Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain! The Eight-Year Fantasy Reign of Governor Ned Lamont

 The eight years of the fantasy reign of King Ned Lamont the Unaccountable as Governor of the State of Connecticut can best be summed up by this dialogue from the 1939 classic film “The Wizard Of Oz”

The Wizard (booming voice, as the giant head):

“Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz! I said come back tomorrow!”

 

Dorothy:

“If you were really great and powerful, you’d keep your promises!”

The Wizard (still booming):

“Do you presume to criticize the great Oz? You ungrateful creatures! Think yourselves lucky that I’m giving you audience tomorrow instead of 20 years from now!”

(Toto pulls back the green curtain, revealing the ordinary man working the levers and speaking into a microphone.)

The Wizard (startled, still trying to maintain the booming voice):

“Oh! … The great Oz has spoken!”

(He tries to close the curtain.)

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! The great Oz has spoken!”

(Dorothy pulls the curtain fully open.)

Dorothy:

“Who are you?”

The Wizard (first booming, then dropping to his normal voice):

“I am the great and powerful… Wizard of Oz.”

Dorothy:

“You are? I don’t believe you!”

The Wizard:

“I’m afraid it’s true. There’s no other Wizard except me.”

Scarecrow:

“You humbug!”

Cowardly Lion:

“Yeah!”

The Wizard:
“Yes, that’s exactly so. I’m a humbug.”

Dorothy:

“Oh, you’re a very bad man!”

The Wizard:

“Oh, no, my dear. I’m a very good man. I’m just a very bad wizard.”

 

 This 90-year old classic snippet of dialogue from "The Wizard Of Oz" describes the reign of King Governor Ned Lamont The Unaccountable perfectly, but for one item: While “Most Popular” Governor Ned Lamont may get an A+ in the categories of wonder and achievement courtesy of his state-run hack media stable, he differs from The Wizard in that in actuality, he is both a bad man and a bad governor.

Pick any sycophantic state-run media outlet or print publication in Connecticut, and you will get the same tale concerning Ned Lamont. There is economic magic in Connecticut! It is due to an amazing run of all sorts of the Democrat Party pulling economic rabbits out of their hats by the one and only, King Ned Lamont, the Unaccountable! In a recent news article that read like a campaign press release written by the Connecticut Democrat Party, somehow there is no longer any unfunded liabilities to the Connecticut State Pension System.  This is due to the magic of King Ned and his over taxation of Connecticut Taxpayers to create fiscal balloon surpluses.

From the article: https://www.courant.com/2026/08/03/a-look-at-cts-recent-fiscal-matters-pensions-debt-revenue-surpluses-taxing-the-wealthy/?lctg=64C6443F951205741532846538&utm_email=64C6443F951205741532846538&active=yesP&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.courant.com%2f2026%2f08%2f03%2fa-look-at-cts-recent-fiscal-matters-pensions-debt-revenue-surpluses-taxing-the-wealthy%2f&utm_campaign=trib-hartford_courant-five_things_you_need_to_know-nl&utm_content=hybrid “Central to Gov. Ned Lamont’s political brand and his run for a rare third term is a fiscal discipline that has contributed to Connecticut’s extraordinary run of budget surpluses. He’s wrapped seven consecutive years in the black, using $11 billion of those unspent funds to wipe out pension debt. No other governor in modern history has made one such payment. And Lamont, a Democrat who has served with strong Democratic legislative majorities, cut state income tax rates in 2023, something done only once before in the 35-year history of the levy, while still building a record-setting budget reserve that tops $4.4 billion.”

This particular version of sycophantic blather was never parroted until the Lamont versus Socialist/Communist Josh Elliott primary. As someone who has studied the and written about the Connecticut State Debt for decades, I am truly amazed by these farcical statements.  When one tries to understand Connecticut State's Debt, one may be overwhelmed by the spider web of deceptions and untruths that have been force fed to Connecticut Taxpayers over the years. For to even get at what the real state debt is truly a challenge.

