David Walker in 2018 CT Governor's race

On Budget & Economy: 2007: deficit spending saddles millennials with debts

Many people in the room know Walker was comptroller general of the U.S. between 1998 and 2008. They've seen the 2007 segment on CBS's "60 Minutes," where he warned that the nation's deficit-spending would saddle millennials with crippling debts to pay the retirement entitlements of Baby Boomers.

They understand that Walker, a CPA with executive experience in the private sector, had 3,000 employees and a half-billion-dollar budget at the Government Accountability Office, under congressional control. They remember the Wall Street Journal at the time called him a "Chicken Little" who called for higher taxes and a reduction in benefits.

Source: CT Post on 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial race May 5, 2018

On Tax Reform: 2007: higher taxes needed; 2018: not so much

[In 2007], the Wall Street Journal at the time called him a "Chicken Little" who called for higher taxes and a reduction in benefits. Walker still wants Connecticut's public unions to submit to benefit cuts. But higher taxes in 2018? Not so much. The Republican mantra this year is to cut spending across the board, for starters, then somehow reduce the tax burden.

The communications director for state Democrats said she's not surprised by Walker's walking back his tax stance 11 years later.

Source: CT Post on 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial race May 5, 2018

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