American - Politician | July 21, 1955 -
Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.
Dannel Malloy
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You know and I know and economists know that trickle-down economics doesn't work.
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There's a difference between expanding someone's potential and expanding their actual performance. Performance may measure other things, whether one's culture supports education, other socio-economic factors.
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I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class.
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I don't think that we'll support any state that is prepared to discriminate against the citizens of Connecticut.
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I'm not sure that some governors just don't want to lay off people for the sake of laying off people and being able to say they did.
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If you look at suburban education in New Jersey and New York, it's pretty strong, intact, doing a pretty good job. You cap taxes for those communities, can we reasonably predict it's going to be as strong 20 years from now?
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If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.
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I was not going to balance the budgets on the backs of communities.
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I have just been the man in the middle, trying to make sure that we steer the right course.
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What I'm hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That's what I'm trying to contribute to.
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Whenever people say, 'You should be president,' I say, 'I thought you liked me.' Listen, I thought being mayor of Stamford was a wonderful job. Being governor of a state for a period of time is a wonderful job, and I'm not sure I'm at all attracted to Washington.
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