MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough loves living in Connecticut. He’s just not crazy about the taxes. From his morning perch he has railed against state taxes that could drive corporate giants such as GE out of Connecticut. More from Face the State host Dennis House:
“I absolutely love Connecticut, and that’s the irony,” said Joe Scarborough during a taping of Face the State that aired Sunday. The host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC has become a vocal critic of the new state budget and has brought the backlash over the budget to the national conversation. Within days of Scarborough mentioning the tax hikes here, Georgia, Texas, and Indiana all made overtures to disgruntled Connecticut companies, essentially saying “move here, we’ll show you some love.”
The former congressman moved to New Canaan in 2011, and has fallen in love with his adopted state. He misses the lower cost of living in Florida, where he served as a congressman, but proudly rattles off the attributes of his new state including hospitals, UConn and even the winter. Scarborough is certainly disappointed with the legislature and their passing of the new budget, but he won’t be fleeing the Constitution State. “This is my home, and more importantly, my kids’ home.”
“We have to right size how Hartford runs.” Scarborough told me he wants to do his part to make Connecticut a better place for businesses and the rest of us. “It would be a great tragedy if we let one business after another business after another business leave.” I asked Scarborough if he was interested in running for office here in Connecticut, and he said Mika wouldn’t let him right now. So what about running for governor in 2018? “One day at a time.”
As for his immediate plans, he wants to help Connecticut, and might create a non-profit to do it.
Yeah, he loves Connecticut but is soft when he speaks to the governor. I like Joe, don’t like hatchet-face Mika.