That's the headline of a Hartford Courant editorial from June 30, 2007.  Why does the question need to be asked?  Of course its not sustainable.  The only reason it balanced was the use of nearly a 1 billion surplus that should have been returned to the taxpayers in the budget relief promised by our legislature and Governor Rell. Connecticut taxpayers received no tax relief, and in fact had our taxes raised by the $1 billion surplus that wasn't returned.  Has no one in the Constitution state taken an economics course before? In two years when the present budget expires taxes will need to be raised beyond the surplus to balance the budget, or all the services that we added will need to be cut.  We all know that once a service or employee starts feeding from the government trough, he or it is guaranteed nourishment for a lifetime.  The last government official who dared to cut the budget was the courageous Governor John Rowland, who was subsequently ruined and driven out of office by the Hartford Courant with assistance from the state employees union.  Speaking of ex-governor Rowland, isn't it interesting that both contractors who were star witnesses for the Hartford Courant witch hunt have recently been arrested in bid rigging deals.  Guess the Hartford Courant didn't think that warranted much coverage. Frustrated in CT