The Poisoned Branches Of The Charter Oak

 

Many good ideas come from dreams and concepts. However, many bad ideas often take shape in a similar manner. Many years ago, a group of idealists met in San Francisco believing that the great men and women of the world could meet in a large, beautiful building to settle their differences as easily as golf score disputes and thereby avoid future wars and armed conflicts. Once the concept was completed, a misguided egotistical U.S. Senator named Prescott Bush tried to convince his Connecticut neighbors that the northern regions of Fairfield County coastal towns would be a great place for this hazy dream, then called “Unaville.” Predictably, Prescott’s neighbors impolitely told him where he could place his “Unaville” and after much travail and discussion, the “United Nations” set up shop in its very familiar glass box building off the East River in New York City. 

While an architectural marvel to this day, this building has spectated over no less than 200 wars and conflicts and has received no less than $400,000,000,000. 

But it is still a great looking building.

According to its website, The United Nations is described as follows: (https://www.un.org/en/our-work): "The work of the United Nations covers five main areas: Maintain International Peace and Security, Protect Human Rights, Deliver Humanitarian Aid, Support Sustainable Development and Climate Action, and Uphold International Law."  The United Nations is a complex and, in some cases, secretive organization which obtains a great deal of funding from United States Taxpayers. For one year alone (2023), U.S. taxpayers spent $13 billion dollars to perpetuate this attractive nuisance and questionable political failure. And in recent days it is increasingly clear that the United Nations has lost its way and has become a massive failure with respect to compliance with its stated purpose. One sees little from it about maintaining peace and security in our world given the number of ongoing conflicts. One sees little protecting human rights with the amount of human trafficking that takes place in our world. There is even less seen in delivering humanitarian aid in the world with the amount of people who are apparently starving especially in communist regimes. But since the United Nations is now coolly and unabashedly globalist, we see sustainable development and climate action taking center stage at the United Nations as political tools of the ruling elite. Further, I see that International Law is used an excuse to punish those who do not believe in freedom. In 2025 the United Nations has morphed an organization that is self-interested, out of control and one so far away from the utopian but well-intentioned dreams of founders like Dag Hammarskjöld and Cordell Hull who are now turning over in their graves with respect to the present-day monstrosity.

But still, the United Nations continues in a business of pretending to solve conflicts. On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, President Donald J. Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Ostensibly, a part of this agenda appeared to many to try to assault the First Family on the escalator on the way to the speech. (https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/politics/trump-demands-investigation-into-alleged-sabotage-united-nations). Undaunted, the President continued to his speech. Despite dealing with an inexplicably malfunctioning teleprompter, Mr. Trump soldiered on. His speech, condemned by many on the left as usual, spoke in an unfiltered manner as to what many Americans feel about the United Nations. The President stated, "What is the purpose of the United Nations? The UN has such tremendous potential… All they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter, and then never follow that letter up. It’s empty words — and empty words don’t solve war.”  (https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/09/at-un-president-trump-champions-sovereignty-rejects-globalism/) How many wars has the United Nations resolved in the past? None come to mind. There is no follow up by the United Nations when a war occurs. What has it done with the Russian - Ukraine conflict or any conflict in past 50 years? Its actions and ability to resolve conflict are non-existent. The President further stated; “Not only is the UN not solving the problems it should, too often, it is actually creating new problems for us to solve… The United Nations is funding an assault on Western countries and their borders… The UN is supposed to stop invasions, not create them and not finance them. (Ibid) Look at the crisis in Gaza that has been going on since the Hamas invasion of Israel.”  The President also stated; “Any system that results in the mass trafficking of children is inherently evil — yet that is exactly what the globalist migration agenda has done.” To every terrorist thug smuggling poisonous drugs into the United States of America, please be warned — we will blow you out of existence.”  (Ibid)

Two of the strongest points that President Trump made were about globalization and Christianity. “The entire globalist concept of asking successful, industrialized nations to inflict pain on themselves and radically disrupt their entire societies must be rejected completely and totally — and it must be immediate.” “Together, let us defend free speech and free expression. Let us protect religious liberty, including for the most persecuted religion on the planet today — it’s called Christianity.”  (Ibid) Both areas that have come under serious attack by many of the member nations of the United Nations. President Trump has called them out on it with good reason. Maybe it is time to rethink why we are spending so much money on this rogue faux bureaucracy. Maybe it is time to defund it and restart it from scratch. The United Nations has failed time and time again to reflect either our country's interests or values. It has no transparency nor contributes anything of tangible value to the world’s stage.