One thing the sycophants and lackeys will never tell you is that there are many aspects to Connecticut's debt that include long term and short-term bonding of different debts along with billions in unfunded liabilities that state taxpayers are liable for. This chorus of magpies would never tell you that Connecticut has one of the highest ratios of debt functions in the country along with one of the highest local and state tax burdens simultaneously. Few even understand this is happening. Connecticut State workers have one of the highest wage, benefit, and pension structures in the country accounting for over $11 billion dollars this past year out of state budget or roughly $27 billion dollars.  This is roughly 41% of Connecticut's state budget. Other examples include a 17.15% Debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio. This is a ratio calculated by dividing total debt by annual economic output, reflecting Connecticut's ability to pay back what it owes. And business development and economic opportunity? Connecticut has a population of roughly 3.6 million people of which over 380,000 are on Food Stamps which is over 10% of the state's population (https://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-connecticut-debt-clock.html). Of course if you can make your own way, you do not need government food subsidies. But! (but) isn't the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development leading the charge into the Mojo-driven Lamont universe? Roughly two billion dollars has been siphoned from state coffers into varying socialistic scam spending during the Reign of Lamont. But one wonders for what purpose have these funds been allocated for reasons other than serial waste, fraud, nepotism, cronyism, and abuse? https://wp.cga.ct.gov/apa/wp-content/cgacustom/reports/FullReports/Economic%20and%20Community%20Development,%20Department%20of%20FULL_20260729_FY2023,2024.pdf .

Continuing from the above news article/press release: “I think people are taking a second look at Connecticut” because of this fiscal dedication, Lamont said this week. “They say, ‘They’ve got their act together.’” 

How did Connecticut ever get its act together with crushingly high state debt and 41% of the budget just going to salaries, benefits, and pensions, coupled with Wizard of Oz-like budget surpluses caused by Democrat Party over taxation?

However, no state-produced lie is ever complete without a benchmark reference to the failed leaders of the past. Here, the reference is to good old Former Governor Dan Malloy, who ran on a platform of “no new taxes. When elected that lie was forgotten about. Again, from the “above news article/press release: “(Malloy) took an issue that was [behind] closed doors … and really put it out there for people to understand the level of the problem,” said Joe Aresimowicz, the House speaker during the last two years of Malloy’s tenure and first two of Lamont’s. “It takes a different kind of human being to stand up in front of hundreds of people night after night, knowing that they disagree with you, knowing that they’re angry, knowing that they’re going to yell at you, and you keep doing it anyway,” said Roy Occhiogrosso, a senior adviser and campaign strategist for Malloy. “And it was because he believed deeply that you cannot fix the massive problems that he inherited unless you educate people about them first.” “In Dan Malloy’s defense, he was the first guy to at least make the current [pension] payments,” the governor said, “and I respect him for that.” Malloy’s tax hikes forced high earners to pay more..."Lamont ultimately closed his deficit by raising some business taxes and by canceling some sales tax exemptions and previously approved tax cuts that hadn’t taken effect yet. He was spared from increasing the state income tax, which carried the biggest political risk."

None of these characters of the state’s storied past will ever tell you that Malloy's legacy was one of making Connecticut's State Income Tax one of the most progressive in the country to fuel much higher state spending under the guise of paying down state debt. For such a destructive reign of fiscal irresponsibility. Malloy's payoff was getting a political nonjob in Maine via his financial glad-handing of Maine-based Jackson Labs. And when the state pays the freight, no news article is complete without painting Lamont as a discernable improvement over the failures of the past.

But wait! Here’s More! More confirmation of the Lamont economic brilliance is a recent report from Reason Foundation (https://reason.org/commentary/cts-pre-k-endowment-diverts-pension-dollars/). From this report,  Connecticut’s Early Childhood Education Endowment (ECEE) was created to further the state’s efforts to subsidize early childhood education. The goal is commendable. Childcare is expensive, and surely many families in Connecticut could benefit from additional support.

But the financing structure of this endowment is troubling. It redirects surplus dollars that would otherwise have gone toward paying down Connecticut’s severely underfunded public pension systems, setting up the state for future problems.

Connecticut already funds early childhood education through its operating budget. The state approved $418 million for fiscal year 2026 and $443 million for fiscal year 2027, separate from the endowment. These funds are part of the regular budget process, where spending is debated, appropriated, and subject to the state’s fiscal guardrails.

The endowment is different. Starting in fiscal year 2026, it is set to receive any unappropriated General Fund surpluses once the Budget Reserve Fund is at its statutory cap. Before the endowment was created, those surpluses would have continued to support additional contributions to pay the state’s massive pension system debt that is owed to public workers.

