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Democrat Governors Get ‘Thrill Up Their Legs’ in Meeting with Obama

Following a closed-door meeting with President Obama on Friday, Connecticut’s Democrat and Working Families Party Governor Dannel Malloy said, “This was one of the most inspirational meetings I’ve ever attended in the White House.”

Describing the president as “the leader of the free world,” Gov. Malloy exclaimed that Mr. Obama “has accomplished things most people didn’t think possible,” and praised the president for his “laser-like focus on job creation.”

Gov. Malloy is in Washington this weekend to attend the National Governor’s Association annual winter meeting. In addition to the Friday meeting with the president, his economic team,

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Connecticut Deemed the ‘Sinkhole’ of the Nation

According to the Institute for Truth in Accounting (IFTA), Connecticut has been identified as the top financial “sinkhole” state in the nation. IFTA, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that works for greater accounting transparency across all levels of government and business, reports that the Constitution state is at the top of a list of five states which are in the worst financial position. According to the organization’s Financial State of the States report, Connecticut has $29.4 billion worth of assets, but only $10.1 billion are available to pay $63.4 billion of bills as they come due. In addition, each Connecticut taxpayer’s financial burden is $41,200.

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