 

Speaking of a large, dysfunctional body contributing little to nothing of tangible value with no transparency whatsoever, another such body also has had its organizational roots in Connecticut. The Connecticut State Legislature, run for years by the Connecticut Democrat Party, resembles the United Nations in many ways. The Connecticut State Legislature run for years by the Connecticut Democrat Party has intentionally failed time and time again to reflect either our state's interests or values. Connecticut has massive state debt, a massive illegal drug problem, a massive illegal immigrant problem, a state-run media mob, and a massive infrastructure problem. There are still no answers to the Lamont family in having to account for the money that was given to 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.  We still have no answers as to why the state is paying over $400,000 in salaries and benefits to Terrence Cheng, the former CSCU chancellor in his new position that can best be described as a nonjob. We still have no answers to what was done in terms of repayment by Cheng, from the state audit that found thousands of dollars in questionable spending by him as CSCU chancellor. We marvel about the continuing nonprofit funding fraud engineered by the should-be-abolished Department of Economic and Community Development fueled by this same legislature. Every week provides us with one more scandal and act of malfeasance and non-accountability to the point where citizens are almost numb by now.

But I guess we all should not care about what both the United Nations and or what the Democrat ruled Connecticut State Legislature does any more with Taxpayers monies. Both organizations, one elected and one un-elected with roots in Connecticut seem to care less as the problems just never cease to be solved in any way, shape, or form. Transparency is forbidden while human life is wasted and hard-earned dollars pay for the constant quagmire and deep swamp of nothingness. Ethics, morals, and a value system are lost with the lack of results that Taxpayers see daily within these autocratic ruled and dysfunctional organizations. It is time to start anew and end the failures of both.

President Trump spoke the truth with regards to the United Nations and outlined as to how it could be a powerful and useful body for good. However, who will do the same about the Democrat ruled Connecticut State Legislature?

 

Truth, Fiction, and The Democrat Media-Industrial Complex

 Even through the darkest moments since the brutal assassination of “Turning Point, USA” founder Charlie Kirk, the Good People of Connecticut should thank God every single day that the state-run Media Mob of the state of Connecticut is not the sole source of news. For in this Bermuda Triangle of Misinformation,  down is up, lies are truth, and we are to all worship at the feet of the one party-driven Democrat Connecticut.

This past week, three issues further cement Connecticut as a state unconcerned with its legal Taxpaying citizens and its massive debt issues, or in dealing with the truth in any way whatsoever.

Let us first look at an incredible "agreement" that Governor Ned Lamont made with Connecticut Chief Justice Raheem L. Mullins. Ever since we were grade-school children, we have been taught that the United States  system of jurisprudence is a crowning jewel of a free society where citizens of a free country can have their grievances heard in an impartial and fair manner. But all that changes in the warped wonderworld of Connecticut. We are now told that the court system is to be supported of everyone, including (but not limited to) those who reside illegally within Connecticut borders. 

Connecticut policy now dictates that we now must somehow understand that courthouses "remain safe and accessible to everyone, regardless of immigration status."  Thus, Lamont and Mullins have now decided to create their own "rules" that intend to supersede federal law by "prohibiting federal immigration agents from conducting warrantless arrests in state courthouses and from wearing masks while inside them."  Lamont further stated; "There have been not a lot of incidents, but there have been some instances, of ICE going into our courthouses, wearing masks, taking people out," Lamont told reporters in Hartford. "[It's] very important that people, immigrants, and even undocumented immigrants, feel safe going into our courthouses. In many cases, they're going into our courthouse as a witness to a crime, doing everything for public safety; more broadly, maybe they've been a victim of abuse. Maybe it's something regarding landlord, whatever it is, people should feel safe going into the courthouse." (https://patch.com/connecticut/across-ct/connecticut-bans-warrantless-ice-arrests-masked-agents-state-courthouses)

Therefore, to illegally slow down and/or attempt to eliminate the arrests of illegal immigrants who are in Connecticut, the woe-begotten policy  "requires federal agents such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to obtain a judicial warrant before making an arrest inside a courthouse. It also bars law enforcement from wearing masks while conducting enforcement actions there, unless medically necessary." (Ibid). But of course, this is hypocritically ironic. For now, we are supposed to forget that Ned Lamont and his Democrat Party slammed anyone and everyone if they did not wear their masks for the past five years in their Covid-19 shakedown of the state. Therefore, anyone who lost their job and or business or had their lives ruined during the hostile and draconian Covid-19 shutdowns should be suing the state in these same "safe" and "mask free" courthouses to get their jobs and businesses back. 

