Philanthropic Hypocrisy- The Lamont’s’ Innovative New Profit-Making Game.

Money is made in Connecticut.  Especially if you are His Royal-Con-Man King Ned Lamont the Unaccountable, and his wife Annie Lamont. Especially when you know you will never be questioned nor investigated by the Legislature nor from your state-supported “journalists” about what you have done, how your profits were made, how much of Connecticut Taxpayers monies have been invested in companies you own, and as to why your income tax statements are forever hidden from Connecticut Taxpayers. You take comfort in the fact that there are still no state media questions to your issues and involvements with Sema-4, Digital Currency Group, and its affiliates, ADVANCECT, 4-CT, Boston Consulting Group, Digital Currency Group, UNITE US, Mt. Sinai Genomics, “The Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund”, McKinsey and the Lamont-based Cayman Islands shell companies.  Ned and Annie Lamont need not be transparent to Connecticut as they own Connecticut, and they are continually held to be unaccountable by all for whatsoever they may do.

Con artists and grifters are continually in search of new marks. The new mark and obvious profit-making machine are Annie Lamont and her new “Tidal River Fund”.  The Tidal River Fund is yet another new state-driven startup for women and minorities for financing “early-stage startups of businesses”.  How and why this fund/program is any different than the myriad of State of Connecticut programs for women and minorities no one can explain.  However, the branding on the Tidal River Fund is that Annie Lamont founded it along with former Democrat Governor Dan Malloy's niece Alison Malloy, who just happens to be also the managing director of the state’s questionable secretive venture capital arm, “Connecticut Innovations”.  The spin on Tidal River is also that there are 21 (twenty-one) first time investors who have invested $25,000 in the fund.  It is important to note that there has already been a $100,000 investment by another cloistered state entity named “CTNext” to this fund.  Both Connecticut Innovations and CTNext are supposedly investing heavily in Tidal River but many fund investments will show little (if any) results once the “winners” are segregated from “losers” and the “winners” are picked for funding.    Possibly one reason the new Tidal River Fund is different than other investments is that is has the Democrat pedigree of the relatives of two of the worse Governors in the state's history, Malloy, and Lamont The Unaccountable. But by these people appearing magnanimous, this endeavor will never come to full transparency with respect to its reason for existence, and its benefit to the state as a whole.

Investments by the many state/private nonprofits for job creation and business formation are vast in the state and are intentionally made difficult to follow.  The Lamonts’ plea of ignorance as to the number of investments made with Connecticut taxpayer's monies into Oak HC/FT hedge fund companies would be funny if it were not so ridiculous and sick.  One should be reminded of the atrocious economic record of Connecticut even though billions of dollars of Connecticut Taxpayer's monies are dumped yearly to prop up the economic ventures and failures of Democrat Connecticut political operatives. Even so, Connecticut continues to rank last and or near last in many business categories and ranks at the top of the highest taxes in the country.  Do keep in mind that Connecticut has $100 to $150 billion dollars in unfunded liabilities along with short- and long-term debt, with no endgame in sight nor any plan to satisfy the debt.

In addition, please keep in mind that Connecticut is a state without any ethics or firewalls operating in a continual state of moral bankruptcy. My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo from the Lee Elci Show (WJJF 94.9 and THIRTY WITH TONY) took one look at this arrangement and said “Bob, this is a wonderful way for the Lamont family to scout companies with potential and invest in what they want and/or direct others to invest under a cloak of philanthropy. What is even better is that they and their cronies get to be observant “venture capitalists” without “venturing” one red cent. There is no written agreement against self-dealing in these start-ups. Nothing whatsoever prevents them from doing whatever they want, especially as they know they will never be questioned, and given their past track record it is shameful and sick that no one is questioning them”. Tony’s observations are barometer as to how business gets done by the politically connected in the once proud Nutmeg State

So, it is another year, and it is another innovative and racket-style Lamont Family economic plan for personal profit while inane marketing gimmicks like the "Make It Here" campaign (if you are not taxed out of business, robbed at gun point, or have your vehicles stolen), are to suffice for the rest of us.  More of the same rhetoric and more of the same results by the profit driven team that leads Connecticut. 

 The power-hungry Democrat Governor and his wife are the first couple of their kingdom in so many ways. This should sicken the state-but never will.  It’s profit (and now philanthropic hypocrisy) over people, especially in Connecticut.

