State - Budget
WHAT THE STATE GIVETH, THEY TAKETH AWAY
WHAT THE STATE GIVETH TO SOME
TOWNS,
IT TAKETH AWAY FROM OTHERS!
WAS YOUR TOWN ON THE RECEIVING END OF STATE GRANTS?
OR DID TAXPAYERS IN YOUR TOWN SEND MORE MONEY TO THE STATE
THAN WHAT YOUR TOWN RECEIVED IN RETURN?
Bob Young, Treasurer of the Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer
Organizations, researched this issue from information he received from the
State of Connecticut Through
his study he determined that many towns are sending much more money in taxes to
the State than what they are receiving in return from state grants and other state
funding vehicles. We invite you to review
the following to determine where your town stands. Note that the column captioned Difference contains numbers highlighted in
red. The numbers designated in Red
reflect which towns received more money from the State than what town taxpayers
paid in taxes to the State in fiscal year 2007 – 2008.
Column A Total: $17,497,221,706
Column B Total:
$ 3,902,086,217
Column C Total:
$13,594,720,326
Municipality
Column
A Money State 2007-2008
Column
B
Money
Towns Received From State
2007-2008
Column
C
Difference*
ANDOVER
13,256,599
2,732,773
10,523,826
ANSONIA
36,753,615
26,053,253
10,700,362
ASHFORD
13,620,156
6,297,119
7,323,037
AVON
226,254,991
9,785,942
216,469,049
BARKHAMSTED
13,919,412
2,062,577
11,856,835
BEACON
FALLS
20,035,781
4,335,308
15,700,473
BERLIN
88,550,374
10,236,794
78,313,580
BETHANY
32,212,169
3,141,704
29,070,465
BETHEL
70,272,404
16,777,891
53,494,513
BETHLEHEM
17,047,193
1,876,048
15,171,145
BLOOMFIELD
92,926,628
16,071,536
76,855,092
BOLTON
27,416,088
4,633,287
22,782,801
BOZRAH
8,323,658
2,042,065
6,281,593
BRANFORD
141,308,637
12,174,138
129,134,499
BRIDGEPORT
160,860,103
368,897,431
208,037,328
BRIDGEWATER
17,098,666
750,660
16,348,006
BRISTOL
164,869,996
61,779,266
103,090,730
BROOKFIELD
78,595,235
4,614,145
73,981,090
BROOKLYN
18,053,843
13,287,657
4,766,186
BURLINGTON
53,126,950
4,914,194
48,212,756
CANAAN
10,200,231
853,813
9,346,418
CANTERBURY
12,813,519
6,210,737
6,602,782
CANTON
63,756,321
4,992,588
58,763,733
CHAPLIN
5,856,534
2,705,659
3,150,875
CHESHIRE
166,070,709
23,379,927
142,690,782
CHESTER
20,445,604
1,359,404
19,086,200
CLINTON
51,660,517
10,587,733
41,072,784
COLCHESTER
60,253,266
21,996,398
38,256,868
COLEBROOK
3,480,469
871,947
2,608,522
COLUMBIA
23,729,456
4,589,607
19,139,849
CORNWALL
7,267,732
506,502
6,761,230
COVENTRY
44,532,717
18,185,695
26,347,022
CROMWELL
63,030,594
7,653,267
55,377,327
DANBURY
189,304,113
49,971,708
139,332,405
DARIEN
503,589,667
6,858,775
496,730,892
DEEP
RIVER
18,094,391
2,502,728
15,591,663
DERBY
29,518,131
11,419,137
18,098,994
DURHAM
43,016,315
4,781,604
38,234,711
EASTFORD
5,813,051
1,608,103