The reality is that you are to expect no fairness, clarity, or integrity from anyone in the Democrat-driven Connecticut government, and you are to understand that policies and procedures will be driven entirely by their whims and desires at a given moment. 

Secondly, we really do have Federal Immigration Laws! It is not a myth. The Connecticut state-run Media Mob will lead you to believe that such laws do not exist, or that whatever convoluted and illegal laws (such as the “Trust Act” ) take precedence over Federal law. Or conversely, state legislators from both parties will tell us that their pal State Rep. Corey Paris did not break Federal Immigration Law when he put illegal aliens on “alert” when Federal ICE agents came into his district to arrest them. Unfortunately, 8 U.S.C. § 1324 unambiguously reads to the contrary. However to show he cannot be beat in this category, Lamont overtly conspired this week with state school superintendents (all supported by your tax dollars) to shield illegal students from ICE (https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/lamont-superintendents-to-meet-on-protecting-students-from-immigration-enforcement/ ) (My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did a wonderful job of explaining this situation in factual terms on his September 18 THIRTY WITH TONY Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUoewcLhNkc&ab_channel=THIRTYWITHTONY )  . By definition of Federal law every single one of Lamont and the superintendents should be arrested. How that comes down remains to be seen. However, it is quite clear that the political system and the state-run Media Mob of Connecticut will never follow established law if it is inconvenient to their purposes, regardless of if such purposes are legal or ethical.

In addition, Connecticut,which is proud to call itself a “sanctuary state” (while often denying that assertion in its own print  publications),  never discloses how much it costs legal Connecticut Taxpayers to house, give medical benefits, schooling, and other assorted benefits to these illegal immigrants, some who are also criminals in the state.  Why is that? (Shame on you for even asking the question).

But in the Media-Industrial Complex of Connecticut, distortion and obfuscation know no bounds. Once again, we see another embellishment piece published by the CT Mirror regarding darling Finance expert and current Comptroller Democrat Sean Scanlon 

(https://ctmirror.org/2025/09/17/ct-slashes-more-debt-state-worker-health-care/) Scanlon, who never ever fails to postpone a debt payment that he does not like, is once again exhibiting the financial acumen of teenagers by delaying due debts on state obligations, thereby accruing incalculable interest on innocent taxpayers, some not yet born. This is the same Scanlon, being the same person who "won" over Avelo Airlines to have them fly out of Tweed New Haven Airport. This is the same Scanlon who never speaks about the gargantuan long term unfunded liabilities in the state nor is he pressed by any political figures with respect to the same. But of course, Scanlon keeps smiling and of course media accountability is nonexistent. My readers are well-aware of the short- and long-term debt along with the unfunded liabilities of Connecticut. This figure, hovers more than $100,000,000,000 to $150,000,000,000 billion dollars well in excess of the treasured "fiscal guardrails". In practice, it is literally impossible to ascertain as to how much it really is. A recent report by the Connecticut Office of Fiscal Analysis should alarm all legal Connecticut Taxpayers. The report states that for 2024 that there is a shortfall of over $956 million dollars in the state's retirement health trust fund for healthcare eligible state employees. The fund is funded at 16.2% which is apparently a political victory for the Democrats since it was only 10.1% for 2021. I find the costs staggering for the 85,696 retired members, spouses and beneficiaries currently receiving these benefits, considering the overall unfunded retiree health care benefits is over $17 billion dollars. (https://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa/Documents/year/SMF/2026SMF-20250831_Other%20Post%20Employment%20Benefits%20(August%202025).pdf).  But of course, all these concepts are lost to Mr. Scanlon as he smiles for the cameras and faces no hard questions whatsoever as to what is really taking place.

The wretched state of the fisc in Connecticut does not stop there, as bad as that is. The shortfall for the unfunded part of the state pension system (non-health care)  is over $38 billion dollars and is also severely unfunded. The state in just retiree pension and health care costs is in debt for $55 billion dollars. (https://www.truthinaccounting.org/library/doclib/Financial-State-of-the-States-2024.pdf)  This is fiscal leadership by Ned Lamont and his Democrat Party? We are supposed to feel good about this. And what will the SEBAC state employee contract cost Connecticut Taxpayers and how much higher will the state debt become? 

