Only in Connecticut will you find two democrats fighting over what to do will money that belongs to the taxpayers.  Fiscal conservative Democratic State Comptroller Nancy Wyman was critical of the legislature for spending too much of $925 million surplus, and not saving enough. Only $134 million of the surplus will be deposited into the rainy day fund and the rest be used to fund existing programs. Wyman said " Using the great majority of this onesided windfall to fund ongoing programs is a very questionable financial practice."
Ms. Wyman is missing the boat,  there is already nearly $1 billion in the rainy day fund.  How about giving the money back to the taxpayers in the form of a refund so we can build up our family's rainy day fund.  Comptroller Wyman is at least more of economist than Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney a democrat from New Haven.  Looney, as his surname suggest can't even find the dock, to miss the boat on taxes.  In a year where the budget surplus is nearly $1 billion, Looney suggested raising taxes so there would be less of a surplus, less need to use the surplus, and more money for the rainy day fund.  Huh?  Is everyone taking crazy pills? Looney stated the democratic plan to raise taxes to reduce the surplus  was defeated when " We ran into opposition from the governor and the Republican Party"  HOW ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS SENATOR LOONEY?  WHAT ABOUT WHAT WE WANT?  MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR YOU AND YOUR FELLOW DEMOCRATS TO BEGIN REPRESENTING THE TAXPAYERS, OR YOU WILL SOON BE REJOINING THE RANKS OF AVERAGE CITIZENS.