The Greatest Foe of Affordability Is The Connecticut Government And Its Ruling Elite

 What is the root cause of this American “affordability crisis” we hear so much about these days? The truth lies in something no Democrat wants you to know. The affordability crisis started in the 2020 election of the incompetent and incontinent President Joe Biden in a highly suspect election that laid bare the very integrity of our democratic processes. After this election rigging, decent Americans were horrified by seeing four years of reckless spending sprees, incompetent DEI personnel picks, economic bungling, the shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline and the arrogant and reckless policy of open borders. All these grievous and sickening errors ignited an inflationary inferno that scorched the pockets of everyday families, as groceries, gas, and housing became luxuries only the elite could afford without a second thought. After his 2024 election, President Donald J. Trump set his mind to undo this economic disaster, as the irrational and insane fight bitterly every day against him while he deals with the affordability crisis they themselves created.

But what exactly is this concept of “Affordability”? Affordability is defined as “able to be afforded: having a cost that is not too high.” For Connecticut taxpayers, the definition of affordability seems to be a constantly moving target as interpreted by the delusional ruling elite. Before President Trump was elected in 2024 we listened daily to the nonsensical blather of hopeless functional incompetents such as Karinne Jean-Pierre and Kamala Harris tell us that “Bidenomics is working” or “Inflation is under control” while it is more than evident the affordability conditions then were far worse than now. But as readers of my column know, the rules of fact and common sense do not apply to the delusional ruling elite.

But let’s drill down on Connecticut affordability. Does affordability in Connecticut mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government dictates to its legal and illegal citizens what they can and cannot have? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government builds housing and then dictates how much rent can be charged? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government can control all zoning in the state (as seen in HB 8002), and you, dear citizen, can screw off? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government will start running state-run grocery stores? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government will now insure all drivers in the state, since car insurance has increased dramatically due to the massive amount of car thefts and road takeovers over the past five years, and insurance companies no longer want the risks of insuring a lawless state? Does affordability mean that the Democrat Connecticut state government continues to use Connecticut taxpayers’ money to pick and choose economic winners via its non-transparent and malignant Department of Community and Economic Development ("DECD") or its taxpayer-paid penny stock "boiler room" operation known as "Connecticut Innovations?"

Like their incompetent predecessors in the Biden regime, the concept of Connecticut’s “affordability” is a vague construct by the Connecticut Democrat Party, their state-run media and attendant state-paid media image consultants. Here are some real economic facts showing that Connecticut is not affordable to work and live in: The first problem area is naturally, taxes. The state has one of the highest state and local property taxes in the country. High state sales tax, user and license fees, and excessive business taxes in every way, shape, and form continue to burden Connecticut taxpayers to the point of no return. I have stated numerous times: why does a state as small as Connecticut spend over $26 billion a year in its budget? Needless to say, no one on the state food chain would dare admit that a reduction of state spending would increase affordability for citizens because preservation of their bureaucracy takes precedence over the citizen, (and why has that not sunken in by now?)

But let’s move down the line. Please look at what Connecticut taxpayers pay for state employee salaries, benefits, and pensions, as it should astound any working person in the state. The state spends a mere $6 billion a year in pension payments; that does not consider the future unfunded liabilities of the state pension system. Connecticut already has $100 to $150 billion in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities. What is the plan to pay off this debt? There is none, and never has been one as just about everyone in political land chortles about the need for the “fiscal guardrails”, which “fiscal guardrails” do not take into account this bulbous and unsustainable amount of legacy debts and liabilities.

But what about fuel? The ruling elite does not care. For the sake of all things green energy, Connecticut gets to pay one of the highest electric rates in the country. Part of this high cost of electricity is an economically insane public benefits charge that costs Connecticut electricity consumers a mere $1 billion plus per year. This public benefits charge is a slush fund that is doing little, if anything, to reduce the cost of electricity in the state. The ruling elite runs from cheap and simple fuel options such as natural gas. But the ruling elite has solutions! Like wind power. This pathetic sea mammal and bird killing industry is the biggest con job ever sold to the American taxpayer. After four decades and literally trillions in subsidies, tax credits, and mandates, wind power limped its way to producing a laughable 10.5% of U.S. electricity in 2024, and that’s the cherry-picked “nameplate” fantasy number. In the real world, thanks to its pathetic 35–42% average capacity factor (meaning the blades are spinning uselessly or standing dead still most of the time), wind actually delivered less than 5% of America’s total primary energy needs. Https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/economic-aspects/energy-subsi

dies. But who cares? Your elites know better than you.

 

Affordability in Connecticut starts at the state government level. Republican candidates for Governor need to make this their main platform in 2026 in addition to dealing with the malignant Lamont-based corruption. Why is the state spending so much money on salaries, benefits, and pensions? Why is the $100 to $150 billion in short- and long-term debt and unfunded liabilities not being addressed? Why not create a state DOGE to begin clearing out the fraud, inefficiencies, and wasteful spending that take place in a $26 billion budget? And from Day 1 of their term, state that they want all department heads and agencies to cut their budgets by 10-15% in Year One, followed by 5% cuts for the next three years. Couple that with a 1% decrease in the state income and corporate taxes each year for the next four years. Force government officials to find savings in their departments. And do it without the traditional stoic bitching and complaining that it cannot be done—because it can be done and has been done in numerous other states. Connecticut taxpayers want results for a change, not the same stale political rhetoric. And it is quite achievable. My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did an excellent job discussing the need for candidates to be serious in this regard and to quickly adopt the Gasoline driven Trump Energy Policy on his December 4 THIRTY WITH TONY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyn17QSx-XE . But I have doubts if any standing incumbent or candidate from either party can actualize these fundamental factors, let alone grasp them. These folks cannot even grasp that once fuel prices come down, so do all prices, because everything (everything) is made with fuels.

Connecticut needs to address these issues from the top down- yesterday. Connecticut has a bloated, economically inefficient, and non-transparent state government that needs to be pared down and seen through. Connecticut needs a leader that will reform the consuming mess that has become the state workforce, root out corruption, force the state to take a course in Management-101 and dedicate their loyalty to the taxpayer (the shock of all that is). Because Connecticut taxpayers must stand on their heads to find ways to save money just to survive in the state. Connecticut government and its ruling elites must be no longer permitted to do so.

