Comments for State Representative Penny Bacchiochi http://reppenny.com Connecticut House Republican Legislator Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:07:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Rep. Bacchiochi Signs Statement of Support for Guard and Reserves by Chris Fields http://reppenny.com/?p=480&cpage=1#comment-573 Chris Fields Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:07:05 +0000 http://reppenny.com/?p=480#comment-573 Great event yesterday, we are very pleased with the success of it and look forward to doing it again! Great event yesterday, we are very pleased with the success of it and look forward to doing it again!

]]> Comment on Majority Downs No Tax Increase Budget by linda roland http://reppenny.com/?p=379&cpage=1#comment-28 linda roland Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:47:20 +0000 http://reppenny.com/?p=379#comment-28 I think all the budgets that are proposed do not have enough elimination of staff and benefits. I see in the "real" corporate world companies have laid of 1/2 their staff-corporations are paying 1/3 more for health careand higher deductables, more in taxes (state and fed) and you guys are still NOT CUTTING STAFF enough staff or benefits!! We need to know our government FED and STATE see what is going on in the real world. EVERYONE is paying more for medical coverage, everyone is working longer hours, everyone has lost 1/2 their retirement, everyone is cutting back on spending and charging LESS for their products and therefore earning much LESS!! Government workers haven't taken a cut in pay, a cut in benefits, don't have to pay more in deductables and they have a fully funded retirement!!! DO YOU WONDER WHY MOST PRIVATE (NON GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE ANGRY..actually it's gone beyond angry...it's actually pitting government workers -getting their 5% increase in pay, their cars, their cell phones, their full med benefits-no deductible, their fully funded retirenment, no working longer hours- against the private sector who's paying for it ALL!..This is causing enormous problems.. No matter how much you rob peter to pay paul ..YOU STILL NEED TO CUT MORE JOBS AND SERVICES! I think all the budgets that are proposed do not have enough elimination of staff and benefits. I see in the “real” corporate world companies have laid of 1/2 their staff-corporations are paying 1/3 more for health careand higher deductables, more in taxes (state and fed) and you guys are still NOT CUTTING STAFF enough staff or benefits!! We need to know our government FED and STATE see what is going on in the real world. EVERYONE is paying more for medical coverage, everyone is working longer hours, everyone has lost 1/2 their retirement, everyone is cutting back on spending and charging LESS for their products and therefore earning much LESS!! Government workers haven’t taken a cut in pay, a cut in benefits, don’t have to pay more in deductables and they have a fully funded retirement!!!
DO YOU WONDER WHY MOST PRIVATE (NON GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE ANGRY..actually it’s gone beyond angry…it’s actually pitting government workers -getting their 5% increase in pay, their cars, their cell phones, their full med benefits-no deductible, their fully funded retirenment, no working longer hours- against the private sector who’s paying for it ALL!..This is causing enormous problems.. No matter how much you rob peter to pay paul ..YOU STILL NEED TO CUT MORE JOBS AND SERVICES!

]]> Comment on Bacchiochi, Republicans Offer Alternative No Tax Increase Budget by Bob http://reppenny.com/?p=339&cpage=1#comment-21 Bob Wed, 13 May 2009 21:09:56 +0000 http://reppenny.com/?p=339#comment-21 Dear Rep. Penny- Would the proposal regarding reducing pension benefits include reducing pension benefits for teachers that retired years ago and are receiving pesnions? If so, it would be a DISASTROUS policy and would send those people into poverty. People already receiving pensions should NOT be affected by any new proposals. The proposal of engaging private companies to take over some duties such as state park maintenance makes no sense at all. It has been proven over and over again that privatizing yields no savings, and results in less oversight of performance. It also causes more layoffs of state employees than is needed. Why is the Republican Party so protective of the low taxes paid by the very wealthy? Those people can afford to pay higher taxes to help to reduce the budget deficits. Republicans have a well-earned reputation for serving the interests of the very wealthy and the huge corporations at the expense of the rest of society. An example is how Bush and the Republicans wanted to extend the tax cuts for the wealthy while the economy was tanking. You would help yourself politically and be doing the right thing by distancing yourself from the Republican ideas that serve the very wealthy and the huge corporations at the expense of the rest of us. Dear Rep. Penny-

Would the proposal regarding reducing pension benefits include reducing pension benefits for teachers that retired years ago and are receiving pesnions? If so, it would be a DISASTROUS policy and would send those people into poverty. People already receiving pensions should NOT be affected by any new proposals.

The proposal of engaging private companies to take over some duties such as state park maintenance makes no sense at all. It has been proven over and over again that privatizing yields no savings, and results in less oversight of performance. It also causes more layoffs of state employees than is needed.

Why is the Republican Party so protective of the low taxes paid by the very wealthy? Those people can afford to pay higher taxes to help to reduce the budget deficits. Republicans have a well-earned reputation for serving the interests of the very wealthy and the huge corporations at the expense of the rest of society. An example is how Bush and the Republicans wanted to extend the tax cuts for the wealthy while the economy was tanking.

You would help yourself politically and be doing the right thing by distancing yourself from the Republican ideas that serve the very wealthy and the huge corporations at the expense of the rest of us.

]]> Comment on Saluting Veterans by Perry W. Caldwell http://reppenny.com/?p=250&cpage=1#comment-7 Perry W. Caldwell Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:52:56 +0000 http://reppenny.com/?p=250#comment-7 On behalf of all the Veterans, and their families who attended the ceremony in Somers on March 16, 2009 I want to say a very heart felt THANK YOU to Penny, Tony, John Wiltsie, and all of those involved in putting together this program. Perry W. Caldwell United States Navy Veteran On behalf of all the Veterans, and their families who attended the ceremony in Somers on March 16, 2009 I want to say a very heart felt THANK YOU to Penny, Tony, John Wiltsie, and all of those involved in putting together this program.

Perry W. Caldwell
United States Navy Veteran

]]> Comment on Saluting Veterans by Gary March http://reppenny.com/?p=250&cpage=1#comment-6 Gary March Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:13:42 +0000 http://reppenny.com/?p=250#comment-6 I will be honored to attend the ceremony in Somers to receive "The Connecticut Veterans' Wartime Service Medal" Thank you, Gary March. I will be honored to attend the ceremony in Somers to receive “The Connecticut Veterans’ Wartime Service Medal” Thank you, Gary March.

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