Government Control: The Creation Of A Society Of Losers.

 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance." Psalm 33:12 

It is a beautiful country that we live in.  If you walk or drive around neighborhoods, I am sure you will see what I see.  In many areas, we see incredible economic development, economic growth, economic prosperity, and economic wealth. We see families, generation upon generation, raising children, and growing and prospering in our country. We can go to stores and/or shop online and are able to purchase literally everything we need and or can imagine making our lives easier. We see people who have had nothing at all become successful in their lives by developing a business, product, or service. What is known as a "rags to riches" story, is seen time and time again. We have seen legal immigrants come to our country with nothing and have made something for themselves and their families. I have lived that reality in my own family with legal immigrant grandparents. I also saw that in my lifetime as I was the first person to graduate college on both sides of my family and then seeing nieces, nephews, and cousins’ children follow suit. And yes, everyone has opportunities in our society, regardless of what a nattering nabob of a Democrat or Socialist loser will tell you.

We can choose to make good decisions rather than bad decisions. For example, drug dependency and abuse are choices. Crime and theft are a choice. Murder is a choice. Robbery is a choice. Losers tell us otherwise, and then vehemently defend the perpetrators and miscreants as victims.

Still, I am still in awe of our country and the world we live in. And I believe that I am not in the minority in feeling as I do. But somehow, we are continually browbeaten by Democrats and Socialists and other people that never made one non-politically connected dollar pressuring us to have a disconnect with the great economic prosperity we have in our country, fortified with groups of paid protestors who are either supposed experts in government control and/or are victims of capitalism/government/free countries/societal norms or the rule of law in our society. About all these people cannot function in private enterprise. Many of these paid protestors have been financed by George Soros, whose estimated net worth is $8.6 billion dollars. Do you see any irony in this? Many do. Or how about Communist/Socialist US Senator Bernie Sanders condemning America at all costs but has a net worth of $2.5 million dollars. In addition, let us not forget Democrat Connecticut Governor King Ned Lamont ("The Unaccountable”) whose combined net worth with his wife's hedge fund is well over $10 billion dollars or more (since it is a secret) and not forget his iron rule that has helped to destroy Connecticut businesses and industries with high taxes, short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities of $100 to $150 billion dollars and choking laws and policies. Do you not see him making fun of Republicans and Republican candidates running for office? Do you not see injustice and irony in this? Cannot be. The Unaccountable cares for all, and is showing his care by remaining in office eight years past his obsolescence date.

Fundamental to those wanting to separate you from the good that life and the world of America has to offer you is their posturing that you cannot possibly live your life without their care and concern for you, and you are in turn damned by them if you believe in the American Dream, free enterprise, life, freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and otherwise would like to see these people out of your life and work. Unaccountable Lamont created a $500 million emergency contingency/relief fund in November 2025 in collaboration with the Connecticut General Assembly to purportedly offset federal cuts to human services, health care, housing, and food assistance programs, with funding all paid by greater deficits and your tax dollars.

(https://portal.ct.gov/governor/news/press-releases/2026/02-2026/governor-lamont-signs-declaration-enabling-connecticut-to-continue-responding-to-federal-cuts?language=en_US)

Apparently, it is much more important for the governor to maintain a perpetual welfare state rather than ascertain why there are no jobs and industries coming to Connecticut or ascertain why so many residents are skill-less and unable to attain gainful employment. And freedom? State Senator Martha (“Scissorhands”) Marx stated during a debate on October 14 with challenger Lee Elci that she equated freedom to “absolute chaos”, where people are allowed to do “whatever they want”  https://www.facebook.com/reel/1822876562279837. Actually, to be clear, one cannot attain full freedom until they are rid of the likes of those like Lamont, Sanders, and Marx.

 

 

 O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea! 

We are fast approaching election day where we will once again see that red states will be able to count votes quickly and efficiently, while Blue states will be tied up for weeks on end trying to get the result that the politically connected in those states desire. And we will continue to see more people flee Blue states as they crumble into economic and social morass due to failed Communist and Socialist policies that serve an elite few who control their government. Even so, I do not see many people from our country setting out on a boat to flee to Cuba, China, or Russia? Am I missing them? Nor have I heard in this election from Democrat Party candidates their plan on anything other than to condemn America in every breath. I hear of no solutions other than failed Socialist policies that have not worked in thousands of years. Why are they popular now? Brainwashing by a complacent state run media and incompetent/failed Democrat Party platforms? Why would anyone want to vote for a Democrat candidate at any level of government with their botched incoherent rhetoric? 

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14    Voters need to see what we really have in our country. And voters need to realize how critical their vote is against today's Democrat Party with their forces of deceptions, duplicity, evils, and fraud that they represent in 2026.