2026 Is Calling In Connecticut. Who Will Answer?

 In 1687, Connecticut declared a day of Thanksgiving to be November 3rd. They were rebuked by the Royal Governor of the Dominion of New England, Sir Edmund Andros, who ruled from his seat in Boston. When he learned of their chosen date during a visit to the colony, he immediately sought to annul the decision on the grounds that only he had the authority to name a day of Thanksgiving. Citizens in Connecticut and other New England colonies disliked being ruled by an Englishman and resented the English laws imposed on their new land. The seeds of the American Revolution were sown.

In 2025, Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, known affectionately by his battered subjects as “King Ned”, “The Unaccountable” , “Ned the Unrecallable”  “The Perpetual Governor” “The Prince of Greenwich” (and a whole lot of other terms and epithets unsuitable for print), arrogantly and disdainfully signed into law a community destroying zoning disaster bill known as HB 8002, a litigious manifesto guaranteeing the destruction of the long-standing character of Connecticut as we know it. Aided by his legislative operators and driven by private-equity interests from by he personally profits and is obligated to perform for, his signing of HB 8002 ushered in the age of the final destruction  of the Nutmeg State. Justifiable hatred and vitriol spouted from citizens in all corners of the state be it in print, online, or on talk radio. Virtually no taxpaying, homeowning, or non-politically connected citizen could arrive at a conclusion as to why the political system intended to destroy all that they had lawfully achieved. Like their antecedents, these poor souls disliked being ruled by an arrogant, disjointed despot and resented the horrific and nonsensical burdens thrown upon them by the incompetent people that were elected to represent them. 

Have the seeds of the Connecticut Revolution finally been sown?

Much to the chagrin of the arrogant political class, it is no longer 1687. Legal citizens wounded by the processes of arrogant government are now demanding transparency and accountability from said government. For in point of fact, the rule of law in Connecticut is decreed with no input from Connecticut taxpayers, no public hearings for new laws mandated on the population, there is never any referendums, and there is no regard for the state Constitution. There is serial disregard for the set of laws that govern the state, either by state judges or state officials. It is now quite clear that Connecticut is ruled in a cruel and oppressive manner by a self-appointed and self-profiting political hierarchy that hates and abuses its ordinary citizens and feasts upon the elimination of personal freedoms, economic freedoms, and personal property rights (as just seen with the enactment of HB 8002 into law).

Due to this rape of government and governance process, many are hopeful that 2026 will see a second revolution taking place in Connecticut. The first will be celebrated 250 years later on July 4, 2026. The second might possibly occur on November 3, 2026, when Connecticut holds its elections. A new Governor could emerge from that election, along with a State Senate and State House that become Republican rather than maintaining the omnipotent, incompetent, and destructive legendary one-party rule of the Connecticut Democrat Party. Starting from now, all sorts of gaming and backroom political deals are being negotiated in both parties. The huge political plum of highly paid state nonjobs is being jockeyed for. Despite the continual failure and malfeasance of the (should-be-abolished-scandal ridden) Connecticut Department of Economic Development (“DECD”), the lure of  free taxpayer money in the form interest-free, forgiven “economic” loans, shady undisclosed loans, and race-based loans are now being discussed in the traditional horse-trading manner using Democrat Party donations, votes, and that are sought after sinecure of being a Commissioner of something-or-other, regardless of personal ability and qualification. And in the executive suite of this putrid boiler-room, the Lamont reign continues its gaming with its neat cloak of Cayman Island accounts, deals hiding in nonprofits such as the UCONN Foundation and ADVANCE CT,  and working through “quasi-public” organizations such as the now-clearly Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations”, needless to say a subsidiary of that same, failed DECD.  

But is there hope for improvement? As of now, It is now clear that two young candidates have emerged in the race for Governor on the Republican ticket: former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart and Greenwich State Senator Ryan Fazio. Stewart chose to run for Governor rather than seek re-election as Mayor after 12 years. The question on many minds is: if Stewart was such a good Mayor, why did a Democrat liberal named Bobby Sanchez become elected as the new Mayor rather than the Republican candidate replacing Erin Stewart? Does this lack of momentum carry over into her run for Governor as a Republican? As questions abound on social media as to her real commitment to Republican principles, or sometimes any principles that could be clearly ascertained.

It is my opinion that State Senator Ryan Fazio seems to have more to offer in his candidacy for Governor, as he demonstrates conceptual conservatism in several of his ideas and has been active in the Connecticut State Senate. Will this be enough to satisfy the Republican Party and its members? There are a great many voters who supported President Trump, contrary to what the Republican Party elites believed or gave credit for. Can they be given a candidate they can endorse and support both financially and in getting out the conservative message and vote, especially in the inner cities and among young voters? These are the same young voters who are accepting without question the horrors and lies of both socialism and communism.

However, both of these young candidates  have either not grasped, (or have ignored) the brutal destruction of Connecticut largely at the hand of the Lamont administration and of the Connecticut administrative state, to date. Will either candidate stand up to corruption? Will either candidate have the temerity and the intestinal fortitude to rail Ned Lamont (and where necessary, Ann Lamont) for the myriad and well-documented history of profiting from the state? Will either candidate have the ability and leadership skills to appoint competent Commissioners that will dismantle and revamp malignant bureaucracies such as the DECD? And this is a short list of critical tasks, but all are so critically needed to fix the wreckage called Connecticut. Ignoring these issues is an insult to every legitimate taxpaying citizen.

You see regardless of what you may be told, Connecticut is not in good shape financially or socially. The state has massive short- and long-term debt between 100 and 150 Billion dollars, an illegal immigrant problem, a massive crime problem, a huge corruption problem, a horrific illegal drug problem, an infrastructure problem, and a critical crisis in the ethics, honesty, information sharing, and transparency of its state government, all of which are funded by Connecticut taxpayers. It is an abysmal failure going somewhere to happen.

And as I have mentioned earlier, the fix-it list above is a short one. While Republicans are deciding, Connecticut’s Democrat Party continues its push toward more stringent socialist/communist means and methods: to eliminate opposition, eliminate public comments, eliminate options, and eliminate all transparency. Creation of an all-powerful, centralized, state-controlled government mindset is Job Number 1. The government can do no wrong, and you, as a Connecticut taxpayer, can do no right. For the "elephant" in the Republican living room is a question: Does either young candidate have the temerity and the personal and professional skill and running gear to deal with this oncoming train as well? Given present conditions, no, is an unacceptable answer.

