Walk Softly, Connecticut! Democrat Crime Is Here To Stay

 In the past week that was, there were a series of raids performed by National Immigration Control and Enforcement (“ICE”) with the object of removing illegal aliens from the once-proud working city of Danbury, CT. The political responses across the aisle were so predictable, you could set your watch to them.

“These reports of abusive tactics, excessive use of force, detention of US citizens and possible harm to individuals who were taken into custody and thrown into unmarked vans by masked agents, and then confined in inhumane conditions are deeply troubling, and the reason that I have asked for an investigation,” (Senator Richard Blumenthal-Democrat).

“I don't like the idea that we don't have an immigration system that works, but I will not sit here and blame ICE agents who are not elected officials, who have no say in that process and are simply out doing the job that they're directed to do, enforcing the laws that Congress has enacted,” State Rep. Greg Howard (R-Stonington) said.

 

Once again, Democrats are investigating law enforcement tactics while positioning criminals as victims — a predictable development,” they wrote. “Rather than undermining the men and women who enforce our laws, [Blumenthal] should step away from the cameras and focus on solutions to the illegal immigration crisis he and his Democratic colleagues in Washington not only ignored but allowed to worsen throughout the Biden presidency.”( State House Republican Leader Vincent Candelora).

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/blumenthal-investigation-abusive-unlawful-ice-tactics/3630482/

 

Notwithstanding the predictability of the above prepared responses, I struggle with a critical premise across all of them. Each side of the aisle believes that there is a “solution needed to the illegal immigration crisis.” However, what you, I, and every sane and right-thinking and taxpaying citizen in the State of Connecticut saw was the perfect and almost pure operation of Federal law in action: Illegal persons were in the country and were strongly and efficiently removed by the powers of Federal enforcement to make communities safe and free for all. Even though the fault of this massive government failure rests at the feet of Democrats, I struggle with what is so difficult for all sides of the political world to understand here?

 

Let us take a bit of time to tell everyone how this is really designed to work.

 

We can begin with this question: What is Federal Law? There is clear confusion in Connecticut and especially with the Connecticut Democrat Party as to what Federal law is. Federal laws are rules that apply throughout the United States-these are laws that are written by our Federal Government and apply in every state, like it or not. The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land and unbelievably no other state law or regulation can conflict with it. Especially, hastily passed state laws such as the (God-Forsaken) “Trust Act” have no power whatsoever over what the Federal government can do with respect to ICE operations. We remain in this mess because immigration laws were broken and not enforced by the Biden Administration from 2021 to 2024 and have now led us to actually enforcing Federal laws on immigration.

Even though there is plenty of political blame to go around in this situation, all of us in Connecticut have become used to the stale and incompetent United States Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy yelling from their bully socialist pulpit, in front of the obedient and starry-eyed state run media, as they wail against all law enforcement officials that are trying to do their jobs.   Not one word was mentioned from either Senator about the failed Biden Administration unleashing an  onslaught of illegal people/criminals/drug traffickers/and murderers that were welcomed in open arms by the sick people who ran the corrupted Biden Administration. This was an Administration with a figurehead that was sick, feeble, incontinent, and mentally incompetent that was dressed up to supposedly be the President of the United States. Our fools, better known as US Senators encouraged the lawlessness and criminal behaviors of these freeloaders and never once, for the good of the United States of America, demanded the removal of this sick and feeble man on grounds of competency and general principle.

They simply, do not care about you or your welfare.

 But as we fast-forward to today, maybe in Connecticut someone, (anyone), could get "outraged" at Ned Lamont, William Tong or insert Democrat politician name here______ for their remarks about the recent legal law enforcement/ICE operation in Danbury, CT this week to rid the state of illegal immigrants who are in the state. Here are some of their remarks; ...Lamont said his office is coordinating with groups like DUFI (“Danbury Unites for Immigrants”) to help ensure community members can access legal resources and other help. He also had a message for the Trump administration: “At a convening of governors earlier this year, after the tragic results of ICE’s presence in Minneapolis, President Trump told us he would not be sending ICE into cities that did not ask for the help,” Lamont said in a statement. “Let me be clear: Connecticut does not want, nor do we need, the type of presence ICE has had in our state this week.” (https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-08-26/ct-officials-pledge-support-immigrant-advocates-danbury-ice-detainments). My question to this failed governor is, if ICE were not needed in the once proud and working city of Danbury, CT, why are there so many “bad hombres” and otherwise illegal people needing to be removed?