Please "Vote Red" because your life does depend upon it.  And for those who hate America and are enjoying its blessings please "love it or leave it", once and for all.

 In the words of the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, America is a country for those that love it, and not a country for those that hate it.

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.

August 11, 2026. The Primary To Nowhere

 Rumor had it that King Ned Lamont the Unaccountable, the 89th Governor of the once-great state of Connecticut, participated in a primary election that recently damaged the singularly-uninspiring Democrat Socialist/Communist Josh Elliott by beating him with brute force in the August 11 Democrat Primary. As literally every state union, state-supported adjunct, corrupted NGO, and bought-off church and community group of color was ready to do their trained-dog act to remain on the food chain, the dull Mr. Elliott had no chance, and conceded his loss like a misbehaving puppy asking to be placed in his master’s good graces. For such an Academy Award winning performance, I am sure Mr. Elliott will be rewarded with a state-paid nonjob in the extremely near future just to show us all how balanced and inclusive The Unaccountable is to all persons and viewpoints, your tax dollars, be damned.

 

But how is any of this surprising? Ned desperately needs his job for family business and will continue to throw around your taxpayer money to ensure that the Lamont's Hedge Fund Cash Machine is safe until the end of his term  or another four years of ripping off Connecticut Taxpayers. He must now face a form of reality with a young Republican candidate running against him with his failed economic policies that have placed Connecticut last in many economic categories and first in the highest taxes in the country. But who cares if you subsist or  do quite well on the state dollar? And who pays attention to that. especially Connecticut's obedient state-run media and the politically connected of the Connecticut Democrat Party as the greatest offenders of public decency?

And why worry? Why even bother to have an election? Polls from everywhere and anywhere the stoic media has been already declaring Lamont the victor! And why not? Just continue to hand free taxpayers monies to the state-run media to keep them "viable", pay for unlimited abortions, parrot anti-ICE rhetoric, ignore high electric rates, high fuel oil prices and most importantly continue with an unlimited source of Connecticut Taxpayer funded revenue for the Oak HC/FT hedge fund profits funneled through state funded nonprofits and shady outfits such as the boiler-room “Connecticut Innovations.” 

Doesn't this sound familiar? Haven't we seen this for eight long years? Why does the smarmy cloak of legitimacy from both sides of the aisle continue towards Ned Lamont with no complaint about any of this?

But this is a familiar scenario, as truth and reality are not known to Ned Lamont and his Connecticut Democrat Party. The lies they spew are parroted as truth by the state-run media and Connecticut Taxpayers are always shortchanged. One genuine issue that does not get addressed is voter fraud which many know is rampant in state elections, especially in Bridgeport. Just recently,  more absentee ballot fraud hit Crime Free Democrat Bridgeport with allegations of  former state Sen. Dennis Bradley with voter intimidation and absentee ballot misconduct, but who is actually counting? (https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/fairfield/bridgeport-police-investigating-allegations-of-absentee-ballot-misconduct-against-former-state-sen-dennis-bradley/). Just another nodding performance by a Democrat Party appointed judge and the usual brushing aside of voter fraud by the Democrats. A young man named Jonathan De Barros has simple questions about his Congressional primary defeat that are  clear but remain unanswered and avoided. Given the number of incidents, it is hard not to conclude that voter fraud in Democrat Connecticut has influenced and effected both local and state elections especially in crime riddled and corrupted Bridgeport. But again, who cares, since it somehow it is never prosecuted nor challenged except by a few brave voters who believe in integrity of our scared election process. The fact remains that your vote does count unbelievably and must count, except obviously in Bridgeport, where the system does not care what you think.

But there is a sanity test here. Why would Lamont and his Connecticut Democrat Party be winning in the polls supposedly, given the horrific economic conditions in Connecticut and the extreme hatred shown for him on social media and uncontrolled environments? His reign has given us a state that has massive debt and unfunded liabilities along with high local and state taxes, massive state spending for state employee wages, benefits, and pensions, along with a poor infrastructure, rampant crime, and a horrific business climate? Why would anyone continue to vote for this deficient social and economic mess? And now, Lamont must contend with the failed lies of the new and improved Democrat Socialists that have taken over most of the failed aspects of this horrific morass called the Democrat party and appease these socialists at every turn since he must remain in office at all costs, especially when you are paying the costs.

But what really happened in this primary? Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing has happened to want to make any sane person, who believes in Democracy and Capitalism to want to vote for these failures called successes in 2026. The Democrat Party continues to fail Connecticut and its big cities daily, and will bribe, cajole, and throw your money to remain exactly where they are. There are massive drug abuse problems, murders on the streets of formerly safe city areas, massive crime, massive social problems, and massive corruption everywhere you look in the state. The Democrat Party owns these issues and refuses to accept blame nor offer any solutions to them. It is just more, more of the same failed rhetoric that is spewed from top to bottom.