Sadly, Connecticut is in such bad shape that the characteristics mentioned above are no longer nice to have, but are now critical requirements. It is your choice as a Connecticut voter in 2026 to break these atrocious chains of indentured chattel slavery that the Connecticut Democrat Party has wrapped around you. Its up to you to insist that your candidate has all of the necessary tools to fix the mess, once and for all. If a person that checks all of those boxes is elected as a Republican governor, rest assured that the Second revolution of Connecticut will soon be in the offing. 

For the humble, taxpaying citizens of Connecticut now know what the issues are, and frankly want and need to see a complete housecleaning of the Royal Castle and its associated Court Jesters. 

It is now 2025 and no longer 1687.

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, And Your Private Equity Investors

 For many years, the poor beleaguered Connecticut taxpayer has been lectured to by their morally-superior Connecticut politicians and representatives as to how the poor beleaguered Connecticut economy is stagnant because there is not enough “workforce housing” or “affordable  housing” in order to house workers that are needed to make businesses grow.  Lapdog and pandering “business leader” organizations such as the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (“CBIA”) that are influenced heavily by state directives and paid lobbyists, parrot these “economic assessments” giving them a false air of objectivity and technical soundness. If all of that is not bad enough, “white guilt”- manufacturing assemblies of uncertain form such as “Desegregate CT” and the “Open Communities Alliance” shame and berate innocent homeowners in fine and clean communities for “living on all of that space that they do not need.” It has been nothing but an incessant barrage from all state-connected sources telling you, the citizen, that citizen that never asked for anything from Connecticut government other than the basics it cannot deliver, that you are the enemy, and politics are the solution.

First, in my decades of observation of Connecticut and in being a Professor of Economics and a financial professional, no one has yet to see this burgeoning demand for housing. If there truly was an economic energy in Connecticut with a lack of housing, we would see state motels continually full. We would see campers and vans parked in lines on our avenues with people “camping out” waiting for that next elusive home or apartment to appear. We would see four our five young people routinely crammed in one-bedroom apartments in Hartford. But strangely we see none of that. As a pure matter of fact, we are seeing exactly the opposite. We see our unsafe and decrepit cities continually exhibiting new levels of decay. We see an exodus from the cities due to an economic hardening of the arteries. https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/major-hartford-real-estate-investor-faces-third-office-building-foreclosure/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Hartford%20investor%20faces%20third%20office%20foreclosure%20%7C%20Medical%20Billing%20firm%20moves%20HQ%20to%20CT&utm_campaign=HBJ%20Today%20112125 We see major business depart for serious states run by adults: https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/edgewell-to-close-milford-schick-plant-cut-293-jobs-as-part-of-broad-restructuring/ We see continual crime in what I call “Crime-Free Democrat Connecticut”. We see a corrupt and inept Department of Economic and Community Development wasting millions of dollars, now under Federal investigation. But yet, we never hear of any champion of “workforce housing” ever successfully explain why destroying neighborhoods and turning that part of suburban and rural-residential Connecticut into a steroidal version of “Father Panik Village-The Sequel” will generate organic economic growth and make things wonderful for all.

We realize that cars cannot run without fuel and people cannot build muscle on starvation diets, yet somehow with the Magical-Mystical Connecticut Plan Of "Economic Diversity” this will all take care of itself.Unfortunately, nothing could ever be farther from the truth. First, let us examine the concept of “Economic Diversity” that every Connecticut Democrat wishes to slam down your throat.

Unfortunately, there is and can never be no diversity in “economic diversity.” This is evident when one reads the monstrous and economically irrational Connecticut Bill (“Bill,” HB 8002) that was recently passed by the economically illiterate Connecticut State Legislature. There is not much to like—if anything—about this Bill, which is somehow named “AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING GROWTH” (https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-08002-R00-HB.PDF) with said Bill forcing Connecticut’s 169 towns to achieve this nebulous concept of “economic diversity.” The Bill was forced down Connecticut taxpayers’ throats with no public hearing, no public input, and in many cases without even being read by members of the legislature. It essentially creates a false narrative that Connecticut’s 169 towns and cities must follow. The language of the Bill is a garbled mess of potentially litigious rhetoric but it is quite evident that its real effect is to eliminate local planning and zoning commissions from ruling over their own cities and towns and remove people from the very property that they worked so hard to own. Local dominion has been stripped from communities by the state with the creation of “Priority Housing Development Zones” allowing higher population densities by decree. These zones allow four units per acre for single-family homes, six units for duplexes and townhouses, and ten or more for multifamily properties. Projects of this size will no longer require local hearings, meaning local property owners near these projects will no longer have any real say over what happens around their own properties. In brief, one day a homeowner will open his front door and see a housing monstrosity going up across the street, and he will be powerless to stop it or raise an objection.

But recall: This Bill is engendered by those dear souls that think it is best for you to not own the vehicle of your choice, let alone own any vehicle at all. That said, these dear souls wish to provide public transit for you, wherever you may be. The Bill leans on the cure-all of “transit-oriented districts” that must be approved by the state. These districts are clustered around taxpayer-subsidized transit, such as near-empty buses running around the clock and “reliable” trains that will transport workers to jobs in parts unknown at this time. This costly exercise will provide the same results as the illustrious CTfastrak to nowhere from New Britain to Hartford—a huge waste of taxpayers’ money and, many argue, unsafe to ride. But when it comes to another union project, these dear souls cater to their largest voting bloc and continually roll over and play dead, (and you as usual, can be damned).

Some of the evident problems with the Bill that impact many towns and cities in the state are laid out in legislative analysis (https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-08002-R00SS1-BA.PDF), but even that state-manufactured source raises more questions than answers. For example, who runs a “Fair Rent Commission”? Is it an elected commission? What exactly is a “fair” rent? Is it free monthly rent? Ten dollars a month? Or a state-approved number pulled from the sky that, as usual, completely disregards the real costs of rental property such as property taxes, maintenance, and insurance? Who pays for the costs of this Fair Rent Commission? Will landlords be forced to foreclose and walk away from their properties as they cannot support them through choking legislation? Who cares? Your state Legislature is working diligently with you in mind! Look forward to higher taxes, increased crime, and an added social service burden, because it is your taxpayer duty to support whom your Legislature deems you must.

