Connecticut Past

I think back to a time when you really could say "The Great State of Connecticut". I grew up there. We had no state income tax, no Lottery, no casinos, no bottle bill, a lower gas tax and lower tobacco costs, and it was a great place to live and grow up. Now we have all of those things that I mentioned, and there seems to be a terrible way of life here. People are leaving by the dozens every week to go to other states where the cost of living is more economical. It seems like the democratic party in Connecticut constantly spends and creates huge deficits with projections of even higher deficits. So now , in all there infinite wisdom, they want to double the bottle bill to $0.10 per can and bottle , are considering legalizing recreational marijuana that will be highly taxed, adding toll booths to the highways and going up on the gas and tobacco tax once again. The governor has cut money to municipalities,  which trickles down to the towns increasing property taxes to make up that shortfall. There is even talk of increasing the sales tax again.
It hurts me to see this happen to a state that is so beautiful in its environment and landscape. Unfortunately, I am one of those people that has left the state to live in a place that I can afford.
Until they do something about the abused welfare system in the state of Connecticut and the rampant spending by the Democratic Party , it will never get better.