Many are amazed at the intensity and enthusiasm that the Connecticut Democrat Party places in defending criminals and crimes in the state. Many are amazed at the love that the Connecticut Democrat Party has for breaking the rules of law and defending criminals while condemning the innocent and victims of crimes. From the Bridgeport Voter Fraud that continues there daily and with impunity to the non-profit scandals of elected officials, or the massive nightly car thefts to the massive costs of illegal immigrants for Connecticut Taxpayers, crime is the norm in the state. This is the record that Ned Lamont and his Connecticut Democrat Party are running for re-election on. This is the record that they are proud to offer those who live their lives by the rule of law and pay one of the highest rates of taxation in the country- a criminal infested sewer of social and economic failure for all to see. And regardless, Ned Lamont is an odds-on favorite (or failure) to preside over Connecticut over four more years and further drive this once great state into irreparable damage and chaos.

 

Mind us all, the responsibility for this grievous failure of governance is the result of failed and wretched one-party rule over decades. However, to be clear and fair, increasing right thinking Connecticut citizens are expecting a strong Republican pushback towards this poisonous Democrat attitude and frankly are seeing none of that. My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo covered the whereabouts of Governor Candidate Ryan Fazio during this most critical of times in the 8/27 “THIRTY WITH TONY”, and we found him in a shopping center in Westbrook, not challenging any of his “Democratic colleagues” to account for this horrific mess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf1lhFgYBLU In this episode, Tony also asks how a sitting Governor can continually disavow Federal law without legal and criminal consequences, which is a question that I have heard no elected official of any sort, ever ask.

My advice for those who remain in Connecticut is simple-walk softly and have eyes behind your head. Crime and criminals are the new norm for the state. The Connecticut Democrat Party has morphed into a sickening and vile structure of both mental and physical abuse of those brave citizens who want to live an orderly life following the rules of law and the state, as Republicans, short in the intestinal fortitude department, search for a “solution” that is here, working, and present. Crime pays for the Connecticut Democrat Party, as voter fraud, illegal citizen fraud and theft are abundant for the taking with no repercussions whatsoever. Federal law is the rule of the land except to those who hate our country like those lawless carpetbaggers better known as Ned Lamont and his Connecticut Democrat Party.

Connecticut: Moscow On The Connecticut River

 Decades ago, the legendary “ABC Wide World Of Sports” chronicled the life of your average Russian citizen living behind the Iron Curtain in the USSR: Up in the morning in a dreary apartment. Off on a dismal public transit system to a dismal state-sponsored job. Return home. Clear the dinner dishes. For the evening’s entertainment you had your choice of several channels of grainy television as you opened a can of beer, being your only luxury. One channel played, with the continuous nattering of pompous, twisted, and prevaricating state officials telling you every night how wonderful everything was in Russia, only the state was telling you the truth, only they were the ones that cared for you, how blessed you were to be living in Communism, and how awful and terrible the USA was to its people. These assertions came with obedience, and never challenge from the media. The other channel featured all of the great Russian athletes of the past (Tretiak, Chipoulas, Alexiev, Tarasov) and reminded you that the Russian people were a superior race, and even though only the rich elite were able to attend the events, you were to be so appreciative for what these people were doing, and you should be grateful that so much of your money was spent on their care, feeding and training.

The operative impression you were left with is, this was a world without, life, hope, freedom, or initiative.

  

Therefore, it had dawned on me this week: Is the Connecticut of today really any different than the USSR of decades past?

Consider: The Nutmeg state features either state-run (or limited) news leaving out truth and reason, a fawning attitude towards the elites, vile hatred and criticism for any policies that could help its citizens, the dictation of what citizens could (or should) do with their bodies or the education of their children, that the state itself is the largest employer, that the state union controls the political system, the continual erosion of freedom, and treating those that rightfully rail against the oppression as irrational far-right racist wing nuts who have no idea what they are talking about.

And as far as pompous, twisted, and prevaricating state officials are concerned, consider the following comments from our elected leaders:

“So you are right that that has been the Democratic strategy for 30 years, maybe, and it has failed to deliver for the people we care about most, the undocumented Americans that are in this country."