But alas, what does truth matter? The distortion of law and finances are evident in Connecticut and are the results of poor social and fiscal policies enacted by the chronic one-party Democrat rule for many years. The Democrat-driven political system and its attendant Media Mob never offer any solutions but in lieu of that, continually produce made up economic and governance fantasies in a state that continues to spiral out-of-control in so many areas especially with crime and state finances. But reality, incompetence, malfeasance, and obfuscation cannot exist in the same universe. Crime, high taxes, and a lack of transparency are the real Democrat political messages and problems that continue to ignore daily. 

Since the Democrat Media Industrial Complex will not protect you, my very strong admonition is to continually hold these malfeasant souls to a continual reality-based litmus test. Refuse the lies and continually expose falsehoods and demand accountability. It is the only way.

The Shot That Killed Fear and Political Oppresion

 On September 11, 2001, the nation of the United States of America watched in horror as over 3,000 people died in cold blood by attacks made by America-hating terrorists. I vividly remember that day as the enormity of the chaos ensued. I personally never will forget that day and as to what transpired afterwards.

On September 10, 2025, one-half of the nation of the United States of America recoiled in horror as a young leader of a Conservative action movement was gunned down in cold blood in Utah. I qualify this horrific event as only involving one-half of the nation as the other one half of those residing in America cheered, sneered, danced, and laughed at the killing of this young man solely because their worldview did not comport with his. A large part of this same subset also was in the process of cheering on the specter of impending Socialism and Communism in New York City, NY, literally embracing the very forces that tried desperately to destroy New York City a quarter century ago.

By way of the historical timeline, we continued to fight enemies within our country and throughout the world after the 2001 attacks  that wished to lead us to bondage and take away our freedoms, our free way of living and our religious beliefs. For a brief period of time after this day, many people came together praying in public and showing support for America. It was almost impossible to find a hand-held flag, let alone one you could fly from a pole at your home. As there were limitations and resulting concerns for personal freedoms over the next seven years,  the ways of America were to change forever with the election of Barack Obama and Joe Biden in 2008. The eight years of that failed administration saw great losses throughout our world and in our country with respect to the dilutions of personal freedoms, economic freedoms, and the ushering in of a new socialist health care system whose cost have led many to personal bankruptcies due to excessively high medical care costs. As things devolved further, Americans were given a slight reprieve with the election of "outsider" Donald Trump and Mike Pence that took the country and its stoic good old boys political system by storm. President Trump's first years and subsequent four years after he was out of office was pockmarked by political payback and lies spewed by the Democrat Party, later followed in a suspect election victory by the new Biden-Harris dysfunctional and incompetent administration of horrors. However, ever since the Butler, PA attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in 2024, a belief in America has once again dawned on the landscape creating a hope and a possibility vision not seen in years. It is a belief that America-hating people are deathly afraid of, and doing their best to extinguish at all costs.

But let us go back 24 years ago and try to understand what history has taught us. If we look at what is presently taking place, it seems to many that the history of that wretched day has been long forgotten by the injection of Socialism, liberalism and its wretched, failed leaders and policies. A quarter of a century ago, we were under attack by dastardly enemies of our country. Terrorism and its threats were real. Now 24 years later, we are supposed to accept that the terroristic and destructive elements of Communism, Socialism, open borders, and unchecked violence by paid protesters and freedom for our most violent criminals and illegal aliens are the norm. Why must we accept that? And why must we accept a daily condemnation of all things which at one time were "normal" to us and our society and be made to feel ashamed for wanting them?

On September 10, 2025, a young man who feared no one and who dared to speak the truth was assassinated in cold blood in the presence of his spouse and infant children. Charlie Kirk, head of “Turning Point, USA,” was shot to death while talking to a college crowd. His death due to an act of unwarranted political violence, received the usual blathering of “violence has no place in the political discourse” from Democrat Connecticut political figures while many mentally ill and violent persons simultaneously cheer at the taking of this dear young life, curiously without denouncement from these same political figures. (This sordid subject was well-covered by my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo on his THIRTY WITH TONY A TABLE BEFORE MY ENEMIES THRTY WITH TONY 9 11 2025 ) But moreover, why have we have succumbed to this type of violence in our political arena?  Could it be the incessant hateful rhetoric of hatred that is force fed to us daily by Democrats such as United States Senator Chris Murphy and United States Representative Chuck Schumer? Could it be the arrogance and disdain exhibited to normal modest citizens exhibited daily by Governor Ned Lamont or the shameful hatred of taxpaying citizens in Connecticut shown by the likes of State Senators Bob Duff and Matt Lesser and Attorney General William Tong? Could it be a result that the elements of Communism, Socialism, unchecked violence by paid protesters, and open borders, all of which are supported by the Democrat Party, have allowed for this type of violence to be encouraged and accepted by the political left?