Connecticut’s State Employees Retirement System and State Teachers’ Retirement System have a combined unfunded liability of $31.5 billion. These are not optional obligations. These are pension benefits already earned by public employees that are legally binding claims on future state revenues.

Unfunded pension obligations are among the state’s most expensive fiscal risks. When pension funding falls short, the state forgoes investment earnings that would have accrued on contributed assets, increasing long-term costs, and shifting a larger burden to future taxpayers. For decades, Connecticut did exactly that, using funding practices that lowered near-term budget pressure while pushing debts and costs into the future.

But didn’t the above news article/press release tell us Lamont wiped out debt? If that is the case, how is it possible that a mere $31 billion dollars plus in unfunded pension liabilities exists in one place alone? Who is telling the truth? Who is lying? I highly doubt it is Democrat Governor Ned Lamont through his state-run media.

True money does not lie. Connecticut, depending on your periscope, still has $100,000,000,000 to $150,000,000,000 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities. It has moved billions over dollars off budget over the years  and hidden that from public view and comment. Connecticut gives away your tax dollars freely and without oversight through nontransparent agencies such as the Department of Economic and Community Development, which really should be eliminated and via myriad non-profits that no one in elected government wants to stop funding. Connecticut remains a fiscal mess with high debt, high taxes, and a poor business climate.

If you do not mind being ripped off daily, by all means keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November. If you do not mind living in an economic and unaffordable economic sewer where there are few places you can grow and advance, keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November. If you like busting your rear-end to feed the masses, illegal aliens and the entitled, keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November. If you like all the daycare opportunities in-state but have no idea as to how much grift and fraud you are supporting since no politician anywhere cares, keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November. If you want a genuine growing economy that attracts winners rather than a state-supported morass that attracts only politicians, keep voting for incompetent Democrats that are running in November. If you like serial crime and mere lip-service by police agencies to stop the crime as lip-service is all that is allowed, keep voting for incompetent Democrats who are running in November.

 

Maybe, just maybe this election could finally be different if voters see the economic light of darkness that is Ned Lamont and his political hacks who rule Connecticut with an iron fist.

 

The Pharisee And The Publican- The Connecticut Democrat Version of 2026

Most people are familiar with the Biblical tale of the Pharisee and the Publican.

It goes something like this: Two men went up to the temple to pray: one a Pharisee (a member of a Jewish religious group known for strict observance of the Law) and the other a publican/tax collector (a figure often viewed as a sinner and collaborator with Roman authorities, despised).

 

• The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: “God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.”
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• The tax collector (publican) stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven but beat his breast and said, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

In the Bible, two men came before God seeking him and one was able to approach God for mercy, being of a sincere heart. In the political theater of Connecticut, two men came before members of their party seeking primary votes. Sadly, both failed miserably as both projected no sense of sincerity whatsoever.

 

Welcome to the 2026 Democrat Version of the Pharisee and The Publican. 

 One, Josh Elliott wants to be the Governor of Connecticut so badly he can taste it. He demands your vote as any good Communist/Socialist Young Democrat demands. He confronted the Taxpayer funded Capitalist evil, enemy Governor Ned Lamont in a 45-minute debate held on July 22 on WTNH News 8 for all to see (https://www.wtnh.com/news/elections/lamont-elliott-spar-over-taxes-utility-costs-and-ice-mask-policy-in-news-8-debate/). And what a stale, scripted debate it was.  The same old, same old, tired failed Democrat policies echoed repeatedly. The agreed-to, (or network prepared?) questions were out of central casting.   No new ideas or logical thought provided.

Here are some interesting and as expected quotes from this fight between two Democrat Party brothers in corruption. (https://ctmirror.org/2026/07/22/lamont-and-elliott-clash-politely-in-only-tv-debate-before-primary/)

 Elliott:  “We’re the second-most reliant state on the property tax, which is deeply regressive,” Elliott said Wednesday. “The only way we can fix this is through a fair tax structure, asking the wealthy to pay a commensurate amount, a fair amount.”  Hey Josh! how much are you going to charge the wealthy in taxes?  100%? 200%?  At what point do you think they will move out of your state and thus pay zero in Connecticut taxes as they have done in every other state except your own?  Have you seen anyone and or any business move into state to pay Connecticut taxes in your ten years of damaging public service as a State Representative? In fact, what businesses have moved in state, excepting those receiving 2% taxpayer-funded sweetheart loans from our should-be-abolished Department of Economic and Community Development? What experience do you have with said loans? Why don’t you ask your opponent Mr. Lamont about this type of 2% forgivable economic assistance as he is well familiar with multi-million-dollar fundings advanced to his wife’s investors via Sema-4 and the Digital Currency Group?  What have you done about any of this?  