Connecticut Democrat Senator Chris Murphy to MSNBC Host Chris Hayes in 2024

"ICE agents at airports will only aggravate delays & lines—disrupting checks, interrogating travelers, dragging parents from children, detaining citizens, brutalizing families, shooting & even killing. "

Connecticut Democrat Senator Dick Blumenthal on X March 22,2026

“Trump’s message to Connecticut—fall in line with extreme MAGA ideology, or your families go hungry. Trump wants states to sign hateful pledges that have absolutely nothing to do with food assistance. These conditions are plainly unlawful, and we’re suing to ensure Connecticut gets every penny of USDA funding that our taxpayers paid for and our families need to put food on the table,”

Connecticut Democrat Attorney General William Tong March 23, 2026

“I AM PROUD OF CONNECTICUT! WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP TEN ECONOMIES. WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD”

Governor Ned Lamont on X from New Britain, March 26, 2026: https://x.com/NedLamont/status/2037195050011050328?s=20

And as far as engendering a special quality of athletic program with no regard to expense, consider that the already debt-burdened University of Connecticut will begin a multi-million dollar renovation of its Gampel Pavilion. While the state unions are happily employed in the project, the debt burden will increase exponentially to citizens that could never afford to go to the game by selling more “UCONN 2000 Bonds”  https://today.uconn.edu/2026/03/renovations-starting-at-gampel-to-enhance-the-fan-experience-add-new-revenue-sources/.

So taking all of the above into account, I believe the poor and beleaguered Connecticut citizen is forced to endure his life today as a Muscovite in Russia did decades back with the constant bombardment of “things are great here, you will own nothing and be happy, and our athletes are the best in the world, so we cannot spend enough of your money, on them” (inter-alia).

Again I submit unto you: Connecticut can now be called Moscow on the Connecticut River. 

 

 Some still may be unconvinced. Consider again. The stale rhetoric never ceases with Connecticut's Democrat Party ruling elite. The above four quotes are just a small sampling of the group of misinformed, pompous, and elite self-serving dictators who spews their incoherent gibberish to a lapdog, taxpayer subsidized state run media that waits in baited breath for each new sentence of nonsense that comes out of these fools.  It is then reported as the truth and nothing but the truth.

Need even more reinforcement? Connecticut's Democrat Ruling Elite no longer have any bounds. Two topical issues involving an overwhelming majority opinion against two ludicrous bills; (House Bill 5044 and Senate Bill 450) imposing state mandates for vaccines for all age groups in the state, you, be damned. Also consider House Bill 5468 which slams Connecticut's Home schooled children and parents with mandatory yearly registration of their children and a litany of other regulations to basically discourage this form of education.  In the limited public hearing that was allowed, the testimony was overwhelming against both bills. but as in Connecticut's Democrat Party ruling elite non transparent government legislature, the results are predetermined. Ram a bill through the legislature, then claim it is in the best interest of Connecticut taxpayers to ram even more limits on their personal freedoms and raise taxes also. Spit and repeat the rape of Connecticut Taxpayers repeatedly. Democrat Ruling Elites will have it no other way.

 

And in any aspiring Communist society, no one makes out better than the top dog. Ned Lamont's paper trail is alive and well and Connecticut Taxpayers still get no answers about  "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Infomatics", “Centrellis”. "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", and "VillageMD",  the Lamont-related Cayman Island partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation,  and other deals working through “quasi-public” organizations such as Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations”. 

Please remember that Ned Lamont is running for re-election again based on this corruption, and as of the time of this writing, no candidate has taken him to task on any of that.

And rational souls may ask why does Ned Lamont need a third term for governor but to continue this multi-part financial pillage of Connecticut alongside his spouse Ann Lamont who, as a "world-class financier" is continually by his side so much that he addresses her at the State of The State address?

 So, this is what Connecticut's State Government has evolved into. And we are now apparently at the point where legal Connecticut voters and taxpayers no longer have any say in their state government. Bad legislation is a given, so long as it supports and profits Connecticut's Democrat Ruling Elite. High taxes, an excessive cost of living, massive state spending and state debt are of no concern.  It is business as usual. And what can be done about it? It is a simple, yet complex answer. Take voting. Let us start with no more absentee ballots unless they have been researched and approved completely. Let us continue with no more same day voter registration using your grocery store customer card. Let us add Photo ID required for voting on the same day of the election. And finally, let us have a world with fully transparent vote counting after election polls closed. But the Democrat Ruling Elite will fight that tooth and nail as it challenges their insular, controlled, controlling, and harassing world, crying for the poor as they increase in riches, and attempting to challenge truth, reason, freedom, and initiative. For after all, someone in the state might do better than they do using honest means. And that would be a horrible thing, as you can't control those kinds of people.

