Lamont, Griebel Find Deficit Less Daunting After The Campaign
Former candidates talk about budget solutions at CCSU
NEW BRITAIN -- Former gubernatorial candidates Ned Lamont and Oz Griebel found it much easier Monday to tackle the state's budget crisis, now that their respective bids for state government's highest office is over.
Lamont, who was reluctant to talk about any state employee wage or benefit concessions before his August loss to Dan Malloy in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, said Connecticut's next governor needs to use both "carrot and stick" to get $500 million worth of annual savings from labor.
Griebel, who finished third in the GOP primary behind the winner,Tom Foley, and Lt. Gov. Michael C. Fedele, wouldn't go much beyond saying tax hikes coldn't be ruled out during his campaign.
But in Monday's panel discussion, led by WNPR news director and talk show host John Dankosky, he conceded that tax hikes, including an income tax increase, likely need to be considered -- provided they are linked to major spending reforms.
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If you were to convince the business community and you, as individual taxpayers, that we’re serious about keeping spending flat, then maybe we could all tolerate an increase in revenue
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