Yes, you heard right...CT taxpayers give $115 million to Bridgewater, world's biggest hedge fund - Wait, What?

Yes, you heard right...CT taxpayers give $115 million to Bridgewater, world's biggest hedge fund - Wait, What?:

Yes, you heard right…CT taxpayers give $115 million to Bridgewater, world’s biggest hedge fund

by jonpelto

Connecticut taxpayers are providing $115 million in aid to the world’s largest hedge fund.

Ray Dalio, the company’s founder and CEO is the highest paid person in the country. (He made $3.9 billion in 2011 alone.)

The package is, “an incentive to stay and expand in the state.”

They build a $750 million headquarters in Stamford (they are now based in Westport)

They increase their workforce from 1,225 to 2,000 over the next decade.

Apparently it is a win, win situation.

According to an article in Slate.com, “without