Not much as your record of accomplishments in unrecognizable.

Elliott also stated: “When I see that I’m up against somebody who takes my message and does the Temu version of it, I find it deeply frustrating,” “The fact is, I’m glad we’re rowing the same direction, but not quite the same, and not quite the same velocity. We could do so much more here in Connecticut, and the fact is, we have to fight for fairness up and down the board.”  What is this fairness he is talking about? Political nepotism for Connecticut Democrat Party operatives as in Bridgeport? More low-income jobs, multi-unit housing, and supporting dependency on the backs of the remaining legitimate taxpayers in the state? More gender-affirming care for innocent children?

Lamont:  “He (Elliott) doesn’t have much of a track record to talk about,” Lamont said. “I could talk about minimum wage. I could talk about economic growth. I could talk about the money we got for education and what we’re doing for health care. So, it gave me a lot of material to work with.”  Corrupted Capitalist Lamont could answer questions on how much did his family's hedge fund profit from 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", "4-CT", and "VillageMD ““The Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund”, McKinsey, “CT Next”, and the Tidal River Fund, 'Baby Bonds portfolio, the UCONN Foundation, to name a few?  I wonder why the moderators of the debate nor Elliott did not bring these areas up. Also, why does the Boiler Room of Connecticut ("Connecticut Innovations") steadfastly refuse to release any information whatsoever on their portfolio holding “Yuma Asset Management?” Is it because it is directly related to that same Digital Currency Group, and neither you nor your wife ever really “got out” of that deal and you lied to the citizens as you are wont to do?

Or how about both candidates disclosing their Income tax returns? (Hey Josh! Be sure to ask for Annie’s separate return, especially the part of Schedule “B” that asks for locations of foreign investments such as the tax-free and secret Cayman Islands, an integral part of the Sema-4 debacle).

Lamont also added: “We’re getting our fiscal house in order, and we had some surpluses to allow us to pay down some of the pension debt,” Lamont said. “Now we have the resources we need to make some of the big investments to really make a difference in people’s lives.” But what are exactly these investments? More 2% loans? More throwing money in exchange for votes and gimmees? More picking of winners and losers? But who cares about Connecticut and its  $100 and $150 billion dollars in short and term debt along with unfunded liabilities? What is the plan to pay that off? Why are so many legal and illegal citizens on state taxpayer funded social aid? Why do you never seem to care about any of that?

 You could have predicted the rest of debate. More rhetoric, more theatrics, and more spins on one of the worst performing states economically in the country.  Are you excited about either Democrat Party candidate? I would venture to say no as both will end up increasing state spending, increasing taxes, do less to try to combat crime and take away more of your personal freedoms. It’s the same garbage force fed to you by the Connecticut Democrat Party and its state-run media since time immemorial. It is the same rhetoric and the same lies over and over again. And most insultingly, they believe that no one sees (or cares).

Yes, both candidates are "insincere" about representing Connecticut. Both candidates represent the powerful economic and social self-interests that have made them career politicians with zero accomplishments. One candidate desperately wants to be important and be a good socialist helping to tear apart our country and its very fabric of being. The current Governor is desperately trying to keep his family's Connecticut Taxpayer funded increase in wealth, through the biggest bunch of shell companies with zero transparency and the stock deer-in-the-headlights look whenever he is confronted with a question of self-dealing or leveraging the state for personal gain. Both are inept and both are unfit to serve the Connecticut Taxpayer. 

It is the 2026 Connecticut Democrat Version of the Pharisee and The Publican. The difference, is, neither Elliott or Lamont promises to repent, straighten up, and fly right.

 

The Democrat Party's Urgency To Reach A New Incarnation Of Socialism

 On July 20, 1944, a group of morally outraged German military officers led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler in a plot known as Operation Valkyrie. The primary motivation was their growing disillusionment with Hitler's leadership, which they believed was leading Germany to catastrophic defeat in World War II. Many of these officers, part of the German resistance, were appalled by the regime's atrocities, including the Holocaust, and saw Hitler's reckless military decision such as the disastrous invasion of the Soviet Union and refusal to retreat from untenable position, as evidence of his incompetence. They feared that his continued rule would result in Germany's total destruction and sought to kill him to seize control, negotiate peace with the Allies, and restore some semblance of moral governance.

