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Ned Lamont: “Our strong economic growth allows us to do more without…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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2026 State of the State Address

Published | Video Starts at 08:30

Your family budget, budget of your small business, our state budget. It's bad for any budget to grow faster than your income can support. We've been down that deficit road before. But Our strong economic growth allows us to do more without compromising our honestly balanced budget. Look, I get it. Many of you over here want to add a 500 million dollar tax cut. And folks over here want 500 million dollar tax credits. (08:30–08:37)

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Asserts that economic growth enables increased spending without affecting the balanced budget.

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