Connecticut's Three Real Issues

 I wonder if Connecticut's elected officials understand what the real issues of Connecticut are?  There are three major ones along with a host of others.

There are many problems that Connecticut is facing today.  Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Democrat Party seem only to be concerned with the terrors and fear of Covid-19 and how to profit from it.  Connecticut has problems and economic issues it really needs to address immediately if the state will survive in the future.

Connecticut has a massive debt problem.  It has now over $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities.  Connecticut's pension costs are exceptionally high in comparison to other states with a large shortfall in its funding of the pensions and how it calculates its rate of returns for it.  The state continues to run a constant budget deficit year in and year out while stating it has a  balanced budget through the magic of taking line items off budget and over estimating revenues and underestimating expenses.  This debt must be addressed or Connecticut will go bankrupt.  During the Covid-19 crisis spending dramatically increased while state services virtually came to a halt.  State spending for non essential services should have been cut dramatically during this time frame.  Raising taxes is no longer a solution as high taxes have forced many businesses and citizens to move out of the state.

Connecticut still has a massive drug and opioid crisis.  There are still many drug overdoses and deaths in the state that have been basically covered up during the Covid-19 crisis.  The statistics for drug related deaths in Connecticut are staggering in my opinion but seem to be kept secret from the public not to destroy the constant Covid-19 fear narrative.  It is a problem that in my opinion has escalated due to the Covid-19 Lamont state lock down that has further increased mental depression and illness during this time frame.  A simplistic state 800 number to call to get help is not the solution.  Connecticut should not be forced to live in fear on a daily basis of Covid-19, a return to a normal way of life and a legal shut down to illegal drugs coming into the state through effective law enforcement would be a great help in eliminating this problem.  The real statistics of Covid-19 are small in reality to our drug problem but will never be shown as such to the public.  Too much money is being made off the fear of Covid-19 at this time to stop that.

Connecticut also suffers from years upon years of inept one party rule by the Connecticut Democrat Party to the point of almost no return.  There are no checks and balances any more to our state government.  With Ned Lamont's unchecked Executive Order rule since March there is no longer a representative body seeking out the interests of those people they were duly elected to serve.  Connecticut's state government has turned into a power hungry profit money grab for those who are politically connected and in the know.  Unchecked and no bid contracts and spending are the illegal rule that we as Taxpayers must pay taxes to support.  This is no longer a democracy nor an elected form of government.  Nor is this legal according to the state constitution.  But yet it continues.

Please ask when and if any Democrat candidate comes to your door and or calls you for your vote for them in November what are their thoughts and solutions to these three real issues of Connecticut.  Their silence and ignorance of these issues may really astound you.   And hopefully these same Democrat candidates will lose badly in November's election due to their party's ultimate failure in governing by decree and fear for 30 plus years now.  Enough is enough.