Tax Hike Ned

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Well that didn’t take long. Just a day after tweeting about not raising taxes, Ned Lamont was forced to admit that he raised taxes on Connecticut families multiple times.

In fact, in his first two years alone Lamont raised taxes on prepared meals, wine and liquor, tobacco products, home sales, created a plastic bag tax, and broadened the sales tax to cover more items, hitting the lowest earners the hardest.

Not to mention Lamont’s failed $1 billion endeavors to introduce a carbon emissions fee and increase highway tolls, or his recent diesel tax hike, which has been passed on to consumers.

“No wonder Lamont’s wife took her business to Nashville. In the midst of soaring inflation, Tax Hike Ned has created an environment that’s squeezing every dollar out of families and forcing businesses to invest elsewhere,” said RGA Spokesman Chris Gustafson. “With one of the worst unemployment rates in the nation and 36,000 jobs killed since 2019, Connecticut’s economy has cratered under the failed high tax policies of Ned Lamont.”