Then we see the concept of a “Municipal Goal.” What is it, and how is it derived? Who has the final say on it? Are all Municipal Goals effectively the same thing as “economic diversity”? How can Municipal Goals be achieved if there is none of this magical “economic diversity” taking place in that municipality? Again, look forward to higher taxes, increased crime, and an added social service burden, because it is your taxpayer duty to support whom your Legislature deems you must.

Beyond that, there are the inevitable downstream costs that are never  honestly addressed. Who pays for the additional costs of public education when all these supposedly new families with children move into a town? Class sizes, staffing, school buildings, special education needs—none of this is free. How many of the people coming in are legal? Who cares? The Legislature knows better than you, anyway. Who pays for the additional costs of road infrastructure and the increased traffic with all these supposedly new residents? Or will these new people be told they cannot own personal vehicles and must rely solely on public transportation? Again, look forward to higher taxes, increased crime, and an added social service burden, because it is your taxpayer duty to support whom your Legislature deems you must.

This Bill is a massive power grab and will be yet another force pushing Connecticut taxpayers to move out of the state, since they will no longer have meaningful control over their own property. It helps create a new layer of state bureaucracy where unelected, Democrat Party–connected individuals and businesses once again make decisions for Connecticut taxpayers. More failed state-run "somethingCT" programs with no transparency and no accountability are on the way. Again, look forward to higher taxes, increased crime, and an added social service burden, because it is your taxpayer duty to support whom your Legislature deems you must.

But finally, we are seeing the real reasons for this dastardly and nonsensical plan to destroy the last remnants of life as we know it in the State of Connecticut: That reason is, The Lamont Family. On the 11/20 edition of THIRTY WITH TONY, my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo, a weekly contributor to the Lee Elci Show on WJJF 94.9FM produced a riveting and documented show with extensive exhibits clearly walking us through the real reason behind why the fabric of the state is being ripped asunder purely by the real mission of Ned and Ann Lamont which is to capitalize Connecticut for their benefit using a sophisticated structure of nonprofit organizations and offshore tax havens. We all know that Tony has documented this situation for years. However we find on this show that the Republican Party admits they have known of this situation as well, but have never mentioned anything about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNWCrtUXAog

But always keep in mind that it is not too late to fight back. The Republican Party, along with ordinary citizens, needs to challenge this in the legal and court system and question the legality of stripping local control over private property from lawful property owners. Whosoever the Republican candidate of Governor is, must finally call out the blatant and sickening Lamont corruption and finally assume the role of an adult, otherwise please save our time and energy and do not even bother to run. Whosoever the Republican candidate for Governor must declare he or she will sign an Executive Order on Day 1 symbolically setting the lead to obliterate HB 8002, for once and for all, unions be damned. 

This is the reality of HB 8002: a Bill that will continue the rape of personal freedoms of those lawful citizens who remain. The Connecticut Democrat Party owns this new economic nightmare and the economic pain it will inflict on Connecticut taxpayers while trying to achieve its absurd, pointless, and unachievable vision of “economic diversity.” Meanwhile, the Republicans are in the “Last Chance Saloon” to right the wrongs by being bold and forthright which is uncharted territory for them.

For any meaningful change to the horrific, putrid, wreckage HB 8002 will cause, all of this must happen. It is either a beginning, or an end, and it is entirely up to the people who are there at this moment.

 

The Anti-Societal Side of Socialism

Some of us are old enough to remember a large cartoon bear telling us not to play with fire, and that only you can prevent forest fires. We also learned we could be badly hurt or killed if we crossed the street between cars or played with blasting caps at construction sites. Lessons like these, learned in our formative years, go a long way in shaping common sense and a value system for life to this day. I grew up with a strong sense of right versus wrong, applying many simple lessons to lead a caring and productive life. However, today, common sense and traditional life lessons, particularly those rooted in religion and the Bible, are often dismissed or discouraged, if not viciously attacked.

Fast forward to a state like Connecticut in 2025. Young people are often born in single-parent households and raised without a value system. There is no going out to play or physical activity unless it is a programmed activity. Children born as one gender are told by trusted adults that God made a mistake, and they really are something else. Discipline and mental focus are nonexistent. Reading levels are pitiful. Gutter racism is a school subject cloaked as DEI or Social-Emotional Learning. And these innocent children are led to a virtual scrapheap, courtesy of your Democrat political system and enabling so-called educators. This is the educational state of the union in 2025.

But this type of upbringing leads many young people to become fascinated with the warm and fuzzy side of socialism. With this in mind, we now see many young people on high school and college campuses embracing the idea that an authoritarian, communistic, state-dependent, or socialistic system of government and economy would somehow create a utopian society. Unfortunately, the belief that one all-powerful ruling authority that crushes dissent and makes lives better defies both logic and history. They are taught that living under a ruthless dictator and his politically connected henchmen controlling all aspects of life would be an improvement. They believe that silencing opposing thoughts by any means is acceptable, even violence. They are often visited on campus by lie-spewing Democrat politicians and candidates reinforcing these socialist and demonic tenets of faith, and who are known to hand over a pizza or a fast-food voucher affixed to a paper ballot when an election race gets tight. (For after all, Governor Ned Lamont is fond of saying "Connecticut, we got your back").

Predictably, this irrational and dastardly political philosophy of socialism is gaining strength among young people, particularly in liberal and socialistic enclaves such as New York City. Yet this ideology has been a catastrophic failure throughout history often enslaving populations through torture, starvation, and mass murder. Succinctly put, socialism has never worked, anywhere. Consider the death and suffering of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Consider Nazi Germany and the undeniable horrors of the Holocaust. Consider the bloody repression in Cuba under Fidel Castro. Consider the insanity of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, who killed three million Cambodians. There are countless other examples throughout the long, savage history of socialism and communism.

What is even more dangerous and despicable is that politicians such as Gov. Ned Lamont and Susan Bysiewicz, both with dubious (if any) experience and success in the world of economic reality, cheerily tell young naïve state college students of the brave new world of opportunity coming to Connecticut. They further describe vague and nebulous state-supported concepts in fields such as Quantum Computing start-ups and Venture Capital (interestingly both Lamont staple family industries). They will further say that the state will be "partnering with" these endeavors (which is nice work for the Lamont family). However, even state-supported capital endeavors are doomed to failure as affinity and political-correctness override production and innovation. If you do not believe me, read about “Fordlandia,” socialist Henry Ford’s great social experiment to make car tires and support culture at the same time in the 1930s. Fordlandia failed miserably and violently. Why would it not? Why is it different this time? The sad fact of the matter is, socialism does not work in business, either.

