Don't really know how these types of comments get down voted when they are the actual situation we are in. People just don't want to face the fact that we don't have the population in the greater Hartford area to support the budget and small tax increases on gas, food and even tolls are not going to change that. If you have an alternative suggestion, challenge what I am saying. Malloy invested in huge social expansion and a lot of it was good. We have the best public transit system in the country, our cops are not hated like in most states, our teachers are actually taken care of. Things could be pretty good here, but we need to be rational and address the issue that has been building since 2008.