Yes, Ned Lamont won on Tuesday. And he is an odds-on favorite to remain exactly where he is for at least another four years. The only thing that would ever change that is a consistent and super-charged effort to drive him, his ilk, his incompetence, his spouse, and his cronies from power. But to do so would take boldness, courage, and vision which is tough to come by from a large supplicant and questionable voter base and a comfortable opposition party that does not blister and batter this reprehensible conduct daily and embrace viewpoints contrary to its  failed modus operandi.

 Elections 2026. It is the Last Chance Saloon for Connecticut. I pray to God people are seeing this for what it really, is and act accordingly.

Connecticut: Where The Biggest Criminal Is The Government

It is staggering to me and to many others how mired Connecticut participates in various forms of crime of all types, where little to nothing is ever done to cause the perpetrators to account. Moreover, several types of activity such as gambling, weed, and abusive practices with children in educational settings have been made “legal”, regardless of their deleterious effects on the citizenry. Sophisticated patterns of self-dealing, larceny, and financial fraud from high-ranking government officials are as much of a hallmark of the Great Nutmeg State as New Haven Pizza. 

But as the crimes mount and the nationwide shock grows at yet another Connecticut crime, scam, or embarrassment, one thing is for sure:

Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal, is the state government.

Let’s start with something we are all familiar with. Death. Death is an everyday occurrence in the state of Connecticut. Some deaths are caused by criminals and crime. One such example, which could have been avoided was the senseless death of off-duty Bridgeport Police Officer Cooper Whiteside,  who was only 38, years old  and passenger Brittany Islami, only 34 years old. Ms. Islami had three children who now have no mother. They were killed by a Melissa Ramirez, who allegedly had a had a blood alcohol content almost twice the legal limit (https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/fairfield/womans-bac-almost-twice-the-legal-limit-in-crash-that-killed-bridgeport-police-officer-girlfriend-in-danbury-warrant/). What was not reported in this state-run media article, (nor, as of the time of this writing was even mentioned by ANY candidate or elected official),  was that Ramirez, was an illegal alien. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed in a statement to The New York Post that Ramirez was in the country illegally. (https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/illegal-migrant-allegedly-killed-connecticut-cop-and-his-girlfriend-in-dui-crash/). This a person who was here illegally, did not have a Connecticut driver’s license according to the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and a substance issue. It is interesting to note that there was little mention in Connecticut's mainstream state-run media as to Ramirez being in our country illegally, because in Connecticut crime is a way of life, and Connecticut is the paterfamilias Criminal.

Would you like a cherry for your sundae? In Plantsville CT, on July 20, a motorcyclist was surrounded during a "Rideout". A "Rideout" is where hundreds of riders of all ages join in, often coordinated through social media and the riders will usually block out public streets and roads from legal users. It is extremely popular in Connecticut and law enforcement officials somehow are never proactive in stopping Rideout’s.  In this “Rideout,” a 58-year-old man on motorcycle was blocked in, was robbed of his cellphone, and was stabbed in the back with screwdrivers allegedly with Kevin Manuel Rodriguez, 20, of Waterbury, and a 13-year-old juvenile from Cheshire being the assailants.  

Rodriguez was charged with:

• Criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault.
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.
• Second-degree assault
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery.
• Second-degree riot
• Unlawful assembly
• Second-degree threatening
• Second-degree breach of peace

Police said Rodriguez was held on a $500,000 cash/surety bond and was scheduled to appear in New Britain Superior Court on Tuesday, July 21.

The juvenile was charged with:

• First-degree robbery
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery.
• Fourth-degree larceny
• Third-degree assault
• Second-degree riot
• Unlawful assembly
• Two counts of second-degree breach of peace

The juvenile was transported to the Hartford Juvenile Detention Center under an "Order to Detain." (https://patch.com/connecticut/southington/2-arrested-after-southington-rideout-ends-assault-robbery-stabbing-police). I attempted to find his July 21 court appearance but was unable to. There is little follow up information to this case and or to the health status of the man stabbed in the back with screwdrivers.

Two additional questions immediately come to mind for many and remain unanswered. They are Why are "Rideout’s" not being dealt with more aggressively by local Police and State Police as in one of their biggest priorities? And why was bail offered to Rodriguez in the first place for his despicable actions that almost killed an innocent man?

Of course, in Connecticut, such questions become redundant. Get over it, folks. Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal and enabler, is the state government.