Moscow on the Connecticut River. Before you laugh and shake your head, I respectfully ask for you to reread the article again. If you do that, I will guarantee you that you will no longer be laughing any more.

An Ode To 2025

Depending on which side you are on politically, socially, and even morally, 2025 was either the best of times or the worst of times.

To me, it is beyond clear that the first year of President Trump's second administration has been a vibrant and energizing time for much of our country. His actions, reactions, and forceful leadership are making major inroads to many of our Nation's ills. President Trump has attacked illegal immigration by closing our borders, arresting criminal aliens, and deporting them. We are looking at energy independence once again, while energy prices in many areas have gone down dramatically. Economically, we are seeing lower taxes for both individuals and businesses, while the President wants our country to become self-sufficient and produce more goods domestically. This new production helps to create new jobs and economic stimulation for our economy. Crime is falling, especially in Washington, D.C. The President is attacking the illegal drug problem head-on with positive results. Law and the rule of order have become priorities, not some fantasy. Internationally, President Trump helped to negotiate a Gaza ceasefire while getting higher defense spending from NATO nations. America is respected once again and there is hope for a new Golden Age.

But sadly, there are a number of Trump-deranged brain addled people that see these positive developments through an entirely different lens. To them, the first year of President Trump’s second administration has been deeply divisive and destabilizing for much of the country. They will say that his impulsive actions, erratic reactions, and confrontational style have exacerbated many of our Nation’s long-standing problems rather than solving them. They will say that his immigration policies have focused on harsh enforcement, family separation, and mass deportations that critics argue undermine human rights and America’s historical role as a nation of immigrants. They will claim that the Trump energy independence policy favoring fossil fuel interests will threaten long-term climate stability and be the death of us all, even as energy costs remain volatile for many households. They will claim that the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” of 2025 only favors corporations and the wealthy regardless of the extremely favorable law changes for modest citizens. They will claim the cities were safe and the Mexican border was secure under Alejandro Mayorkas and Joe Biden, and all should have been left alone. They will claim assaults on narco-terrorists are an unjustified attack on the innocent and the vulnerable. On the international stage, while the administration points to a Gaza ceasefire and increased NATO defense spending as victories, these poor souls will argue that America’s global standing has suffered due to damaged alliances, transactional diplomacy, and diminished moral leadership. They also view the horrific surgical mutilation of children as a human right that should be taxpayer-supported. What is astounding is that these naïve and often deranged individuals cannot grasp the economic, social, and physical destruction that would happen to them and the country if any of their irrational policy concepts were put into effect for any period of time. If this happened, the country would simply accelerate into chaos and upheaval.

Given this additional obstacle of the deranged and the deluded in the United States of America, President Trump and his administration have much more work to do over the next three years in addition to continuing to daily fight the incoherent Democrat Party, non-elected activist judges, and a media who despises all things Trump. It is truly beyond comical to watch some days. Can one imagine how far we could grow as a country, economy and world if President Trump was actually allowed to govern without both hands tied behind his back? What would happen if all of the Democrat outbursts, tantrums, lawsuits, and incoherent gibberish spewed finally stopped, and they actually offered something other than their same failed liberal, socialistic destructive programs and policies that have done little, if anything, to solve the problems in our country? Do we all live in the same country? Because in 2025, it does not seem that way.

And then, 2025 brought about the phenomenon of the recalcitrant Blue state, which zags every time the Presidential administration zigs. One of the biggest examples of this pathetic social and economic regression is Connecticut, as it continued its accelerated decline in 2025. An arrogant and omnipotent ruling Connecticut Democrat Party controlling all state and national offices daily accelerate the economic and social ruin of the state. Elected officials such as U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro, and Attorney General William Tong cannot hate President Trump and things Republican enough for their daily shows of anger. These individuals and others from Connecticut's Democrat Party communicate daily in front of an obedient, state-run and paid media with their disjointed, garbled, muddled, and unclear statements and non-solutions to the disasters of the state. The state is a bottom feeder economically, with high taxes on a local and state level, a poor economic climate hosting a mere $100 to $150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities. Yet "gender affirming care" and horrific child mutilation is the priority of these fools who feel that they are superior to those people they supposedly represent.

