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Ned Lamont: “I don't want to spend away the rainy day fund.”

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

Published | Video Starts at 04:13

I think the malaise is that ongoing worldwide inflation, what that does to people's. Outlook likely just quickly likelihood of recession. I think it's very likely, which is why I don't, unlike my two opponents, I don't want to spend away the rainy day fund. That rainy day fund is there for a moment like this. If our revenues start going down, I don't want to have to raise taxes. I don't want to have to cut education spending. (04:13–04:16)

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Asserts his intention not to deplete Connecticut's rainy day fund.

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