 So, given the litany of abject failures and the corpses littered throughout history, why is socialism so attractive to some of today’s youth? Why are young people drawn to Democrat Socialist/Communist politicians? For many, their public schooling and college years have become an indoctrination, one that limits ideas and teaches that only a single ideology is acceptable. That ideology demands hatred of freedom, hatred of the truths that expose socialism and communism as failures, hatred of the Jewish faith and religion in general (as seen in the attacks on Charlie Kirk), hatred of nations that value personal and economic liberty, and hatred of individuals who question their political beliefs. On top of this is the lure of “free” food, “free” transportation, “free” housing, “free” medical care, and freedom from personal responsibility of any kind. This looks attractive at first. However, it invariably leads to a siren song of personal and financial disaster.

But it is the usual “what-me-worry” posture of the Connecticut government that rules the airwaves as it continues its descent to state-run stupidity. Connecticut is now in deep economic decline even as it continues promising “free” benefits to many. The much-touted state budget surplus created through excessive taxation is fool’s gold. Massive and unchecked unfunded mandates of 125 to 150 Billion dollars are never discussed by anyone in the political sphere and the amount of any "surplus" could not cause a ripple in that bucket. Yet the illusion of a surplus serves as an open invitation for the Connecticut Democrat Party to give it away to its politically connected allies and to buy votes from the weak- minded and ignorant that they, themselves, have manufactured. Socialism always encourages giving away other people’s money to those in the inner circle and to the plebian class, never ever directing these funds to the folks that earned them in the first place. Its your job to just turn the hamster wheel to create the energy that everyone else gets to benefit from.

So, what can be done to reverse this horrific and irrational trend to the radical Democrat Party left? Are we powerless to educate a generation that seems so lost and so pressured into embracing communism and socialism? Perhaps a good start would be for these misguided youths to read unbiased histories documenting the suffering these regimes inflicted as a condition of their middle and high school graduations. They should learn how ordinary people were brutalized while their dictators lived in luxury. Better yet, they should travel to these supposed socialist “paradises” and see firsthand the suffering and horrific conditions people endure, then visit the prisons where dissenters are held under brutal totalitarian rule. Possibly Ned and Annie Lamont can scrounge a few seats on the plane for young scholars to experience Cuba up close and personal while they depart for the second leg of the trip to the Cayman Islands to check on their holdings. As funny (or as ridiculous) as that scenario seems, it describes the operations of a socialistic society of the haves and the have-nots, almost perfectly.

It is time for America to wake up before our freedoms are stolen from us by what appears to be a lost generation steeped in wokeness and hostility toward free thought. It is safe to predict that the new Mayor of New York City will be an abysmal, hopeless, and incompetent failure in leading the city. And it is long past time to speak the real truths about communism and socialism. Let the voices of those who escaped these systems finally be heard loud and clear.

 

The Election Of Failure Over Success

 The Democrat Party means business — do not forget it. Opposition to their regime will not be tolerated any time. The Democrat Party is always right, even when they are wrong, and the Republican Party is always wrong, even when they are right. If a Democrat screws up, threatens death, avows Communism, commits fraud, or threatens the murder of children, we are supposed to ignore that. If a Republican makes an error, there is no Statute of Limitations. Thus, yet another election filled with massive amounts of money, time, and effort has produced the results seen in the off-year election of 2025.

Understanding the mindset of the American voter is difficult and complex. Understanding the results of the November 4, 2025, elections is even more complex. Yet the motivations of the Democrat Party since the election of President Trump in 2016 have been relatively straightforward. According to the modern Democrat Party, President Trump is evil — a king, a dictator — or, according to California Democrat Representative Nancy Pelosi, “just a vile creature, the worst thing on the face of the Earth.”
(RealClearPolitics link)

I am still wondering: why is President Trump considered so bad, and what secret information does he possess that causes Democrats to despise him so completely? He has not threatened to put bullets in children. He has not avowed Communism. He has killed no one using Fentanyl or illegal immigrants. He has not even dyed his hair purple. Here is a President who, in the opinion of many has done more in ten months while enduring daily negative onslaughts than the incoherent and incontinent Democrat Joe Biden and his functionally incompetent staff did in four whole years. So why hate this man who has no bad intentions towards you?

One may wonder whether these mischaracterizations of President Trump had a profound influence on voters on election day. Could the daily chaos, negative news stories, and constant belittlement of all things Trump have persuaded some to vote Democrat rather than Republican? Could the constant nattering of empty-headed Democrat politicians and their handmaiden state-run media finally have penetrated the reason of well-meaning Americans?

Consider the case of newly elected Virginia Democrat Attorney General Jay Jones: (As reported):

“Jones did not deny reports that he sent messages fantasizing about shooting Todd Gilbert, the Republican former speaker of the House of Delegates. He said he would rather shoot Gilbert twice than kill Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot. He later said he wished Gilbert’s young children would die in their mother’s arms, after warning that Gilbert and his wife were ‘breeding little fascists.’ He sent these messages to a Republican and, when she asked him to stop, he sought to justify these violent thoughts with one sentence: ‘Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.’”
(Daily Signal link)

Apparently, these statements had negligible impact on voters. Jones, despite this history, will now claim to represent all Virginians — except, it seems, anyone who is Republican or who disagrees with him. (And if you believe in God, please say special prayers for Virginia Conservatives with small children).

Tied once again to President Trump and the Virginia gubernatorial race was the vile, racially engendered hatred directed at Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears during her campaign against Democrat Abigail Spanberger, now the state’s new governor. Earle-Sears faced overt racism, including one sign that read:

“Hey Winsome, if trans can’t share your bathroom, then blacks can’t share my water fountain.”  The sign received millions of views on social media. Over the weekend, a Vice Chair of the Virginia Democratic Party blamed the incident on “the climate Winsome Sears is creating.”
(Winsome for Governor link)

This is Virginia in 2025 — a bastion of progressivism that has become a hotbed of hatred toward a Black woman running for governor. (Shame on her, truly)

Meanwhile, New York City, with its daily pro-Palestine, anti-Israel paid protests and constant condemnations of President Trump, has elected its first Muslim/Communist/Socialist/Democrat/Impending Incompetent mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani is an avowed socialist with no management, business, or economic experience. He has previously called to defund the police, declared his anti-Israel/pro-Palestine stance, and vowed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should he visit New York City. His proposals include free public transit, city-run grocery stores, expanded rent controls, and other economically unrealistic, if not fantastic, programs.

