In response to Governor M. Jodi Rell’s decision to veto legislation postponing changes to the estate or so-called death tax, state Senate President Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn, charged her with protecting “millionaire heiresses.”
The changes, passed earlier this year, would have been delayed so that the state does not stand to lose additional revenue during the ongoing budget crisis.
“It is disgraceful that in this time of economic crisis the governor is more interested in protecting multimillionaires than solving the budget deficit,” Williams said in a statement. “She wants the budget axe to fall on Medicaid patients and middle class home owners in order to preserve her tax break for millionaire heiresses. This is not a responsible solution.”
First, a suggestion. I think “million-heiresses” rolls off of the tongue so I would recommend legislative Democrats adopt this term in the future should they ever again be tempted to refer to “millionaire heiresses.”
More importantly it is always fun to point out in these situations that Senate Democrats have the numbers to over ride Rell’s vetoes if they were able to get all their members on the same page.
In this case Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, voted “no” against the death tax delay last week.
I eagerly await the press release from Williams publicly urging his fellow Democrat to stop standing up for those million-heiresses in lower Fairfield County…