Perhaps there is hope on the horizon with an election for Governor upcoming in 2026 that will feature Governor Ned Lamont against, someone. But will that special "someone" finally attack and root out the sickening Lamont and other state corruption that has become a state hallmark? Given the progress to date on this front for years by the State GOP, one cannot be hopeful. Many including myself have written about the lies, fallacies, and theft of the Lamont administration with little result other than a global awareness that many things are horribly amiss. Connecticut taxpayers still do not have any answers with the 2020 COVID-19 debacle, the suspect business in the secret REOPEN-CT Committee meeting in the super-secret ADVANCE CT, Ned Lamont's family hedge fund (Oak HC/FT Partners), investments in Rapyd, a global fintech-as-a-service provider, and Unqork, both having documented common-investment ties to "Infosys." Nor are any answers forthcoming from associated companies relating to the COVID-19 crisis that include "Thermo Fisher Scientific," "Sema4," "Core Informatics," “Centrellis,” "Ocrulus," "Urjanet," "1Life Healthcare," "Galileo Health," "Castlight Health," "Paladina Health," and "VillageMD," to name several. Nor are there ever any answers to the questions concerning the Lamont-related Cayman Islands partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horesebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation, and other incoherent economic deals working through “quasi-public” organizations such as the now-clearly Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations.” It is all a compounded lack of transparency by Ned and company. Perhaps I am in error. Will this be the year that these subjects be throttled upon in the upcoming Governor's race? I can truthfully say that if they are not, the status quo will continue without any resolution whatsoever. This result is totally unacceptable to any law-abiding, right-thinking, decent and taxpaying citizen in the state.

As 2025 draws to a final close, I am optimistic on the direction of our country, but not so for Connecticut. Many are very thankful that we have President Trump, not a President Biden or Harris. Many want a new "real" Governor for Connecticut, not more of the scams, schemes, and “beardings” of the Ned Lamont gang. We still live in the greatest country in the world, contrary to what some misguided individuals want us to believe. We can and will overcome the internal and external forces that wish to destroy our states and country with a failed socialist and communist agenda. We can become self-sufficient in our economy and provide upward economic mobility for all, not just the elite political ruling class that continues to stifle all viewpoints that they do not agree with.

God Bless America today and every day. Happy New Year to all. And let us work and pray that things finally (finally) change, in Connecticut in 2026.

 

 

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.

Connecticut. The Crisis-Driven Disaster.

Well-run states and organizations govern objectives and goals. However, Connecticut continually governs by crisis. There just has to be one. There is always a crisis in Connecticut. No matter which party controls Washington, the continual omnipotent Democrat iron-fist one party rule in Hartford always makes sure that there is some self-perpetuated failure, somewhere, where a Democrat can stand on as a soap box to remind us as to how badly we need Democrats. Take any time, place, or date and just change the crisis, and there is always one present. The pathetic state government could have an infinite amount of cash flow and would still need more money and never touch the $100-$150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities looming over the state like a tarpaulin. For a crisis must be created. It never ends.

As the 47^th President of the United States Donald J. Trump is causing a whirlwind of national opportunity and enthusiasm in word, action, thought and vision, you can set your watch to Connecticut Democrats manufacturing yet another crisis in response to that . A new and continuing crisis is the supposed lack of "affordable" food in the state. Due to the cratered Connecticut economy and the lack of industry and leadership, many families with school aged children can't afford food, thus the state and town must provide free/low-cost breakfasts/snacks/lunches. The food in theory should be "nutritional" and be healthy. Apparently Connecticut has been receiving federal funds through a Biden-era program; the “Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program” and the “Local Food for Schools Program” which paid schools and food banks to buy "healthier" food options from local farmers (https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food-to-usda/lfs). This program apparently has its roots from Covid-19 funding and is being cut by the Trump Administration since the pandemic is over and the economy should be able to function without it given normal circumstances. This is normal thinking. But when you are a beggarly, welfare-dependent state like Connecticut, you depend on government assistance as a way of life. You know nothing different and you do not care to learn anything different.