How Mamdani will govern New York City is anyone’s guess. What will happen if police and firefighters resign en masse? Can anyone name a country where Communism or Socialism has worked? Cuba? Russia? North Korea? Hamas-controlled Palestine? Where is this so-called “promised land” Mamdani and his supporters envision? Will we watch the venerable statue of Christopher Columbus be torn from its moorings at Columbus Circle to be replaced by a statue of Eugene Debs? Will we see Muslim prayer interfering with rush hour traffic? Will Curtis Sliwa be arrested on the subways for bogus and attributed crimes? Will an “exit tax” be levied on New Yorkers fleeing the city to preserve their hard work? And will Jews face daily pogroms and beatings? (As the great Frank Sinatra sang, Its up to you, New York, New York)

But let us add a dash of Nutmeg to this toxic stew. Connecticut is no exception to the daily hatred of all things Trump, led by socialist Democrat Senator Chris Murphy. Murphy’s constant, incoherent anti-Trump  nonsensical babbling has helped solidify the Democrat Party’s stranglehold over the state. In the 128 towns and cities holding elections, 27 flipped from Republican to Democrat leadership, while only two flipped the other way. The Connecticut Democrat Party now holds every statewide office, enjoys a supermajority in both legislative chambers, and controls all congressional seats. One-party rule is alive and well in Connecticut along with its attendant lack of sound policy and sense, and the daily Trump-bashing continues full steam ahead.

And once again, we must turn to the author of Democrat confusion, Governor Ned Lamont. As of right now, the only thing keeping him from another term as Governor is if his own far-left wing of his party decides to do away with him. Having no serious, policy driven opposition we can look forward to more of the myriad questionable and shady deal history  of Sema-4, Digital Currency Group and its affiliates, ADVANCECT, 4-CT, Boston Consulting Group, UNITE US, Mt. Sinai Genomics, “The Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund”, Tidal River Fund, McKinsey, and the Lamont-based Cayman Islands shell companies. Also, we can be certain that no Republican challenger to his office will ever challenge him on any one of the above questionable deals, because of no explicable reason.

But to another major question, after this election, one must ask: what exactly are the Democrat Party’s policies? Can they define them? Are they built solely around the condemnation of Donald Trump? Do they have a plan to pay down the national debt? Will America continue down the road toward more socialist, government-funded programs and fewer personal economic freedoms? Will the Democrat Party maintain its hostility toward Israel and other free nations? Will it continue to allow the flow of illegal drugs that fuel addiction and death across the country? How much worse could Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland Oregon, and Hartford get? Who ever imagined what we are seeing now? And do Democrats have any real solution for the skyrocketing cost of healthcare caused by their so-called Affordable Care Act?

As of this hour, the federal government is shut down because Democrat Senators refuse to vote for a continuing resolution to maintain spending levels established by the Biden administration. Yet Americans continue paying federal taxes — automatically withheld from every paycheck — while the government they fund remains closed. Once again, the Democrat Party places itself above the people it supposedly represents. In my opinion, this shutdown influenced the election — and the Democrats played it perfectly, particularly in Virginia.

Yes, the election of failure over success continues into 2026. Everything Republican, Conservative, or Judeo-Christian will be mocked, tarred, and feathered, while Democrat falsehoods are embraced and celebrated. Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for a complete overhaul of our political system — with term limits, performance-based pay, dilution of the Administrative State and the elimination of all campaign fundraising.

As America approaches its 250th year, perhaps it is time for a new Declaration of Independence — one freeing us from the filth, muck, and corruption that our government and political system have become.

We, the American people, have had enough.

 

"SNAP" Goes The Government

For many years, I have written about the tax, spend, borrow, and waste death spiral of government, particularly evident in poorly run states such as Connecticut. For many years regardless of sound admonition, government has proceeded in taxing more, spending more, and creating more useless and redundant programs and non-jobs for the politically connected. Meanwhile, legitimate tax-paying businesses asking for no aid but wishing only for low taxes, friendly government and safe and clean communities are driven out of states like Connecticut by experiencing exactly the opposite of that.  When the rate of legitimate business departures increases as the governmental and administrative state monster metastasizes, jobs become scarce, and welfare and dependency need increase. When joblessness continues for a protracted period, people become skillfully obsolete and unemployable. Rather than seeing the problems and righting the ship, visionless politicians with no sense or clue of what is necessary to fix a bad state and a bad economy cry and scream and pound the table concerning man’s inhumanity to man due to some intelligent men and women questioning this constant giant sucking mess that has effectively become the government. But the real man’s inhumanity to man factually rests with these same politicians complaining. Even a high-school graduate in his first apartment knows that he or she must generate enough inflow to exceed outflow. But this lesson is lost on about every politician, especially in places like Connecticut. So, what is the inevitable result? The dire situation becomes worse and continues to mushroom and then, something snaps.

And this is where we are on November 1, 2025. Our stupid and inept government, has finally, “snapped.”Apropos of this great “snap” it is time to bring up a discussion of the national nutritional assistance program. 

The “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” better known as “SNAP,” has apparently snapped as of this writing of this column for this week. To show the sick and decrepit state of the American economy, over 42 million people in America use this program, or roughly 12% of the population of our country. This program provides additional benefits to those individuals and families in the form of EBT payments for certain "healthy" food items in stores. "SNAP households are expected to spend about 30 percent of their own resources on food, and your allotment is calculated by multiplying your household’s net monthly income by 0.3, and subtracting the result from the maximum monthly allotment for your household size." Therefore, a family of four can receive up to $994 a month maximum. (https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/recipient/eligibility). For Fiscal Year 2024 Taxpayers spent over $100 billion dollars on SNAP benefits. This accounts for over 1.5% of US Federal spending. It is expected to go up over the next few years. (https://usafacts.org). 

