Well Now We Know

Earlier I wrote about candidate promises of pie-in-the-sky tax cuts. Now Fazio has said where he will cut... Medicaid!

Ryan Fazio pledges unprecedented CT income tax cut

Plan to save families $2,000-plus hinges on fiscal good fortune, healthcare cuts

CT Mirror

by Keith M. Phaneuf

September 22, 2026

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Fazio swung big Tuesday, unveiling an plan to cut income taxes that he insists would return $2,000 to $2,500 annually to middle-class families by 2031.

But Fazio’s plan is based partly on outdated spending and revenue trends, leaving it unprepared to maintain hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments in municipal aid, affordable childcare and social services.

The relief plan, which he pitched during a midday stop in downtown Stratford, also would end state-sponsored healthcare for undocumented adults and children, impose a controversial “managed care” system to cap Medicaid assistance, and levy fees on private universities with major endowments. It also hinges on Connecticut winning a tax battle in court with neighboring states.

I don't know about you, but I don't like cutting healthcare for the undocumented. So where are they going to get their healthcare? The Emergency Room, the most expensive treatment. And how are they going to pay? They're not, so that will drive up the price for all of us.

“All of this is just based on a house of cards,” Afriyie said, adding the childcare investment is “something that’s going to pay big dividends in the future and shouldn’t be imperiled.”

So he wants to shift the burden onto lower-income people and off of the rich... a typical Republican... "Me" first. No thanks.