{"id":1951,"date":"2009-04-17T19:21:30","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T23:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2009-04-17T19:22:55","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T23:22:55","slug":"tea-party-impact-connecticut-republicans-introduce-no-tax-increase-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/17\/tea-party-impact-connecticut-republicans-introduce-no-tax-increase-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea Party Impact: Connecticut Republicans Introduce No Tax-Increase Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republican legislators in Connecticut yesterday introduced a no tax-increase budget proposal&#8230; According to State Rep. Larry Cafero (R-Minority Leader), the Tax Day Tea Parties held around the state sent a very clear  message &#8220;What was, sort of, symbolized by the demonstrations yesterday in Hartford,  and all over, is, people are saying, &#8216;We can&#8217;t afford our government anymore,'&#8221;  Cafero said.<\/p>\n<p>Bravo Zulu to Connecticut&#8217;s Republican Legislators for standing up for fiscal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>WTNH TV has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtnh.com\/dpp\/news\/news_wtnh_GOP_budget_plan_200904161715\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a> on the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican legislators in Connecticut yesterday introduced a no tax-increase budget proposal&#8230; According to State Rep. Larry Cafero (R-Minority Leader), the Tax Day Tea Parties held around the state sent a very clear message &#8220;What was, sort of, symbolized by the demonstrations yesterday in Hartford, and all over, is, people are saying, &#8216;We can&#8217;t afford our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[209,44,1365,494],"class_list":{"0":"post-1951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-connecticut","8":"tag-republicans","9":"tag-taxes","10":"tag-tea-party","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-vt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1934,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/16\/thousands-attend-tea-parties-around-connecticut-and-the-nation\/","url_meta":{"origin":1951,"position":0},"title":"Thousands Attend Tea Parties Around Connecticut and the Nation","author":"Jeff","date":"April 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Unfortunately work and family commitments kept from attending one of the Connecticut Tax Day Tea Parties yesterday... 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