Dubbed the ‘Pathway to Affordability,’ the $27.9 billion plan includes $365 million in what Republicans called the School Taxpayer Relief and Affordability Plan (STRAP). 

By Donald Eng, CTNewsJunkie.com

House Republicans are touting a budget adjustment plan they say will deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to local school systems while reducing property taxes and eliminating tax on things like Social Security benefits and children’s clothing.

“Connecticut is staring down a projected budget deficit that could grow worse before it gets better and the majority’s answer is to spend more and hope for the best,” said Minority Leader Vincent Candelora of North Branford. “That’s not a strategy, that’s a recipe for the next tax hike.”

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