Hartford Bankruptcy Looms As CT Gov Admits "We Spent Money On Wrong Things" | Zero Hedge

Hartford Bankruptcy Looms As CT Gov Admits "We Spent Money On Wrong Things" | Zero Hedge
"...Connecticut has gone without a budget for two months, and is facing devastating cutbacks in municipal services if one isn't passed soon. 

But Malloy took time off this week from grappling with legislators to speak with a reporter from Reuters, he offers little insight into what lead to the state’s precarious fiscal situation. Instead, he blames it on overspending on prisons.

"The state invested in the wrong things for a period of time. It allowed its higher educational institutions to suffer while it sought to placate communities with respect to other forms of local reimbursement," Malloy told Reuters during an interview in his office on Thursday.

"We built too many prisons, which we're still paying off even while we're closing them," he said. The Democrat took office in 2011 and is not seeking a third term.”

Prisons are only a small part of the state's problem. 
...Connecticut is one of a handful of US states on the verge of a Greece-style debt-crisis, as it struggles to service some $23 billion in municipal debt, all while lawmakers keep one eye on the state’s unfunded pension liabilities, which have climbed to a terrifying $50 billion, thanks to the generous retirement packages enjoyed by Connecticut state employees..."

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