On July 14, 2025, far-left and totally irrational State Representative Josh Elliott, supported by far-left and totally irrational State Senator Saud Anwar announced Rep. Elliott’s candidacy for governor of Connecticut, challenging incumbent Governor Ned Lamont in a Democratic primary. Frustrated by Lamont’s vetoes of progressive legislation of affordable housing and pro-labor bills, Elliott and Anwar aim to radically shift the Democratic Party’s direction. They criticized Lamont’s resistance to tax increases on the wealthy and his lip-service to fiscal matters, which they argue neglects the needs of working-class families and underfunded critical services like education and housing. Their campaign was driven by a broader progressive discontent with Lamont’s leadership, which they viewed as too centrist and out of touch with the state’s pressing affordability issues. Both legislators who can more accurately be described as incipient Communists sought to rally support for a vague and far left-leaning platform that is beyond any rational comprehension. However, in launching this challenge, both aimed to force a reckoning within the Democratic Party, hoping to either defeat Lamont or push him toward bolder reforms.(https://www.courant.com/2025/07/14/ct-state-rep-josh-elliott-says-lamont-should-retire-what-to-know-about-the-candidate-for-governor/)

 Welcome to 2025, and the updated version of a Socialist manufactured political coup. Using the time-honored method of destroying the leader as was done in Nazi Germany eighty years ago, disgruntled and irrational far-left politicians have decided they need a regime change and they need one right now, even if it means assaulting the leadership of their own venerated Democrat party.

But first, we need to understand Socialism. What is Socialism, and why does the new Democrat Party at all levels of government seem to love it so much? And why has this passionate desire for full-blown Socialism accelerated in recent days? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Socialism as “any of various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, a system of society or group living in which there is no private property, a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state."  If one reads Marxist theories, Socialism is the changeover period from Capitalism to the acceptance and approbation of Communism leading to the destruction of private property and business ownership and the eradication of all personal freedoms.

But what has caused this race to the gutter? Like Hitler’s aides, the new and disgruntled Democrat Party of 2025 has seen a massive changeover to younger and angrier politicians hungering to take over the party and mold it into a new and even more enfeebled mirror of its recent failed Biden Presidency since the defeats of 2024. They are creating this latest look party with a renewed, radicalized hatred of our country, hate of personal freedoms and hate for the Capitalistic system we currently have in our economy. They are promising everything and anything to get you to vote for them. Whatever you want is for your asking with these new radicals, including but not limited to state run grocery stores, free food, free medical care, free cell phones, free housing, free public transportation (if you don't get stabbed as was seen recently on a Connecticut Transit bus in Hartford), free education, free day care, free school lunches, and much more.  Who pays for these items in a Socialism based system is anyone's guess, other than those proposing these bizarre ideas will never contribute one penny to their implementation. 

Looking in our country, this march to failure continues in many locations, as fellow-traveler states such as California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, we see equivalent irrational aspirants to power prattle on about a Utopia where government pays for all these "free" items promised in exchange for votes, but it is never mentioned that in exchange for these false promises the citizen will never be able to physically protest against any issue or ideology that stands in their way to this Socialist Utopian society.  For example, in ranked choice voting New York City, with (which eliminates one person one vote freedom), an avowed radical Socialist/Communist, Zohran Mamdani is leading the mayor’s race. His platform seems to be barbarically simplistic as he wants to tax the rich of New York City even more than they are now and fund even more "free" handouts for those "in need". New York City has an over $100 billion dollar yearly budget with over 800,000 receiving welfare benefits out of a population of roughly 8.5 million people(https://nypost.com/2024/10/19/us-news/nearly-800k-in-nyc-collected-welfare-checks-last-fiscal-year-most-in-decades/). Will welfare recipients increase under the Mamdani Administration? Mamdani also wants to create "city run" grocery stores. Will shoplifters and thieves be allowed in these "city run" grocery stores as they are in privately owned stores to ply their trade without worry of prosecution? Will there be a city surtax for the food lost due to theft? Will armed guards shoot grocery thieves? Or will the armed guards rob legitimate purchasers to fund their stealing? As impossible as that seems, please bear in mind that no idea is ever too bizarre for these irresponsible panderers.

