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Ned Lamont: “Balance that without raising income taxes, which is what…”

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special

Published | Video Starts at 05:08

Guy in this job out of the business world. First thing I had to do was we're looking at $2 billion budget deficits as far as I could see. Balance that, Balance that without raising income taxes, which is what four or five of my predecessors have done. I think that gave the business community some confidence that we're getting our fiscal house in order. (05:08–05:14)

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Asserts that he balanced the budget without raising income taxes, unlike four or five previous governors.

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