Connecticut is typically the lead participant of free money programs and its never-ending giving/redistribution of Taxpayers monies. Connecticut's Covid-19 crisis was intentionally prolonged in order to receive more "free" money to get and spend. But what happens when that money gets cut off as in this case? It is the usual rhetoric and disgust as far as the cuts are concerned. Senator Chris Murphy stated: "most people who depend on food assistance in Connecticut work, adding that stagnant wages are not high enough to help them pay the bills...By ending these two programs, all you’re doing is hurting farmers and jeopardizing the food security of our families,” Murphy said. “These programs don’t save big amounts of money for the federal government; they don’t balance the budget.”  (https://ctmirror.org/2025/03/17/ct-schools-food-banks-local-farms/) It is inarguable that any savings would help balance the budget and lower the country’s $36 Trillion-dollar National Debt. Not to be outdone in crying the poor mouth, Senator Richard Blumenthal chimed in: "And while the pandemic exacerbated food insecurity across the U.S., (multi-millionaire Vietnam Combat Veteran) Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., argued that the White House is “taking the food off the table from working families so that the ultra-wealthy can have tax cuts.” (https://ctmirror.org/2025/03/17/ct-schools-food-banks-local-farms/) Can Senator Blumenthal directly trace the cuts in this program's funding with "Wealthy...tax cuts"? I find it hard to draw this correlation between the two, especially with a $36 Trillion-dollar National Debt. And wouldn’t job creation be the result of lowered taxes providing more free cash for spending? But again, these two fiscally incoherent Senators have been huffing and puffing for years and offer no solutions to our $36 Trillion-dollar National Debt and or the massive problems of the people they supposedly represent with affording food in Connecticut, other than to continually begging Washington.

Perhaps we can find some hope and perspective from the nonprofit and agency heads across the state! Like Jason Jakubowski, President and CEO of Connecticut Foodshare, whose last known salary was $291,114, other compensation of $54,529 and total compensation is $345,643 (https://givefreely.com/charity-directory/nonprofit/ein-061063025/)."Connecticut Foodshare was one of the largest participants in the program that had received about $3 million over the past few years. The group was set to receive another $1 million before the (pandemic) initiative was terminated." (https://ctmirror.org/2025/03/17/ct-schools-food-banks-local-farms/). One may wonder why Jakubowski is paid so much to "run" this nonprofit? Comparable private-sector executives with much greater responsibility and managerial accountability can look forward to half of his salary. His salary and those of his administrative staff if decreased, could be used to help feed people. But why do so many people in Connecticut need food assistance? Is it the excessively inflated cost of living due to high state and local taxes, high housing costs, high transportation costs, high insurance costs due to high crime rates and high electric costs? Does the bloated and politically connected state-run government contribute to the nanny state that distorts and destroys Connecticut's free market economy along with the state's affordability to live? Wasn't the above equilibrium minimum wage and state paid health/family leave insurance passed by Democrat legislative geniuses going to solve most of the state's affordability issues? And wasn’t taxing/taxing more the "rich" through the Utopian state income tax going to resolve once and for all the state's affordability issues so people could buy food on their own?  Why is this not happening? And why has the economic gap between the Connecticut state government, its state employees, and its programs fail year-in and year-out to resolve these pressing economic and social problems over the past 35 years? Just look at the costs of Connecticut's state government for salaries, benefits and pensions compared to the rest of the population that is not connected to government.

But to be fair, Connecticut does have a vision for economic growth and job development! There is a Connecticut Department of Economic Development! (“DECD”). The DECD serves officially as the state's primary agency for fostering economic growth and community development and is supposedly tasked with a broad mandate that includes economic development, housing, community development, transportation, education, and arts and culture. Its mission is supposedly to strengthen Connecticut’s economy by supporting businesses, promoting tourism, and fostering vibrant communities. The DECD employs approximately 100 full-time staff members. Daniel H. O'Keefe has been the commissioner of DECD since November 2023, earns more than his predecessor's $215,000 annual salary. However regardless of the bulbous spending of the DECD, Connecticut continually ranks last or near last in any reputable state poll comparing economic viability between states. A real economic development agency would be creating a business-favorable and job creating environment as opposed to consuming and wasting taxpayer dollars with little to no aggregate results. In fact, it is certainly a safe statement to say that the economic ranking of Connecticut would not be changed by one percentage point should the entire failed DECD model be dissolved and the funding expended be used to feed the hungry. This of course would not be the right answer. But neither is the continued wasting of tax dollars by crisis-driven leaders for little reason along with no vision or plan for real economic incentive and job growth.

Connecticut Taxpayers are now seeing through the stale, lost rhetoric of Connecticut's ruling political class. Connecticut Taxpayers should not have to forage to survive in a state that has no leadership, no ethics, no vision, and no results. Elected officials bellow at all times, and rant and rave against all of the injustices that they have helped to create in all of their never ending years of elected power and conquest.  The cut of the food aid program is just another example in the extensive line of economic failures pointing to the sad fact of there is never enough to be able to live a normal life in this once "Constitution" state that helped to found our country back in 1776. 

The Democrat-driven political cabal has never been the solution but is part of the fabric of the problem. Enough, is indeed, enough.