To add to the pitiful nature of the Connecticut economy having  over 25% of its population on Medicaid, over 360,000 Connecticut residents receive SNAP benefits (or roughly 11% of the state’s population). But if you read and believe the state-run propaganda that passes for reporting you are led to believe that President Donald J. Trump is cruel and inhumane for insisting that government finally clean itself out of waste, fraud, inefficiency and fiscal abuse, and that Connecticut is a state with a heart for the poor and downtrodden that its own political system has created. As one example, Governor Ned Lamont recently gave “Connecticut Foodshare” $3 million dollars to help offset the loss of SNAP benefits as cries of Trumpian cruelty reverberated across social media in the background. “This $3 million investment will make a real difference for families across Connecticut who are facing an impossible choice between paying rent and putting food on the table,” Connecticut Foodshare CEO Jason Jakubowski said. “While we recognize this funding cannot replace the full scale of federal SNAP benefits, it will help us to buy more food for agency partners and mobile pantries across the state over the next two weeks. We are grateful for the state’s leadership and commitment to protecting Connecticut’s most vulnerable residents.”  (https://portal.ct.gov/governor/news/press-releases/2025/10-2025/governor-lamont-announces-emergency-funding-for-connecticut-foodshare?language=en_US).

Such a gesture on its face seems selfless and noble until one digs more at the ugly backside of the tax and spend economy, being multiple highly compensated and redundant nonprofit managers sitting in well-paid state-supported non-jobs consuming the resources intended for the poor. So, let’s examine Mr. Jason Jakubowski, a politically-connected former Barack Obama delegate and a man with no particular experience in either the private sector nor in the food industry. For Fiscal Year 2024, Jason Jakubowski received Compensation of $292,739 and Other Compensation of $53,514 for a total of $346,253 a year. (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/61063025). This is inexplicably double his first-year salary as covered by my friend Tony De Angelo on his October 30 THIRTY WITH TONY show. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERBrM_zue1A)   Due to the circulation of truthful information, many have asked if Jacob Jakubowski would refuse his pay so that money would go to feeding these hungry people during this crisis? But charity need not end at home! How about Ned and Annie Lamont picking up the tab for these benefits as a charitable donation? Forbes magazine has recently estimated their net family worth as $650 million dollars. Or in going National, Senator Richard Blumenthal and his family's net worth of a mere $85 million cam certainly kick in a few shekels. (https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/democrats/richard-blumenthal-net-worth/) . Actually, many liberal Democrat politicians could start to compassion for their treasured poor folk by giving their money to help fund this cause until their party would vote for either a budget and or a continuing resolution to reopen Washington. They could also refuse their salaries since many people in government are working without pay and what better way to show your solidarity with the unwashed masses?

But even so, more questions come to mind regarding SNAP benefits. Why are so many individuals in need of these benefits costing our country over $100 billion dollars- plus a year? Is there fraud and non-legal citizens receiving these benefits? In a country as wealthy as the United States why are so many individuals this much in need?

But once again, the poor slob taxpayer in places like Connecticut has no luxuries such as a shutdown. Please note that we are still paying Federal Taxes to our unopened government during this crisis but are not getting all the services we are paying for. That is fine with the minority Democrat Party in Congress and pitiful and ineffective bodies such as the Democrat-controlled Connecticut State Legislature. We are still hearing the daily bashing of all things President Trump by the state-run media. And we still see waste and fraud going unchecked at all levels of government as it arrogantly continues as a God-given right. Maybe those truly in need should continue to receive these benefits via a tougher litmus test while those using them fraudulently should flush out. Maybe nonprofit organizations feeding hungry people should not have paid employees nor politically connected executives. Maybe charities falling above the 25% of operating expenses-to-income ratio benchmark of “Charity Navigator” should not be able to bid for funding until they get their fiscal houses in order. Maybe charities that perform well should be expanded while others failing to meet the mark be disbanded. But the biggest “maybe” in enacting reforms would be to find politicians with enough courage to suggest even one such improvement and reform. Hope is not great in that regard, regardless of party label.

However, it is now November 1, 2025. The Government has snapped. And SNAP has snapped. It is yet another excellent example as to why a complete overhaul of our Federal Government from top to bottom is necessary as DOGE attempted to accomplish and must now complete in DOGE 2.0.  But then if this mission were successful, it would reduce the unskilled Democrat-controlled political class to turn into the supplicants that they now pretend to care so much about. Because, people need skills and trades to work in a genuine and true society and economy.

Connecticut-The Zone Of Opportunity Lost

 Why does Connecticut have so many economic problems?  It seems for the past 35 years Connecticut has had one economic problem after another.  Not much changes over the years.  And contrary to the standard party rhetoric on how safe and economically robust Connecticut is, there is still a massive crime and drug problem and economic malaise that has impacted Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven for years, all of which have become incredibly exacerbated since the takeover posture of Covid-19. 

For these cities, and for the state, it is insulting the definition of the word “obvious” that the solutions offered by the Connecticut Democrat Party have been nothing but destructive.

As just one example, last week on the 94.9 “Lee Elci Show”, my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo well-covered the farcical and arrogant “economic development” endeavors of the Federally-Investigated Connecticut (should-be-abolished) Department of Economic and Community Development, such as “The Pizza Trail” and the multi-million dollar “QuantumCT” (TONY DE ANGELO-LEE ELCI- LEE ELCI SHOW 10 14 2025) . To me, the biggest point that Tony made was that while these bogus endeavors continue, real economic endeavors and opportunities are completely blown by self-aggrandizing and delusional leaders, even though these opportunities are producing extremely well in other places. 

Perhaps the biggest of these blown opportunities is the reinstatement and establishment of new Qualified Opportunity Zones (“Opportunity Zones”).

In a simple definition, Opportunity Zones offer great tax savings to private investors in designated depressed locales if they stay invested for a decade, and this is exactly the medicine that poor urban areas in Connecticut need. No taxpayer contributions are required. Presently, Connecticut has 72 federally designated Opportunity Zones, and due to the sad economic state of the state can have 150 more under OBBBA, thereby taking up 25% of the entire state. Development tracts in Connecticut cities and rural areas are crying for any new capital and economic life. However, at the rate Connecticut is proceeding, it is in danger of losing its presently existing Opportunity Zones along with the potential of establishing more as there are strict deadlines. But money will move elsewhere. Stupidly, finite investor capital will find its way to better and more competent locales. And what investors want, is facility and fluency from government. 