Let us move on to what Connecticut is world-renown for. Voter Fraud! Voter fraud is rampant in Connecticut. Just look at Bridgeport, especially in their absentee ballots/mayor elections as being the model city for these crimes in the number of arrests that have taken place. Bridgeport as we know has a convicted felon as their mayor in "honest" Joe Ganim. Sadly, most arrested never do prison time but are granted probation for their crimes except for Ganim and his wholesale rape of the city. World-famous “ballot stuffer” Wanda Geter-Pataky, and Alfredo Castillo have until August 25th to accept a plea deal from their part in ballot tampering. Many are nervous as to what Wanda may tell (and on whom) on her way to copping a plea.

"Two suspects charged with hundreds of ballot tampering charges in Bridgeport now have four weeks to decide whether to take a plea deal, a judge decided on Tuesday. Former Democratic Town Committee vice chair Wanda Geter-Pataky and current city councilman Alfredo Castillo must decide by August 25 whether to accept an offer from prosecutors or go to trial. They are two of the most prominent faces of the sweeping scandal that made national headlines and forced a re-do of the 2023 mayoral election." (https://connecticut.news12.com/judge-gives-top-bridgeport-ballot-suspects-four-weeks-to-accept-plea-deal)   Castillo: “The lead bosses tell us to do the work, and we do and then we get criminalized. And it’s just not fair.”

Reporter: “Alfredo, when you say the ‘lead bosses,’ who is telling you to do this?”

Castillo: “The [Sen. Chris] Murphys. Everybody, all the Democrats.”

Reporter: “What about Joe Ganim?”

Castillo: “Yeah, he's our mayor.”  

Can it be possible that these two Democrat Party operatives were being told what to do by Joe Ganim and other Democrat Party operatives? Isn't this evidence conclusive that Democrat Party voter fraud is a major issue in the state and just never gets resolved? How can voters have confidence that their vote counts given this constant fraud including people in the state here illegally and voting in unascertainable numbers?

Of course, in Connecticut, such questions become redundant. Get over it, folks. Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal, is the state government that enables all of this.

But why stop there.

Remember 2020? Remember Covid-19? Remember Dr. Anthony Fauci? Remember Ned and Annie Lamont selling Covid tests of uncertain accuracy to the state via family equity Sema4? Remember the “pump” of Sema4 stock leading up to a large cash-out by the Lamont family group fueled by $48,000,000 granted or borrowed at a 2% rate from the (should-be-abolished) Department of Economic Development, followed by a huge “dump” of Sema4 stock and subsequent flying lawsuits? Remember Ned Lamont’s close partnership with the modern-day Dr. Josef Mengele (Fauci)? Well, my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo remembers quite well, and covered this on his July 30, 2026, episode of THIRTY WITH TONY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUnhkB2qwJc&t=2760s

But in Connecticut, such questions become redundant. Get over it, folks. Crime is simply a way of life in Connecticut, and the biggest criminal, is the state government, which enables all of this.

In the upcoming election in November, maybe just maybe voters  will realize that Connecticut has reached a breaking point. It has massive crime, massive voter fraud, massive local and state taxes, a crumbling infrastructure, a public educational system that no longer prepares students with functional life and work skills. It has a failed and arrogant state government and administrative state reeking of political nepotism and complete disregard for the Taxpayers who support this quagmire. It has elected officials robbing the state treasury by ostensible outright larcenists like Doug McCrory and Erin Stewart, or sophisticated criminals like those enabling Ned Lamont. It is a truly a Democrat Party controlled Kingdom enabled by a weak form of Republicanism, where the legal working class are the serfs supporting this self-appointed Monarchy of corruption and decline.

But let us be entirely clear, while many hands have made this debacle, the system is truly broken. And the ownership of this mess falls entirely upon the Democrat Party. Get ready for even more of the same in 2026 unless something drastically changes.

 

Connecticut: The Land Of Steady Failures

 What should be the caption title of the State of Connecticut? In the past, we have seen “The Constitution State,” “The Land of Steady Habits,” and “The Nutmeg State” used to describe a relatively small state bordered by three other ones. However, I submit unto you that a much more apt and descriptive name for the state of Connecticut would be “The Perpetual Debtor State” as politicians of all stripes have done little but spend and bond the way to Connecticut’s economic oblivion for the past thirty-five years.

Does more state governmental spending of taxpayers’ dollars solve social problems? A simple look around will tell you that Connecticut does not solve anything, nor offer any resolutions to the state's social problems with the vast sums of cash being spent by its state government. Kindly note that Connecticut spends $28.1 billion dollars yearly, with the adoption of its new budget and spends over $11 billion dollars on social welfare programs. So why do conditions perpetually worsen?