A TABLE BEFORE MY ENEMIES THRTY WITH TONY 9 11 2025

 But unfortunately for these twisted individuals, Charlie Kirk's death will help to create thousands of new Charlie Kirk's. The new thousands will be young Christians and Conservatives who are not afraid of freedom, commitment,  relationships with God, death and dying, nor expressing Conservative points of view in the political arena. These people will not be afraid of stating when something is wrong and harmful to our society. They will not be afraid of speaking out on their religious beliefs. Nor will they be afraid to call out and disrupt the operation of the political cancers that are trying to steal our freedoms and way of life away from us.

Communism, Socialism, unchecked violence by paid protesters, atheism and the fringes of a derelict Democrat Party society and economy have all failed America in 2025. The fight for freedom began anew on 9/11/2001. On 9/10/2025, the Turning Point was reached and is now being embraced by millions of true Americans who desire freedoms in all forms, religious, family and economically.Their voices will be heard, loudly and clearly from this day forward. 

For  like the character Howard Beale in the great 1976 movie “Network”, they are Mad as Hell, and they are not going to take it anymore.

The State of Connecticut Has A Much Bigger Problem Than Crime And Incompetency

 The State of Connecticut Has A Crime Problem: Auto thefts surged by 33% in 2023 alone, jumping from 7,091 reported incidents in 2022 to a staggering 9,400, marking the third-highest percentage increase nationwide and leaving countless residents vulnerable to brazen juvenile offenders who often face minimal consequences. Persistent strings of car break-ins and thefts in 2025 continue to terrorize communities from Montville to Fairfield, underscoring a systemic failure to curb property crimes that erode public trust and safety. Almost every Connecticut city is a horrific and mismanaged hellhole. 

However, the gist of this article is not crime.

 The State of Connecticut Has A Competency Problem: Unhinged Liberal Incompetent Scraggly Bearded United States Senator Chris Murphy makes a fool of himself moment by moment on “X” with his repetitive nonsensical babbling reflecting his entire lack of conceptual understanding of any issue but also reflecting a crystal-clear hatred of President Donald J. Trump. Congressional Representative Rosa DeLauro, one of the oldest in Congress at age 82, is embarrassing in appearance and a babbling shame, shunning any suggestions of improvement or developmental vision for her pitiful Congressional district. Senior United States Combat Veteran Senator Richard Blumenthal lied about serving in Vietnam and lied about “not knowing” that he was addressing a Communist convention in 2021. Attorney General William Tong in his furious defense of illegal alien rights, called for a boycott of “Avelo Airlines” in New Haven, either not knowing (or caring) that the fiscally incompetent state Comptroller Sean Scanlon engineered the Avelo arrangement for the inadequate Tweed New Haven Airport campus, residential safety and noise pollution be damned. And not to be undone, Governor Ned Lamont (affectionately known as “King Ned, The Unaccountable”)  continues to move from fraud to scam, the latest being to corrupt the entire state with a new generation of incipient slum housing that helps along one of his wife’s investments, while he is trying to convince his wealthy neighbors in Greenwich that he has everyone’s best interests at heart. 

However, the gist of this article is not political incompetency.

Connecticut has many more problems too numerous to mention. But I submit unto you that Connecticut, (aka the State That Cannot Do One Thing Right) has a far greater problem than either of the above problems. It is horrible. It is insidious. It is crippling. It can send the state into bankruptcy and erode private capital and destroy any viability in the state whatsoever.

It is the Debt Problem.

Regardless of what the state-run media and the political system tell you, The State of Connecticut has a debt problem.  There is now an awareness and understanding of the debt and how much debt Connecticut is obligated to pay. Using real numbers, let us examine how much in debt Connecticut is in, and why this should be the number one issue in the upcoming state election in 2026.

