Conn. lawmakers hold economic briefing

By ConnPolitics.tv Staff on Oct 24, 2009 | In News | 10 feedbacks »

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s economy and the state of its workforce will be discussed at a legislative forum this week.

The General Assembly’s Commerce and Labor and Public Employees committees are hosting a joint invitational hearing at the State Capitol on Monday.

Fred V. Carstensen, director of the Center for Economic Analysis at the University of Connecticut, will be among the speakers.

He’ll be joined by John Olsen, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO and Daniel Kennedy Jr., senior economist at the Department of Labor. Representatives from the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Connecticut United for Research Excellence and the Business Council of Fairfield County will also attend.

Unemployment in Connecticut reached 8.4 percent in September, an increase from 8.1 percent in August and 7.8 percent in July.

Comment from: Independant Observer [Visitor] Email
The best thing the Connecticut legislature can do is tell the Obama Administration to start adopting tax and government policies that will actually promote job creation and entrepreneurship. It should be obvious to most any citizen that the big government policies and spending is not doing much to create jobs-- and never will because government has never created wealth where the private sector has.
Meanwhile we can all watch our great nation sink into despair like a third world county--
10/24/09 @ 17:12
Comment from: Hosed By The System [Visitor] Email
For an economic disaster that we find ourselves in now.....that is MORE than 60% our dysfunctional & spineless governments fault, both federal and state, it shouldnt surprise anybody that the job opportunity now is in the sewer......


THANK you Washington & Hartford...


And to the lame American people who reward the SAME scumsuckers by electing them BACK again & again........WAKE THE HELL UP will ya............
10/25/09 @ 12:09
Comment from: joe [Visitor] Email
Must be to get rid of the remaining business. Our Lawmakers are doing such a good job the convenience stores will leave next.
10/25/09 @ 13:54
Comment from: Conservative [Visitor] Email
I can't wait for the next line of new taxes like that pathetic bottle deposit for water bottles. the state gets all the surplus for these not the bottling oompanies where it belongs since they have to pay for recycling.

joke!
10/26/09 @ 09:44
Comment from: Glenna MacDonald [Visitor] Email
There are state jobs,so the state should open up factories for things used in the state of Connecticut and call them state jobs,sanitary napkin factories,baby foods,things folk in Connecticut use everyday.~Peace Glenna~
10/26/09 @ 12:09
Comment from: Bill [Visitor] Email
NEWS FLASH-OBAMA EXCEEDS BUSH

In 2009, the CBO projects the federal government will run a $1.7 trillion deficit, just short of the combined budget deficits of the last eight years.
10/26/09 @ 15:58
Comment from: Len Roberts [Visitor] Email · http://dumpchrisdodd.com
**---
If they keep sending jobs overseas naturally unemployment is going to be high. The powers to be can fixed that by protecting some jobs or industry's & bring them back to the good ole USA. But like was mentioned here, we keep electing the same old crowd. Dodd for 30 years, gheesh & he moves to Iowa on top of all the other crap he is invloved. get up off your couch & hit the streets.
"Dump Dodd"
10/27/09 @ 08:38
Comment from: Todd [Visitor] Email
Wow IO! For once I might have to agree with you... is that logic I hear?
10/27/09 @ 13:59
Comment from: Nick [Visitor] Email
Yes Conservative I agree.
I had some idiot for a neighbor who got mad at me that I dumped my water bottles in the garbage.
The next week I dumped hem in his front yard, then said you dump them!!
I consider myself a good neighbor, but things are simply getting out of hand too.
10/27/09 @ 14:03
Comment from: Todd [Visitor] Email
"I can't wait for the next line of new taxes like that pathetic bottle deposit for water bottles."

Your REPUBLICAN governor supports this...

"Dodd for 30 years, gheesh & he moves to Iowa on top of all the other crap he is invloved [sic.]."

Great, can we just "Say No to Joe" too. He's just as much of a waste.
10/27/09 @ 14:04

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