As we examine more closely, we see that Connecticut being a state of roughly 3.3 million people, spends 40% of its budget on social welfare programs. If one reads even slanted state-run media reports regarding all the social welfare problems the state has in 2026, one could logically assume that the state is throwing away this money with no positive results in solving all these issues. As just one example from a recent article by the left-leaning, oft-quoted, and Democrat friendly nonprofit “Connecticut Voices For Children,” it is stated that, “Connecticut ranked 29th in the nation for the percentage of children living in high-poverty areas. At 7 percent, Connecticut reports a higher share of children living in concentrated poverty than most New England states." (https://ctvoices.org/press_releases/connecticut-ranks-7th-in-the-nation-for-child-well-being-but-economic-inequities-continue-to-hold-too-many-families-back/). Many wonder if the state is spending over 40% of its budget on social welfare programs, how could poverty increase? yet it does.

As much as it wants to spend, Connecticut never rids itself of the social problems of illegal drug use, deaths due to these same illegal drugs, rampant crime, slum-like living conditions in its cities, homelessness, hunger not satisfied by numerous food banks throughout the state and increases in child poverty. If one multiplies the ever-increasing state spending on social welfare since the 1991 implementation of the Utopian State Income tax, billions of dollars, (many matched by Federal funding), have been spent in the last 37 years with little or any positive result. It becomes more evident daily that Connecticut has refined a state perpetually financed with taxpayer-paid spending on welfare, poverty, crime, illegal drug use, hopelessness, hopelessness, and penury. And again, one must realize that Connecticut still is a top five highest taxed state in the country having a poor economic and business climate with $100-150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities, and massive industry and corporate losses. Where has all the money gone to produce such poor results? Or is this the intended consequences of attempting to strip a productive economy of its past vibrancy. and replace it with failed socialism and control of its youth?

Much to the chagrin and to the resistance of just about every Connecticut state office holder and candidate being afflicted with the debilitating disease of Trump Derangement Syndrome, there have been several plans and provisions under the Trump Administration to change this way of welfare life. My colleague Tony De Angelo has talked numerous times about the economic benefits for young people of the 530A Trump accounts, and is now in the process of challenging (if not, embarrassing) these same politicians asking why they wish for children in their districts to remain in perpetual poverty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXoj4oZgvW8&t=2132s) However, and in fairness, this program is doubly despised by Democrats in liberal states such as Connecticut. The same “Connecticut Voices For Children” (funded by angry, older,wealthy Liberals) also condemns them; "Proponents frame these as “freedom-based” fiscal tools. While all of this sounds good—for clarity, there can be value in these types of accounts—this policy may exacerbate racial inequality. Unlike Baby Bonds, a policy we’ve been championing, Trump accounts are not equity-based by design. What’s more, Trump accounts are private, market based investment vehicles intended as a diverted payroll tax
alternative to traditional Social Security." (https://ctvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Candidate-Briefing-Book-2026-6.23.pdf). How could the revered lunatics in this Liberal “Think Tank” ever arrive at such nonsensical conclusions? How is this investment intended to a baby or a child who is 5 years old or less be tabbed as a “Social Security” alternative? Are these children working a job paying contributions under FICA? Do the “Voices” (along with the equally mentally bereft Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell) feel that “Trump Accounts” are for “white kids only?”  Why is it wrong with teaching young people the value of savings (tax free), and creating the desire to build wealth and economic freedom? With all that Connecticut spends on child welfare, why are so many kids in poverty? I will note that the Executive Director of Connecticut Voices For Children, Emily Byrne received $160,776 in Compensation in 2024 along with "Other" Compensation of $17,486. (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/61435280). That is an awful lot of money to pay to someone who has no concept whatsoever of how economics really work.

Maybe before one more Connecticut Taxpayer dollar is spent, a complete punitive audit/review of all these $11 billion dollars in social welfare spending is in order. because it is obvious to many that the funds are not correcting these various social atrocities found in Connecticut. Maybe candidates running for state office this year could actually offer real solutions rather than just spending even more money to get even poorer results, year in and year out. If there were any political courage whatsoever, illegal drugs, rampant crime, slum like livings conditions in its cities, homelessness, hunger not satisfied by enormous food banks throughout the state and increase in child poverty can be alleviated through major changes in the state-run bureaucracy that embraces it. Maybe candidates can take Tony’s hint and while they are out door knocking, take a moment to explain how a Republican-designed Trump Account can provide more than enough money for their children’s education at Age 18 rather than their precious child becoming a welfare recipient or a lifelong debtor at that juncture, irrespective of the color of their skin. Or, conversely, will the brainless perceptions and prejudices of ignorant adults operate again to snatch failure from the jaws of success in what we now understand to be "The Connecticut Way?" Connecticut Taxpayers quickly need to see solutions from their failed government. They are tired of supporting this litany of failure. 

