Governor’s Veto “Stamps Out” Recovery; New SEBAC TV Spot Urges Fair State Budget that Won’t Kill Jobs
The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) launched their 5th television ad in a series of increasingly pointed messages urging elected leaders to pass a budget that asks millionaires and corporations to pay their fair share of taxes instead of further punishing the middle-class and the state’s most vulnerable citizens. The most recent ad takes aim at the Governor for protecting the wealthy in a time of crisis.
“On the eve of June 30, the end of the state’s fiscal year, the Governor is still threatening to veto a workable budget that will help our state get out of this economic mess,” said Sharon Palmer, President of AFT Connecticut. “It is inexcusable that she is putting us all at risk to protect millionaires and others who should be part of the solution.”
Palmer is referring to the Governor’s threat not to include a progressive income tax as part of her budget but to plug economic holes through drastic cuts in public services and public spending. SEBAC’s ad, titled “Stamp,” shows the real cost of the Governor’s veto, highlighting some of the services and people that will be directly harmed by her actions. The ad reminds viewers that public services and public spending are vital to economic recovery, and that her veto puts our long-term economic health in peril.
“The Governor proposed cuts in healthcare for children, services for the blind and support for the elderly. Also on her chopping block are funds for community services, job training, road repair and public safety” said Bill Buhler, a pupil services specialist in the Department of Children and Families. “How can the Governor propose such harsh cuts, without first asking Connecticut’s top income earners to help balance the budget?”
The TV spot is set to run on broadcast television until the Governor and legislative leaders come to a consensus on the budget. To learn more about the coalition’s campaign for a fair budget and a livable state with great public services, and to view the video of the ad, visit www.InThisTogetherCT.org.
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