Reality-Based Solutions for Eliminating Crime in Crime-Free Democrat Connecticut

 

Law abiding Connecticut citizens have reached their breaking point in Crime-Free Democrat Connecticut.  Every day they live in constant fear of stolen cars, (some even at gunpoint), robberies in grocery store parking lots, home invasions, murder in cold blood as innocent bystanders, bank robberies, constant shoplifting in retail stores and a whole lot more.  Every day there are numerous reports of criminal cartels running massive car theft operations as there is no fear of arrests or being stopped.  

The economic criminal profit potential of Crime-Free Democrat Connecticut is enormous when one thinks of it. Due to little or no risk, criminals as young as 12 are working part time profitable jobs breaking into vehicles by smashing windows and driving away without pursuit.  These young criminals are being well compensated by crime cartels and/or other illegal tax-evading entities for the services they provide to these same equally disgusting criminals that chop up the stolen cars for parts, and liquidate the other valuable items in them.  If you choose to defend your vehicle, you can expect to be shot at like what recently happened to a private citizen in Northford, CT. With such a blasé’ attitude towards crime enforcement in Connecticut we have the impression that our personal property is not our own in Crime-Free Democrat Connecticut.  Legal private property rights seem to be outdated.  

In reading this, liberal panderers and starry-eyed delusional supporters of His Royal Con-Man King-Governor Ned Lamont The Unaccountable will be quick to point out recent state-generated reporting stating that “crime is down” in Connecticut. However, since a large part of Connecticut city-originated crime goes unreported, the statistics given are tainted, at best. Even in a good light, such state-driven statistical compilations are agency-centric rather than locality centric, so one cannot tell what is happening in a specific locale. Instead, try a dollar-driven site such as https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ that compiles hard data provided by actual real estate purchasers and investors. If we review that site (inter-alia) we see that Connecticut cities are worse than 78% of the rest of the country by way of crime. Further research on real numbers tells even the casual reader that the crime results are not good.

There truly are solutions to the crime wave in the state.  However, these solutions do not conform to the Socialist Connecticut Democrat Party agenda of destroying any sense of personal or economic freedom and police protection under an incoherent judicial system using weak laws governing crime and theft.  But if unserious and woke Connecticut ever chose to be serious about crime, here are several solutions that would start to take the bite of out crime in the state.

Car theft: For the few individuals who are arrested for this crime, bail should not be offered and/or offered at a $1,000,000. or more, value.  A sub court system could immediately be created, offering 24-hour hearings and subsequent charges/convictions.  First offense sentences for car theft would no longer be thrown out and/or probationary.  A one-year prison term with no time suspended would be mandatory.  Each additional offense would add 6 months more to the one-year term.  Therefore, if a criminal has already been convicted with five thefts under these new laws, he or she would serve 30 months in prison with no time suspended.  With this law, the owner of the vehicle stolen, and insurance companies would have a greater ability to fast track or attach any property or wages of the criminal for monetary damages of the value of the car no matter how expensive or inexpensive it was.  Sounds harsh?  That is the idea. It is, and it might possibly make some criminals think twice about stealing cars.  

Robbery of an individual:  There are robberies of distracted and defenseless women have their wallets/pocketbooks stolen after placing their groceries in their cars.  Shoplifting is rampant as well.  For the few individuals who are arrested for these crimes, bail should be offered and or offered at a $1,000,000 or more value. Again, first offense sentences for robbery would no longer be thrown out and/or be probationary.  A one-year prison term with no time suspended would be the minimum.  Multiple offenses would add 6 months more to the one- year term.  Victims of robbery would be able to sue the criminal for their losses and/or medical treatments generated during the crime, while retail stores/shops would be able to sue for monetary losses of the merchandise stolen.

Murder:  Murder takes away another person's life.  Many innocent people have been murdered, especially by drive by shootings.  Do their lives matter? Does it make any difference if they are Black lives? Or Asian lives? Or white lives?  No lives matter in Crime-Free Democrat Connecticut.  Life in prison does not seem to defer murder in the state.  The death penalty should be restated.