Will 2026 finally be the year of boldness and change that taxpayers have waited to see? It must be so, for there will be no other opportunity.

Incompetence. The Democrat Gold-Standard Of Governance In 2025

 In a review of 2025, let us look at a history of governance and leadership by our best and brightest elected officials, all of whom are Democrats, or were hired by a Democrat.

• January 1, 2025: The New Orleans Bourbon Street massacre unfolded tragically. Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was completely blindsided, unaware of the barriers that should have been in place. This incompetence allowed a truck to plow through the crowd, resulting in fifteen deaths and ISIS flags being waved. The city council demanded her resignation, but Kilpatrick did not care. She even admitted that she was unaware that the barriers even existed. And she continues in her ostensible non-job of police employment to this day.

• January 8, 2025: Los Angeles wildfires raged out of control. Mayor Karen Bass fumbled the response with botched evacuations and delayed aid as she jetted off to Africa. Elon Musk tweeted to millions calling her "utterly incompetent." Homes turned to ash and lives were scorched, while Bass dodged questions and blamed the wind. A negligence lawsuit is now on the horizon. And she continues as Mayor to this day as virtually no damaged homes have been rebuilt in the region.

• August 20, 2025: Rhode Island's "Drunk AG Girl" incident caused a major meltdown. The Assistant Attorney General (Connecticut Native Devon Flannagan Hogan),while heavily intoxicated, trespassed at a fancy restaurant. She berated police officers on Nationally seen body cam footage in a horrific spectacle, demanding, "Do you know who I am?" Despite a zero-tolerance policy, she was only placed on leave and was given an ostensible break by her work colleagues in her sentencing.

• November 29, 2025: Governor Tim Walz's Somali fraud fiasco erupted in Minnesota. Billions in Medicaid funds were swindled under his clueless and hopeless watch, with half potentially fraudulent. Somali refugee programs were implicated in laundering cash. Donald Trump blasted the state as a "fraud hub." Walz downplayed the issue, leaving taxpayers to bear the financial burden. Great public outcry is also leveled at Minnesota Congresswoman Ilian Omar, who continues to smile, take no responsibility for the scandal and somehow attributes this financial and governance rape to Donald Trump.

• December 13, 2025: A Brown University shooting of multiple studying students turned into a nightmare. A gunman went on the loose, with suspected links to other institutions. Security measures failed colossally, and the manhunt was botched. Inane and embarrassing press conferences featuring leaders of questionable qualifications and blatant agendas droned on for days spewing politico-babble as the good people of Providence walked in fear. At last count, all people who participated in this farce remain employed leaving the same good people of Providence and all of Brown University under daily jeopardy.

(Note: “Drunk Girl” Devon Flanagan works under Peter Neronha, the Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island. With the suspected shooter found dead this past Tuesday, the good people of Providence are now breathing a sigh of relief )

• December 10, 2025: Waterbury, Connecticut faced a second, larger water main break leaving 60,000 residents without water for days. Healthcare facilities and schools were crippled by the outage.      Waterbury's decrepit infrastructure finally crumbled under neglect, leading to finger-pointing among officials. Residents described the situation as "horrible," with restoration efforts moving slowly amid escalating blame.

 

Of course, if you are a skillful Democrat incompetents, you must be very skillful in deflecting your personal responsibility towards any disaster that you, yourself are responsible for. Waterbury is no exception: “Working together, there is nothing we cannot achieve. Waterbury's best days are ahead of us.” — Democrat Mayor Paul K. Pernerewski, Jr., 47th Mayor of the City of Waterbury.
(https://www.waterburyct.org/administration/mayor)

However, clean water may not be one of those areas that Waterbury can achieve.

“The catastrophic failure of a high-pressure line in Waterbury’s aging water system left Connecticut’s fifth-largest city, and most of two suburbs—Wolcott and Watertown—without water Saturday, forcing a scramble to keep two hospitals open and bring in water by tankers and truckloads of bottles.

