McKINNEY STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC LEADERS’ PLANS TO CIRCUMVENT STATE SPENDING CAP

State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield) released the following statement today in response to reports that legislative Democrats are proposing a budget in closed-door negotiations with the Malloy administration that would circumvent the state spending cap.

Senator McKinney: “For taxpayers, the state spending cap is one of our last and most important protections against unaffordable and out-of-control government spending. For state Democrats, it is nothing more than an annoying obstacle in the way of their efforts to grow government and protect government employees.

“Whether they do it by a vote in the legislature, or in a less transparent way by moving more than $1 billion over two years to a so-called ‘off-budget’ account, they are destroying the spending cap as we know it. If Democratic legislative leaders are in fact offering this proposal, I urge Governor Malloy – who promised no more taxes and no more gimmicks – to reject them outright.”

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