Let see, electric bill up 60.00 this month. lets not even talk about oil. 4000.00 property tax. some of the highest gas prices in the country. ****** I'm glad I'm now a wealthy man. South Carolina is looking better all the time.
Poppy see you at Toymakers when the snow melts.
Mark

Big Poppy & Bayern710
I know I Pi** an Moan about the cost of living here, but I forgot I can ride out of my garage to some of the best roads in CT.
Just a couple of hours, and I can be in Vermont or the Lake George region of NY. I leave my driveway in SC, and I'm in downtown Myrtle Beach traffic. Cost of living is lots cheaper down there,weather is great(I like hot weather better than cold) but all the good roads are on the other side of the state.
Mark

I wish to thank all the well wishers and fellow CT. Millionaires for their kindest and warmest regards, regarding my new found wealth.

My head seems to bothering me today after drinking all that Brandy I guess being a Millioniare is not all fun and games. I believe it will take some time to get use to our new wealth and status.

The only thing bothering me (besides my head) is what has happened to oneeyedjack. He may not be aware of his new found wealth yet or the shock of it all has finally gotten to him and he decided go live in the uramium mine I sold him awhile back.

Well I off now to look at either a Bentley or Silver Shadow what the hell I'm going to buy both !!!

It's great being a Millionaire !!!!

My favorite example of how CT is intent upon punishing the fools (like me) who set up shop here:

In CT, we have two state taxes on diesel fuel - one is a flat $0.26 per gallon, and the other is around 6% of the gross, called the "Gross Receipts Tax." The GRT is usually around 12 or 14 cents per gallon. Why is this a big deal? Because big trucks, which are the lifeline of the nation's supply chain, get around 5 or 6 MPG. OK, we do need taxes to get along -

Now the WTF? part - EVERY out of state truck passing through CT is exempt from and does not have to pay the 6% of the gross fuel tax. Out of state trucks can both be more competitive in CT, and also pay less than the CT trucks for road upkeep.

The two current hot topics in CT legislature - Not 'how to stop the hemorrhaging of business dollars out of state' but instead, banning elephant hooks before Ringling Bros. comes to town, (I sh** you not) and making grocery stores accept plastic shopping bags back. (The brown plastic bags are made from corn, and are biodegradable anyway.)

We have the distinction of being the only state in the union with a comparative loss in business growth. For example, UPS spent millions to get their HQ & to relocate their management people out of CT, and saved money in the process.

If I wasn't so entrenched here, I'd be long gone. The state 'leaders' are burying us alive.

Bad news for Benny - Kiplingers states that the cost of living in W. Hartford, CT is higher than in NYC.

maybe...

!!!! $9,000 a year property taxes! I thought Texas was hell at half that.

The burden on working people is just getting too heavy in this country.

I bet the cost of living in eastern CT is a lot less
Then again it's a kind of waste land over there... It is amazing how expensive pretty much everywhere in the NE is. Kinda screwed no matter what. Thing is it's not just cost driving us off the island, its other things too, so we'll see.

Tell me about it Benny, I would love to live in a town like Lebanon and be able to commute to work, then I could actually afford that crazy dream of mine to BUY a house instead of renting! A couple friends of my wifes family commute every day from Columbia, CT to Bridgeport and New Haven, but I haven't taken to smoking crack just yet!

Would I risk getting mob slapped if I said I only have to commute five minutes to work? I feel great sympathy for the CT millionaires. (Good thing PA hasn't thought of that yet)
But, don't you feel quite the philanthropist knowing that your millions will put all those unfortunate illigal aliens through college? Will they be getting free healthcare also?
I think the "dumbing of America" finally worked. Our politicians are rapeing the citizens and we as a society are allowing them.
If anyone is interested, my neck of the woods has a very low cost of living. In fact if I remember correctly, its so low the unemployment rate is higher!

Forgot to mention...I'll be living in the "other part of the state." Where all the good roads are. Check out "Upstate SC". I did and that's why I'm moving. And the proximity to excellent riding was a big part of it.
SteveB

Steve, I just moved from "Upstate SC" in Sept, was within 45 minutes ride of the southern end of the Appalachians, and an hour and a half from Chy in Georgia and Dahlonega (GA Rally!!) Oh, why oh why....

Yeah I am NOT willing to "accept" a huge commute either. I think that is a total waste of time, and my time is worth money, not me SPENDING money on gas, etc. When I moved to NY I literally lived a half mile from work, maybe .6... I could walk there in 11 minutes. My job now sort of includes my time in the car, so whatever... but as I contemplate new surroundings or a new job down here, that weighs on my mind heavily. Especially since the car I will be driving (at first anyway) is a Hyundai with no AC and roll up windows! Gotta go get a trucker fan and a spinner for the wheel

Funny thing about CT I know people who love it, and a few people who want to GTFO. Maybe being a native helps?

There are articles around here all the time about the younger folks, Gen-X, my age, etc leaving Long Island. I think I'm the only one who moved here!! Silly me... The number of single people living alone down here is REALLY small. Most still live with their parents.

Well, that sort of makes sense. At 10.48/hour, it would only take about 46 years to gross one million. If you save every penny of your net income by walking to work, sleeping under a bridge and eating at the local rescue mission, it would only take you 95 - 100 years to actually accumulate a million.

Of course, politicians see things from a different perspective. A good politician whose office pays, say, 250K/year would be a millionaire in a matter of weeks.

At least Gov. Rell has crossed party lines with her new budget plans, she has pi$$ed off both Dems and Reps at the capitol. funny she did not mention any of this during her campaign a few months ago

Mike,

They never do, remember Wickers famous line:

"A CT. state income tax would be like pouring gas on a fire" Then he got elected and 6 months later we had a state income tax.


We can screw the Indians instead, but those pesky federal laws got in the way of that idea (sovereign nation status).

CT. bill 176893A sub 3 section 4 sub paragraph 6: establish toll booths on every primary and secondary road leading into and out of the CT. Indian reservation's on State supported roads and by-ways. Before the house this year.

Now I know why you stay in CT.
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Well Otto Von Greg,

I told you once you are living in the high rent district.

Check the Hartford Current engineers are at a premium all over the state.

My compnay in Manchester is looking for 2 right now.
(i would not recommend comming there right now place was bought out recently, and the inevitalbe shake up is going on)all the old cronies will be replaced by new cronies over the next few months.

I just mentioned it as an example. oh and btw way Eastern Ct. Is not quite the "waiste land" as someone called it.