But as is the usual case, Connecticut tries daily to make its way up to the Big Leagues to play in the Socialist Symphony Orchestra. The first prerequisite is to deeply hate President Donald Trump. At the extreme, disjointed, incoherent and twisted role-model United States Senator Chris Murphy has been bashing the President on a daily basis with little coherent thought being offered in his rants. "Murphy has called Trump’s decision to strike Iran illegal because the president did not seek congressional authorization. “I’ve been briefed on the intelligence — there is no evidence Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States. That makes this attack illegal,” Murphy said in a statement in the hours after the attack. (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/chris-murphy-says-clear-trumps-strikes-iran-are-illegal-rcna215794). I am curious if Murphy understands the massive threat to our country that the new Axis powers of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran pose? Didn't both President Obama and Biden play down any nuclear threats by Iran, with Obama helping them by sending cash to this regime? That was perfectly acceptable to the Socialist Senator. Daily, Murphy is making a fool and embarrassment of himself with his incoherent gibberish, and he faces no criticism from the state-run media or seemingly anyone, anywhere in the political universe. As bad as all of that is, this is quite minor in comparison to what unbridled Socialism in government may bring.

Also in Connecticut King Ned Lamont, the unaccountable will be in a Governor’s primary with Communist/Socialist Democrat State Representative Josh Elliott assuming arguendo that the Socialist coup against Lamont does not materialize earlier. As far as Elliott is concerned, here are some notes on what he has done since being elected in 2016; "Rep. Elliott is working to ensure that Connecticut employs quality public health standards by pushing for a requirement that all children in the public education system receive proper immunizations. Rep. Elliott is also dedicated to improving the treatment of Connecticut's incarcerated population. He is an active advocate of banning the use of solitary confinement and has independently championed a bill that will provide certain telecommunication services at no cost. Rep. Elliott believes so deeply that the right to vote is a fundamental feature of government that he has sponsored several bills aimed at efficiently reforming Connecticut’s electoral system. Among these are a bill that would restore voting privileges of formerly incarcerated individuals on parole, and a bill that would implement a ranked-choice voting system, which would allow a voter to rank candidates by their preference. Rep. Elliott pushed Connecticut to be the first state to remove the cost for incarcerated individuals to make phone calls to loved ones. Prior to this Connecticut had the highest cost in the United States for these calls. Studies show a positive correlation between family communication and lower reincarceration rates. He has spearheaded efforts to legalize the use of recreational marijuana, sought to equalize property tax rates, and consistently supported establishing a more equitable tax structure." (https://www.housedems.ct.gov/Elliott/biography). Regardless of this saccharine and irrational blather, Connecticut has declined both socially and economically, with massive crime issues, massive drug problems and excessively high taxes nurturing a poor economic climate. Elliott needs to remember that since he has served over nine years, he has personally overseen a massive increase in spending on the state budget with no results in solving the never-ending problems in the state. This is his record. The fact is that Connecticut still has $100 to $150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities in excess of the venerated “fiscal guardrails” we often hear about. Elliott’s campaign for Governor should scare anyone who believes in personal freedoms and lower taxes. Voters should view his candidacy as a minor-league Mamdani effort with none of the charisma and the pizzazz of Mamdani but with all of the destruction and despair that Socialism brings.

In summation, I know of no "successful" Communist or Socialist country. contrary to how the new Democrat Party in 2025 wishes to portray this brave new world of destruction. In Socialist regimes, one has little to no personal or economic freedom. The new Axis powers of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran have some of the most ruthless and blood thirsty dictators running these countries. But now, we see that the new Democrat Party in 2025 aspires to that same model, as it is going about destroying their long time office holders while hating everything our country stands for. Yet any good Socialist has no problem doing whatever it takes to enrich themselves and their patrons. (Again, just think of Hitler's aides).

There is a need to understand the myths and realities of Socialism. The concept of Socialism is so vile that it even makes twisted, incompetent and failed office holders like Lamont, Andrew Cuomo, or even Joe Courtney look reasonable by comparison. That concept alone should shock any sane adult. Socialism has failed over and over again in our world. We must stop it in our country immediately or the freedom that so many Americans gave their lives for will be lost forever, along with the country itself.Connecticut, like other blue states, sits on a powder keg of an impending Socialist disaster. It is up to us to stop before things become much worse. Enough is indeed enough.