To my knowledge, I am the only writer or reporter that has mentioned Connecticut has $100,000,000,000 to $150,000,000,000 (billion) dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities. Certainly, no candidate or office holder has ever mentioned anything along the line. For a state as small as Connecticut and as small of a population that it has, this is a massive fiscal red flag. But it is not, as the Connecticut Democrat Party just cannot seem to tax and spend enough to satisfy its political special interest groups such as the state employee unions, myriad and unaccountable nonprofits, and politically connected state patronage jobs over the past four decades.

Here are some real fiscal facts that the entire political establishment avoids talking about as published in "The Financial State of the States 2024" report published by Truth in Accounting (https://www.truthinaccounting.org/library/doclib/Financial-State-of-the-States-2024.pdf). Connecticut in this report was given a "F" grade, ranking the state fifty out of 50 (or last) as far as its financial state of affairs. From the report found on pages 50 and 51, "Connecticut had $21 billion available to pay $85.9 billion worth of bills". This figure will increase in 2025 as some federal funding will no longer be available to the state. 

Trying to break down the $85.9 billion dollars’ worth of bills in complex and difficult to ascertain. Connecticut in each year's budget, which increases each year, also increases its bonding and borrowing within. Bonds are issued in the state for many reasons including building projects and other related items in the state. Bonds are issued to finance "debt" in the state. Total bonds in the state for 2024 were $34,355,859,000 according to the report. Also according to the report, Unfunded Pension Benefits were $38,010,340,000 and Unfunded Retiree Health Care Benefits were $17,091,549,000. In simple terms, this means every Connecticut citizen down to the smallest infant minimally shoulders a $25,000 debt of the state for which they did not cause. These figures are astronomical for a state as small as Connecticut and unsustainable in any way. Moreover, this massive obligation is more than the supposed "fiscal guardrails" that continue to be ignored by Connecticut's Political Fiscal Barons for what little value they provide. But more clear-headed people are seeing this horrific situation for what it is. My good friend and colleague Tony De Angelo also discussed Connecticut's per person state debt is his segment on Tuesday 9/2 on the 94.9 Lee Elci show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rJCaC5DusE)  

The state therefore has a massive debt problem. It also does not have enough assets to cover all its debt. The Connecticut Democrat Party laughs about (or fails to comprehend) the debt issue by its usual incoherent economic gibberish. This incoherent economic gibberish includes the usual babblings that the wealthy do not pay enough in taxes, businesses do not pay enough in taxes, there are not enough social programs to help people, more funding is needed in education and that state workers deserve much higher wages and benefits. Economic reality does not exist in the state as Connecticut continues to be a bottom five state in many economic categories. This fact is glossed over by the new, younger incoherent leftist and socialist Democrat candidates that have announced their intentions to run Governor, United States House seats and state legislature seats. Where the money will come from to pay for all their "giveaways" remains a mystery to most educated voters, but not to them as they simply do not understand, let alone care.

It is a simplistic question that truly needs to be addressed by anyone running for Governor, on any ticket in 2026. Republicans that have continually failed to challenge Democrats on many  issues must first learn to understand this most critical debt issue and secondly challenge Democrats and Socialists continually. What is your plan for paying off the massive debt and unfunded liabilities of Connecticut's government in both the short and long run? What does the plan entail? How long will it take? What will you do to decrease state spending? What will you do to whittle the bulbous and often inept state workforce? These questions should be asked daily until there are specific answers to the same. But I am not confident that will ever happen, as courage is in short supply in Connecticut government.

You see, Connecticut's state government is like a drug addict. To feed the drug monkey an addict often lies and steals. It keeps taking drugs at all costs, looking for its next fix. That fix is your tax money wasted on another failed social program and or non-profit who could be pilfering as there are no financial controls on either. That fix is a long-serving state politician getting a simplistic state nonjob to help boost his or her state pension. That fix is to give money to a politically connected business or individual for their work in a campaign, with no worries as to how the money is spent and if it is ever paid back. 

And so, it remains in the indentured state of fiscally insolvent Connecticut. Connecticut Taxpayers are damned while the benefaction and veneration of the State's Political and Administrative Bureaucracy is the most critical work that our state government must perform. So let the state perform that critically valuable work all the way into bankruptcy. Regrettably, bankruptcy may be the only cure to eliminate the waste, fraud, crime, incompetency, and debt of Connecticut, once and for all.