To this end, I would bet you five dollars if you walked up to most any Connecticut elected official and asked them what an Opportunity Zone is and what it does, you will be greeted by a blank stare and a shake of the head.

But sadly, people believe what they want to believe. Perhaps this ignorance is fashioned in the delusion that Connecticut is this magically wonderful place that is sought after by millions as Connecticut continues on its current path. If one reads about Connecticut through the eyes of political bureaucrats, one may wonder what state they are talking about since it certainly does not sound like Connecticut.  For example,  the state's website, in the area they discuss "Why CT”,  "Connecticut ranks among the nation's top states for quality of life. Great public schools, scenic suburbs, a low crime rate, vibrant yet manageable cities, access to exceptional healthcare, and a diverse array of recreational options are just a few of the reasons why so many enjoy living here."... "Long known as a leader in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, finance and insurance, Connecticut is also home to thriving sectors in bioscience, green energy, technology and digital media. This array of rapidly advancing industries positions the state for continued growth".   (https://portal.ct.gov/ChooseCT/Why-CT ) If Connecticut is so great than why does it have 72 federally designated Opportunity Zones? Why can it have 150 more? Why do the arrogant powers that be not take advantage of great amounts of private capital that will revitalize these tracts? How can it be considered a leader in business when Connecticut ranks as a bottom five state in most business economic activities and one the highest taxed states in the country? 

Why do these economic birdbrains persist in these farcical “something CT” economic endeavors that continually do nothing but give the illusion of economic vitality but simply burn taxpayer money? 

Why do Republicans never attack and criticize this sham of the Department of Economic and Community Development?

(Sadly, I can go on).

But if you look hard, you see a fake effort made on the Department of Economic Development state website . Here, we see this description  "To encourage additional development, DECD has been authorized by the legislature to identify, market and ultimately sell up to 10 (COUNT EM, 10) vacant state-owned properties located in Opportunity Zones. Various agencies within Connecticut state government are also working collaboratively to identify other incentives to maximize the investment in Connecticut’s Opportunity Zones." (Ibid)       But ask yourself something: All the tax credits, gimmes, and free Taxpayers monies in the world for the past 35 years has never resolved the economic problems especially by the failed Connecticut Department Economic and Community Development.  The department that offers no transparency and has been a failure in the money it continues to give away with no accountability as to whether it gets paid back. The Department that is watching serious capital go to other landscapes while it promotes "pizza".

Just look at the no answers to the SEMA-4 debacle of Connecticut Taxpayers monies and the involvement of the Department of Economic and Community Development with that.  Go all the way back to the Malloy "First Five" , the farcical "Back-9 Network" and the bulbous and wasteful over-building of UCONN, now crashing under its own weight. As politicians back-slapped each other with all of these pies in the sky, honest taxpaying citizens received boots to their posterior regions.

One must also wonder why a state as small as Connecticut has potentially 25% of the state qualifying as sufficiently depressed to be Opportunity Zones?  This comes about from a variety of factors including, (but not limited to), businesses leaving the city and state due to high taxes, high crime, high workers compensation costs, a lack of skilled workforce for that industry and a poor infrastructure. 

It is often said that Connecticut needs more housing which is particularly puzzling in a state with a decreasing population. But take one look at the dastardly and destructive anti-landlord rental laws of Connecticut. Houses and apartment buildings in the inner cities of Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and Bridgeport have turned into many cases of being drug dens and slums.  Thus, the buildings and areas they leave are often neglected due to the landlords not having rental income coming in.  No income equals no monies for upkeep.  This also leads to bankruptcy of the individuals and companies that own these same buildings.  Government officials came up with the stoic plan of using Taxpayers monies in the form of zero interest loans, tax credits and cash incentives to try to rebuild these failed areas.  However, it is evident that if things do not change in a hurry,  the same problems of  high taxes, high crime, high workers compensation costs, a lack of skilled workforce for that industry and a poor infrastructure will again be the stumbling blocks of economic prosperity for any decent economic effort put forth in Connecticut.

In addition, many economically inane Connecticut politicians are fixated also on building both low- and high-income housing near train and bus stations in the state, overriding local zoning officials.  Any sane person knows that these deals are bound for failure as you can build all the "affordable" and or non-affordable housing you want, but if there are no jobs for these people nothing will change. And if you cannot build an economy by using real economic drivers and genuine business instead of pizza and computer concepts, you will not have workers to support the project, leading to the greatest slum developments since Father Panik Village and the gold standard of Cabrini Green in Chicago, which all ended in a hail of needles, bullets, and destruction.

However, the fiction of Nutmeg-wonderfulness continues unabated.  What is really funny is this public relations gem: "Governor Lamont, his administration and the state legislature are committed to helping businesses thrive in Connecticut. Already, they’ve implemented a host of measures to enhance the state’s long-term fiscal stability, control taxes and streamline state government." (https://portal.ct.gov/choosect/opportunity-zones). Sort of like Lamont's measures to enhance his family's hedge fund profits through Infosys Limited, Digital Currency Group and its affiliates, "ADVANCECT", Boston Consulting Group, UNITE US (CT), Mt. Sinai Genomics, "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Informatics", "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", and "VillageMD"“The Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund”, McKinsey, “CT Next”, and Tidal River Fund, to name a few. 

It is quite clear that any “commitment to fiscal excellence” in Connecticut is limited to the elite on the Lamont bench. Further, Connecticut still has $100 to $150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities well more than the “fiscal guardrails” we hear so much about  

Economic change in Connecticut is hard to come by as the political nepotism system of economics is still alive and well.  There is no transparency from an economics perspective in state government.  It is an entrenched political bureaucracy that sucks out the last breaths of economic prosperity daily.  Look at how many jobs and businesses were lost forever due to the draconian Covid-19 lie.  Connecticut would become an economic powerhouse with the elimination of the DECD and an overhaul from top to bottom in its state government, a sound and flat tax policy, and a commitment to business development by attracting new capital and business to 25% of the sad and decrepit state via the aggressive pursuit of Opportunity Zones as just one example.   

Is there hope in Democrat-driven Connecticut? Perhaps we will finally see the light going on in Republican camps all over the state aggressively attacking this horrific situation. But sadly, citizens have waited far too long for any effective advocacy and are odds-on favorites to see, yet, another opportunity, lost.

 

Editors Note; The next Swick Speak blog will be on Saturday November, 1.