City officials said an earlier failure of a 10-inch water line installed in 1901 undermined a 42-inch, 55-year-old transmission main that burst with explosive force late Friday night on Thomaston Avenue by Waterville Park, launching pavement into the air and shattering windows.”
(https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/water-line-failure-waterbury-leaves-about-100000-without-water)

Needless to say, the public water situation in Waterbury will continue to be precarious, at best. You cannot drink the water, nor would most people want to bathe in it. One may also question why a Democrat-run city’s infrastructure for something as critical as water is still relying on a 124-year-old pipe along with a 55-year-old transmission line to supply the city. Of course, no previous Democrats in Waterbury over the past 20 years have ever been proactive about this situation as well. And ostensibly, Waterbury pays employees quite well via tax dollars that are charged with the responsibility of the city water system. Waterbury’s annual budget exceeds $446 million. A closer look shows that employee benefits, including pensions and health insurance, total over $114 million. Pensions and retiree health benefits alone account for more than $86 million. Combined, these costs exceed $200 million annually—almost 45% of the city’s total budget.
(https://www.waterburyct.org/filestorage/103431/104943/2025-2026_Mayor%27s_Proposed_Budget_Presentation.pdf)

The city also receives substantial aid from the State of Connecticut. Waterbury is a Connecticut example of a cash faucet city with no results and incompetence in governing, even though officials claim they are attempting to upgrade the water system. In private business, this type of crisis would not be tolerated and those responsible would be fired, but in government it has somehow become expected and the persons responsible never are removed.

And then we move to Providence and Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island will forever be enshrined in the Hall-of-Fame of political incompetency in its obtuse and fumbling efforts to locate a criminal who killed two students and wounded nine others at Brown University. University. What went on with Brown truly boggles the mind. A gunman just walks in to set up a killing machine. Security reportedly became lax, with camera monitors turned off, non-functioning or otherwise nonexistent in addition to other security failures. As a result, innocent students studying in a classroom were murdered in cold blood. And many students and their parents are now counting the cost of their woke ideologies and their hatred of police and law and order. For they are now learning a bitter and costly lesson. Neither incompetence, nor being woke, stops a bullet.

Police have been defunded in many parts of the country, while crime, contrary to false statistics presented in places such as Washington, D.C., continues to rise. Consider the daily antisemitic attacks occurring in Democrat-controlled New York City. For what reason? Have we become a lawless society? In many cities and states, it increasingly appears to be so. And what will the cost of this lawlessness be? How will those of a liberal mindset feel about being victimized and attacked? For they too will find out that neither incompetence, nor being woke, can ever stop a bullet.

One must also ask what would happen if a prominent Democrat became the victim of a crime, particularly at the hands of a repeat offender. How quickly would the narrative change? Or would President Trump somehow be blamed—as he seemingly is for everything since the nation’s founding? Regardless, they too as well, will find out that neither incompetence, nor being woke, stops a bullet.

Sadly, political incompetence takes many forms not necessarily dealing with immediate attacks of hostile violence. There is a form of incompetence which is much more subtle (and far more devastating) than any one incident. It is the destruction of an entire state economy leading to confirmation of its defeat as a welfare state. In that connection, Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut has now officially given his state the economic last rites by condemning it to perpetual beggar-welfare status as other states are aggressively availing themselves and using the incredible economic provisions of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to create economic opportunity and to empower its citizens.  Lamont and his ilk and minions never seem to ask themselves why their states have so many poor and so many needing help and never try to fix things. They simply hand out more of your tax money and blame Donald Trump more frequently. https://ctmirror.org/2025/12/18/lamont-aid-food-pantries-planned-parenthood/ My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did a terrific job on his December 18 THIRTY WITH TONY show describing this very subject: https://x.com/TonyDeAngelo7/status/2001746474439426413. It is a sad situation, and in my opinion Republicans do a very poor job in not making this critical point clear and evident for all.

Accountability is in short supply today. Competence is even more scarce. Too many people shrug and look the other way when crimes are committed, whether shoplifting that raises costs for consumers or cold-blooded murder that wastes innocent lives while offering little justice for victims. Even more are silent at gross acts of political malfeasance to where Republicans, especially in Connecticut, never complain about Democrat incompetence such as the economic destruction of the state. Many Americans have had enough of the incompetence of government—elected officials, un-elected officials, and a legal system that often protects criminals over victims—along with the endless nonsensical fixation on President Trump.

Incompetence in governing has become the norm in our country. It must end, or we risk ceasing to be a country at all.

Connecticut-The Zone Of Opportunity Lost

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Sadly, I can go on).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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 State of Legislative Criminal Forgiveness

 Connecticut's State Legislature has been a sad mess for years. 

The Connecticut State Legislature has seen multiple legislators, including (but not limited to) Robin Comey, Aundré Baumgartner, Geoff Luxenberg, Kevin Ryan, and Dennis Bradley face criminal charges ranging from driving under the influence (DUI) to campaign finance fraud.

Below is just a partial list of those that have offended the public trust in committing criminal acts.

Robin Comey: Arrested for DUI in March 2023 after a car crash near the Capitol, with blood alcohol levels nearly twice the legal limit, and removed from committee assignments. 

An earlier incident showed Ms. Comey making laws…while drunk.