Who pays the costs of these crimes?  We do, of course, through higher retail store prices and much higher auto insurance rates due to the onslaught of these criminal activities.  Crime in Connecticut is at all time high even though the massaged "statistics" show otherwise.  The Connecticut Democrat Party has been in denial of this for many years.  A local election is in a few weeks in the state.  In Democrat-run towns and cities, crime seems to be a forbidden topic to discuss.  Of course, there the pleas for the usual choir of more money will solve all the problems of any Democrat run city.  But when you look at Bridgeport which is a cesspool of corruption, New Haven that is a tale of two cities and Taxpayer-supported Chicago-aspiring Hartford, nothing has changed over the years.  They are still vast economic wastelands that nurture a hopeless economic future for those trapped living there.  So called “leaders” cannot make the painful decisions to say “No” to the complete political failures of years of omnipotent Democrat-driven rule and deception.  Maybe voters should really think about why the state's Democrat Party really can't solve any problem whatsoever, especially crime, while they figure out new ways to rip off the Taxpayer who must live in fear in any activity he or she may do. 

Crime can be solved.  It takes ethics, leadership, and respect for human life.  It also takes courage, which is an especially scarce commodity in all areas of Connecticut government. It does not take another "crime task force" However lets be clear. The major player in this sick psychodrama is the Corrupt Unethical Connecticut Democrat Party.  They own this self-made crime crisis in the state.

The Lack of Accountability in Today's Government

One thing that I can no longer tolerate is the blatant disregard for accountability, ethics, laws, rules, and truth that many elected politicians and appointed officials have for their office and their constituents.  At all levels of government, day in and day out, corruption, lies, and theft are passed off as normal.  Cheerleaders and activists calling themselves “journalists” work in tandem with newscasters from the state-run media to support this debacle with their nonsensical incoherent gibberish packaged as “news reporting” in order to help support government policies.  

On a federal level, the continued failures of the Democrat Biden Administration are seen daily, regardless of how hard these “media partners” work to try to conceal them.  Our economy is in grave trouble with runaway inflation, a massive loss of economic and retiree wealth, a loss of real purchasing power due to runaway inflation, and a massive increase in personal debt due to inflation. Inflation is a tax whether the Democrat Party believes it or not.  The United States has a border crisis with untold millions of illegal immigrants walking through our unsecured and porous border.  American Taxpayers get to support these individuals through massive social welfare programs. The new energy crisis of our Pathetic President has increased all energy costs for Americans due to his irrational hatred of fossil fuels and energy independence for our country.  We now must surrender our dependable gasoline powered cars for Utopian electric vehicles in the name of environmental lunacy and irrationality. 

We now have a national security crisis evidenced by the horrific and deadly pull out from Afghanistan, the untold economic support given to our enemy Iran, and now the horrific nightmare unfolding for Israel where innocent Americans were murdered in cold blood.  Crime in America is the norm with the victim of a crime being viewed as the criminal and the criminal being the victim.  It is undeniable that America has turned into a hell hole of Democrat Party induced violence, crime, murder, and theft.

On a state level, Connecticut's march to socialism continues unabated under the reign of His Royal Con-Man, the corrupt and unaccountable Democrat King Ned Lamont. The King is continually lauded and embraced by the star-blinded state-run media followers.  We see enormous of profit made in spectacular fashion by a Democrat Governor and his humble wife through their hedge fund through unquestioned investments in companies that were given via Connecticut Taxpayers funds to do whatever they wished with the cash, and with no oversight or accountability.  There are still no answers given to the issues and involvements with Sema-4, Digital Currency Group, and its affiliates, ADVANCECT, Boston Consulting Group, UNITE US, Mt. Sinai Genomics, McKinsey and the Lamont-based Cayman Islands shell companies, inter-alia.  There is no transparency as well for Ned Lamont and his robber barons. 

Crime is non- stop in the state, as daily car thefts, robberies and muggings are the new normal for Connecticut taxpayers.  And please do not bother Democrats in the state about having a constitutional right to defend yourself, for you, the law-abiding citizen, are the problem.  Just continue to give away your private property to the career thieves of the state, and shut up and enjoy it.  

On a local level, Democrat run cities are sewers of economic and social ruin and despair with open air drug dens, daily murders, and much more social rot and decay than one could ever have imagined.  Democrat City District Attorneys have forgotten what laws are and mean, as their only concern is to damn all things Republican, Conservative, or Judeo-Christian.   Throw in the fact that your vote does not count as you see with the Bridgeport voting scandal. while all is hailed as wonderful in that socially decaying and sad city that Taxpayers support. 