4,204,948
EAST GRANBY
24,855,613
4,555,918
20,299,695
EAST HADDAM
34,633,718
14,567,796
20,065,922
EAST HAMPTON
54,113,890
10,446,749
43,667,141
EAST HARTFORD
95,198,436
61,743,068
33,455,368
EAST HAVEN
72,403,648
25,690,561
46,713,087
EAST LYME
79,481,137
13,651,937
65,829,200
EASTON
81,865,632
1,841,030
80,024,602
EAST WINDSOR
34,127,154
8,388,686
25,738,468
ELLINGTON
63,183,752
12,363,182
50,820,570
ENFIELD
109,894,839
42,281,925
67,612,914
ESSEX
53,264,672
4,012,703
49,251,969
FAIRFIELD
521,075,038
17,339,479
503,735,559
FARMINGTON
200,418,480
10,948,060
189,470,420
FRANKLIN
6,819,965
1,851,436
4,968,529
GLASTONBURY
262,448,875
14,942,928
247,505,947
GOSHEN
15,843,846
564,345
15,279,501
GRANBY
61,001,637
7,727,415
53,274,222
GREENWICH
2,463,788,129
14,109,962
2,449,678,167
GRISWOLD
27,177,808
14,214,593
12,963,215
GROTON
67,672,449
69,726,640
2,054,191
GUILFORD
172,760,178
8,843,503
163,916,675
HADDAM
39,291,268
2,138,208
37,153,060
HAMDEN
197,623,985
39,789,579
157,834,406
HAMPTON
6,908,225
2,172,285
4,735,940
HARTFORD
138,160,318
394,067,638
255,907,320
HARTLAND
6,010,864
2,054,715
3,956,149
HARWINTON
26,823,002
3,164,804
23,658,198
HEBRON
46,782,610
8,165,801
38,616,809
KENT
15,856,133
1,043,088
14,813,045
KILLINGLY
27,210,555
25,600,841
1,609,714
KILLINGWORTH
37,001,631
2,924,269
34,077,362
LEBANON
23,090,587
10,146,730
12,943,857
LEDYARD
54,082,831
16,439,264
37,643,567
LISBON
10,975,252
4,622,394
6,352,858
LITCHFIELD
48,115,602
5,153,411
42,962,191
LYME
22,988,091
586,993
22,401,098
MADISON
143,940,524
5,694,338
138,246,186
MANCHESTER
179,060,742
54,360,195
124,700,547
MANSFIELD
49,343,763
20,773,786
28,569,977
MARLBOROUGH
34,682,583
4,460,939
30,221,644
MERIDEN
128,835,991
82,374,903
46,461,088
MIDDLEBURY
56,501,572
1,449,541
55,052,031
MIDDLEFIELD
18,364,860
3,300,185
15,064,675
MIDDLETOWN
137,880,070
56,707,101
81,172,969
MILFORD
262,210,859
54,619,749
207,591,110
MONROE
107,568,019
10,902,573
96,665,446
MONTVILLE
48,910,771
26,206,316
22,704,455
MORRIS
12,836,298
1,056,939
11,779,359
NAUGATUCK
75,688,242
37,494,509
38,193,733
NEW BRITAIN
98,473,748
131,008,331
32,534,583
NEW CANAAN
603,057,723
7,428,776
595,628,947
NEW FAIRFIELD
52,390,077
6,595,384
45,794,693
NEW HARTFORD
33,542,764
4,381,016
29,161,748
NEW HAVEN
212,558,519
403,373,190
190,814,671
NEWINGTON
103,363,478
18,522,425
84,841,053
NEW LONDON
39,811,422
53,801,256
13,989,834
NEW MILFORD
98,977,399
18,169,732
80,807,667
NEWTOWN
164,037,211
13,133,635
150,903,576
NORFOLK
6,999,054
923,784
6,075,270
NORTH BRANFORD
56,604,412
10,493,054
46,111,358
NORTH CANAAN
1,539,812
3,331,436
1,791,624
NORTH HAVEN
105,749,894
8,956,065
96,793,829
NORTH STONINGTON
20,736,311
5,349,289
15,387,022
NORWALK
395,297,923
46,840,804
348,457,119
NORWICH
76,281,504