Aundré Baumgartner: Arrested for DUI in March 2025 with blood alcohol levels over twice the legal limit, suspended from leadership roles, and entered a program for first-time offenders.

Geoff Luxenberg: Arrested for DUI in November 2023, removed from committees, and sought personal counseling.

Kevin Ryan: Had multiple DUI arrests, including a notable third in 2001 leading to 120 days in prison, yet retained office and won subsequent elections.

Dennis Bradley: Indicted in May 2021 on federal charges for defrauding the campaign finance system, with the case ongoing as of June 2024.

Every one of these people has returned to legislative service with the usual cries of “I am sorry” and “Let’s Move On.” However, in this past week we had another young lawmaker continuing in the great tradition giving yet another example of its disregard for laws of the land. The example is this week's debacle of Legislative Miscreantness is Democrat State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan, a four-term lawmaker from Connecticut. 

Raghib was arrested Monday June 22, 2025 for allegedly failing to scan two items at a Target store in Bethel. He was arrested after police reviewed security video showing him attempting to leave the store with $26.69 in unpaid merchandise.

In reading Raghib’s biography one may be impressed in his qualifications as a young Democrat. For example, "Since 2018, Raghib has been at the forefront of shaping energy policy, pushing for renewable investments, stronger oversight of utilities, and greater protections for consumers."  

Connecticut Taxpayers may wonder if those greater protections for consumers include being able to freely shoplift goods for stores in Crime Free Democrat Connecticut. 

It adds; "Currently, he serves on the Energy and Technology, General Law, and Insurance and Real Estate Committees. A proud member of the legislature’s Moderate Caucus, Raghib has championed protections for domestic violence survivors, pushed back on overdevelopment, and advocated for Connecticut’s small businesses." 

Connecticut Taxpayers may wonder if he advocates to shoplifting at the few remaining Connecticut small businesses? 

Or how he feels about the obscene HB 5002 as far as over-development is concerned? 

In his standard statement of repentance after being caught shoplifting by hand carrying items out of the store, he stated that he remained committed to serving his community with “transparency and integrity". 

Connecticut Taxpayers may wonder if such transparency includes availing oneself of five-fingered discounts by using one’s fingers instead of shopping bags. 

Lastly in his bio is the inevitable virtuous statement of sexual preference;” An openly gay legislator, Raghib is a strong advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and representation. He continues to reside in Bethel, where he remains deeply connected to the community he serves." 

Connecticut Taxpayers may wonder what does this have to do with anything with respect to governance or policy?

The story of his shoplifting is interesting as the New York Post reported more information on his alleged theft. In their article (https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/us-news/democrat-ct-lawmaker-busted-for-shoplifting-at-target-self-checkout-line-then-uses-ailing-granny-as-an-excuse/), we find out that; "A Democratic state representative from Connecticut busted for shoplifting after failing to scan items at a Target self-checkout offered a litany of excuses, including that he was “in a rush to bring items to my grandmother in the hospital.” State Rep. Raghib Allie-Brennan was arrested Monday night at a Target store in Bethel, about 60 miles southwest of Hartford, after authorities reviewed security footage allegedly showing he neglected to scan two of his items, totaling $26.69 in value. He was detained by loss prevention personnel, who later told cops they recognized the four-term lawmaker from “previous unreported larcenies,”  

Connecticut Taxpayers may wonder how many times has the Democrat State Representative stolen from Target and other stores in the area?

Raghib posted the following statement on his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/raghibct/) that “During a recent visit to the Bethel Target, two items in my armload of others were not scanned. I was in a rush to bring items to my grandmother in the hospital, the store didn’t have bags, and I was juggling multiple purchases”  It is interesting to note that Democrat State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan voted for House Bill #7424 which outlaws evil plastic bags as noted from the bill; “On and after July 1, 2021, no owner or operator of a store shall provide or sell a single-use checkout bag to a customer.” What an irony for Raghib! No bags to use in the store! Democrat Socialism continually reaches its finest moments in Crime-Free Democrat Connecticut.

Based upon well-established past precedent, we know that the esteemed Democrat State Representative will blame everyone but himself, get a slap on the wrist and be able to keep his position, benefits and pension as a State Representative as long as he wants. His colleagues will view this and say to themselves “if I screw up, the same soft-landing will be waiting for me as I am entitled.”  There is no deterrent for being a criminal if you are a Democrat Connecticut state legislator. If you or I did this we would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Can you imagine if a Republican State Representative did this? Or the Governor? (No, scratch that. Why would one bother with guppies when one can bag whales?)   

But this is Crime Free Democrat Connecticut. But a better term would be “The Legislative Criminal Forgiveness State.” But alas, that type of forgiveness applies only to a very small subset of the population.