 Politicians at all levels of government must stop ripping off their constituents by forcing them to fund this destruction of our country.  Accountability is lost at all levels of government.  News reporting must become truthful and objective again instead of being a force fed biased liberal brainwashing of anything that stands in the way of a perfect socialist Marxist utopia.  America needs true ethical political leaders to emerge again at all levels of government.  The political swamp and cesspool of corruption and lies needs to be drained, once and for all.  With too many things happening in this world, Taxpayers need to de-fund this garbage dump called government. 

 Americans are truly tired of being ripped off by politicians. The ruling elite ignores this fact as it is 1776 all over again.

 

Ban Connecticut's DEEP Rather Than Gasoline Powered Vehicles

One can be easily confused in reading what the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) actually does in the state.  I do not see anywhere in its website where it, and/or Connecticut Taxpayers are legally bound to follow the environmental rules of California.  According to the State of Connecticut government portal (portal.ct.gov): "The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is a state agency in the U.S. State of Connecticut. The department oversees the state's natural resources and environment and regulates public utilities and energy policy." Also, "The mission of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is to conserve, improve and protect the air, water and other natural resources and environment of the State of Connecticut while fostering sustainable development. The agency’s mission includes the goals of reducing electrical rates and decreasing costs for Connecticut ratepayers, ensuring the reliability of the state’s energy supply, increasing the use of clean energy, and developing the state’s energy-related economy for conserving natural resources, thereby enhancing the quality of life in Connecticut. DEEP’s programs preserve and protect from pollution the state's waters, air, land and other natural resources." 

 However, Proposed section 22a-174-37, Low NOx and ACT Regulation (PR2023-020) and Proposed section 22a-174-36d, Advanced Clean Cars II (PR 2023-023) follow the rules of California to eliminate the sale of gasoline powered vehicles in state by 2035 and, forcing all Connecticut Taxpayers/Drivers to use electric vehicles if they hope to go anywhere at all.

While at it, why not ban all fossil fuels and their products as well? How you might heat your homes is totally irrelevant to the environmental and unelected political elitists that are not accountable to Connecticut Taxpayers while dictating these insane policies and laws.  Heating your homes with heating oil or natural gas?  Both are environmentally friendly but forget that, you must ban them.  So what, that you risk freezing to death and/or having your pipes burst when frozen?   We all know that His Royal Con-Man King Ned Lamont the Unaccountable and his Connecticut Democrat Party can use any type of energy they want to while living in splendor off the labors of the Connecticut Taxpayer supporting their incoherent economic environmental gibberish.  You must be made to understand that you are not a member of this ruling class, but merely a subject with no voice or no vote. Obviously, the environmental mecca and liberal wasteland known as California is what Connecticut Taxpayers must obey.  

Maybe Connecticut Taxpayers should ban the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection?  Maybe Connecticut Taxpayers should de-fund it?  Maybe Connecticut Taxpayers should realize that they no longer have any say whatsoever in what the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection wants to do, can do, will do, and will do at whatever cost that its denizens of the Connecticut Administrative State shall determine in their sole and absolute discretion. First the ban will be on gas cars and soon after furnaces, air conditioning units and afterwards, all of the plastic products in your bathroom will be banned as they are made with petroleum derivatives. Life as we know it will be banned in the guise of this Utopian zero emission endeavor of economic despair, discouragement, and destruction.  

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is overreaching its "governance" with this totalitarian decree.  Who is going to pay for all these supposed subsidies for electric vehicles that are no way economically affordable in a high tax, high cost-of-living state like Connecticut?  I forgot; the Connecticut Taxpayers will get the bill as they are continually shafted by all the various corporate welfare gimmicks Connecticut's state government force feeds to them.  An economy needs the basic laws of supply and demand to function daily.  Connecticut seems to be an example of a command economic system dictated by the ruling Democrat Party elite by forcing Taxpayers to buy vehicles that they do not want and cannot afford. And there is not yet one legislator speaking out to call this entire hallucinatory and fantastic “policy" pipe dream a farce, and calling for the free market to take over as to what vehicles Taxpayers wish to drive.

 This is just another example of Ned Lamont's Democrat Party economics and economic failure that Connecticut Taxpayers will pay for.  It is 1776 all over again.