53,321,320
22,960,184
OLD LYME
74,415,598
1,371,774
73,043,824
OLD SAYBROOK
58,985,214
3,817,632
55,167,582
ORANGE
89,191,739
3,374,368
85,817,371
OXFORD
57,110,200
10,231,553
46,878,647
PLAINFIELD
26,904,846
22,600,434
4,304,412
PLAINVILLE
48,936,896
55,033,450
6,096,554
PLYMOUTH
31,682,687
18,364,518
13,318,169
POMFRET
15,435,553
4,567,358
10,868,195
PORTLAND
40,327,744
5,907,614
34,420,130
PRESTON
15,065,189
6,002,556
9,062,633
PROSPECT
36,626,709
5,812,027
30,814,682
PUTNAM
13,960,977
11,325,441
2,635,536
REDDING
108,093,325
2,245,716
105,847,609
RIDGEFIELD
268,673,880
6,020,972
262,652,908
ROCKY HILL
87,603,993
7,059,319
80,544,674
ROXBURY
17,992,472
977,576
17,014,896
SALEM
17,296,062
3,896,110
13,399,952
SALISBURY
22,239,486
1,012,141
21,227,345
SCOTLAND
2,089,001
4,894,769
2,805,768
SEYMOUR
51,867,395
12,321,456
39,545,939
SHARON
18,972,798
923,945
18,048,853
SHELTON
177,958,596
17,384,151
160,574,445
SHERMAN
19,983,962
1,312,750
18,671,212
SIMSBURY
199,481,503
10,187,601
189,293,902
SOMERS
38,903,451
12,530,317
26,373,134
SOUTHBURY
104,795,602
4,219,082
100,576,520
SOUTHINGTON
172,626,890
30,363,144
142,263,746
SOUTH WINDSOR
124,590,978
18,024,508
106,566,470
SPRAGUE
7,371,465
4,055,804
3,315,661
STAFFORD
28,982,458
19,287,437
9,695,021
STAMFORD
816,427,651
71,233,680
745,193,971
STERLING
5,452,103
8,032,868
2,580,765
STONINGTON
131,128,614
6,489,704
124,638,910
STRATFORD
158,815,838
63,514,253
95,301,585
SUFFIELD
69,996,159
14,611,145
55,385,014
THOMASTON
22,245,971
7,846,831
14,399,140
THOMPSON
13,025,049
22,598,109
9,573,060
TOLLAND
75,737,104
15,084,434
60,652,670
TORRINGTON
81,676,118
36,802,867
44,873,251
TRUMBULL
198,329,167
13,248,686
185,080,481
UNION
2,497,107
677,273
1,819,834
VERNON
89,315,202
37,282,244
52,032,958
VOLUNTOWN
6,741,347
4,164,301
2,577,047
WALLINGFORD
168,747,743
33,624,681
135,123,062
WARREN
4,685,068
253,062
4,432,006
WASHINGTON
36,089,447
1,117,557
34,971,890
WATERBURY
154,164,619
197,532,750
43,368,131
WATERFORD
82,794,961
10,292,157
72,502,804
WATERTOWN
77,502,852
25,182,460
52,320,392
WESTBROOK
29,102,537
2,422,382
26,680,155
WEST HARTFORD
399,299,148
32,082,197
367,216,951
WEST HAVEN
109,152,680
61,168,642
47,984,038
WESTON
213,983,473
2,573,738
211,409,735
WESTPORT
570,504,442
11,032,345
559,472,097
WETHERSFIELD
113,065,361
12,948,307
100,117,054
WILLINGTON
19,098,941
4,964,798
14,134,143
WILTON
287,580,143
5,422,891
282,157,252
WINCHESTER
27,327,251
12,078,937
15,248,314
WINDHAM
32,780,777
42,408,432
9,627,655
WINDSOR
100,857,399
19,140,818
81,716,581
WINDSOR
LOCKS
33,452,631
13,657,267
19,795,364
WOLCOTT
54,407,373
18,771,900
35,635,473
WOODBRIDGE
104,229,853
1,881,121
102,348,732
WOODBURY
58,372,777
2,551,328
55,821,449
WOODSTOCK
24,921,744
7,854,902
17,066,842