ONLINE FEEDBACK

Readers of theday.com had strong reactions last week about Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to again refinance and extend Connecticut’s pension obligations, avoiding a tax increase by lowering payments, but extending the time and cost of adequately funding the pension plan.

“Someone get the gaff hook and pull these clowns off Stage.” —Kevin Blacker

“This should make the Republicans happy. Kicking the can down the road is in chapter one of their fiscal policy book.” —JL Paradis

“This should make the Democrats happy. Kicking the can down the road is in chapter one of their fiscal policy book.” —Robert Clarke “Never a discussion of cutting spending.” —Scott Mattson

“At what point when you realize you can’t afford to make the payments on the debt you have incurred to fund the promises made do you restructure the promises? Debt restructuring should not only address changes going forward but structural changes to the basic contract. I understand it will be hard but then it probably wasn’t exactly fair to bulk load the final 3/5 years of employment to drastically improve a pension that was intended to represent an entire career.” —Dan McCarthy

“I think there is a lot more work that can be done to reduce the pension. Flagrant bulk loading the final 3 years to manipulate the pension — this is just crap. How could one ever agree to this in this day and age — really boggles the mind.” —Seth Turner

“Restructuring is nothing to be ashamed of. Anyone that has run a business knows that sometime or another, maybe from a bad decision or jobs gone wrong, you could have been advised from your accountant, financial advisor or, in my case, my wife, ‘You have to restructure.’” —Chuck Thompson