When Illegal Means Democrat Votes

Such a fuss over the new Arizona Immigration Law. In my economic opinion this new law will help their economy and law enforcement agencies. I am confused by liberals and Democrats who do not understand that an illegal immigrant is here illegally and it is against the law for them to be here. These same laws that should be enforced and are not are paid for by taxpayers like you and me. We do not see positive economic results when you have people breaking the law like these illegal immigrants. Why is it difficult to understand that illegal immigrants are here in our country illegally and need to be sent back to their countries? My grandparents legally immigrated to the United States, become United States citizens and worked all of their lives without any type of governmental aid. They helped to make our country. Illegal immigrants do not help in this manner, they are a huge drain to our states economies.
But I know that the Democrat party can not wait to make all of those illegal immigrants legal so they get them registered and working/voting for their party. Thus illegal in this case is a means to the end, another Democratic vote for more damage to our economy.

Does Financial Reform Mean Continuous Bailouts?

No, I am skeptical about a financial reform bill that still inhibits the free market and credit systems. I am skeptical since it still allows for massive bailouts of private financial systems by allowing the FDIC to continue to borrow taxpayers monies to help finance these same companies financial woes. Banks still being viewed as bad guys by this administration yet both parties still reap their rewards of campaign donations that these same banks give to them. Just look at the millions of dollars and favors that Chris Dodd has received from this sector. Thus financial reform in Dodd's eyes still means constant bailouts using taxpayers funds. A dependent financial system with no end in sight. This bill is an useless waste of time for all. Just as this Congress is an useless waste of taxpayers monies, bailout or no. Financial reform does mean constant bailouts-forever.

The Democrats Dilemma Of Money

What are the Democrats going to do with their big, bad campaign donations from Goldman Sachs and other big, bad financial institutions they shake money down from? And why do these same companies feel compelled to give this money? Locally politicians like Dick Blumenthal now takes campaign contributions from PACs in this Senatorial campaign-desperate for cash to buy his way into the Senate, apparently trying to emulate Chris Dodd who never met cash he would turn down. Maybe taxpayers of Connecticut can remember that in his legacy. Thus money flows freely to the Democrats in one hand and in the other hand we hear the constant condemnation of the free market, capitalistic system. It is ironic to taxpayers that we are forced to accept this situation as part of the corruptness of campaign contribution shakedowns.
Voters will change this come November. The Democrats dilemma of money.

Chris Dodd and His Never Ending Bailout of Himself

Chris Dodd has a huge never ending and never satisfying ego. As a Connecticut taxpayer he has also done nothing for me economically nor does he really understand our economy as shown by his latest debacle of a financial reform bill. Bailouts or shakedowns of companies going under apparently will be financed by taxes on these companies who will be called in to merge with the financially insolvent company. Those who use these companies will naturally have to pay these taxes meaning you and I the consumer. The new type of bailouts to me will be viewed in political rather than economic terms. Again the bill is massive in length, no one has been able to read through it and it does nothing other than add a new level of regulation with no other purpose than to add more socialism to our economy. Thus what is the point of the new Dodd bill? Economically I do not understand Dodd's logic nor do I understand why he is still representing Connecticut?
Dodd's never ending bailout of himself, the companies that have donated to his campaigns and his unethical behavior mercifully comes to a halt in a few months. This bill represents just another waste of taxpayer's monies by Chris Dodd.

The Two Presidents of Southern Connecticut State University At Connecticut Taxpayer's Expense

Now let me try to figure this waste of Connecticut taxpayer's monies. Southern Connecticut State University had a capable President in Cheryl Norton. She apparently was not wanted by Connecticut State University System Chancellor David G. Carter, who apparently can hire and fire at will with no checks or balances in the state's University system. He hires Stanley Battle, former president of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, as the new interim president of Southern. Apparently Battle and Carter were colleagues at Eastern Connecticut State University when Carter was Eastern's president in the 1990s, hey so what's wrong with a little cronyism in education at taxpayer's expense? Thus taxpayers will be footing a the bill for two Southern Presidents and we are not allowed to know why Norton was dismissed in the first place. Norton still gets paid for one year at $280,000 plus while Battle gets paid for the same position at $280,000 plus. What a waste of taxpayer's monies in the time of an economic crisis.
And by the way as a graduate of Southern, do not ever bother asking me a for a donation to the school again. If you can afford two presidents, then you have more than enough money to operate your school.

The Opposition Starts-The Mushinsky Survey

I enjoy state elections. I am always optimistic of change, when Democrats at a state and national level are voted out of office and responsible governing might actually take place in both Hartford and Washington. It is the time of year when "concerned" State Representatives like Wallingford's Mary Mushinsky send out their surveys to try to show they somehow care about what taxpayers actually think. Her survey which I received in the mail yesterday is comical in nature. She has many teaser questions-what are our concerns and what do we fear? Why should we fear anything if we actually had leadership and effective government in Hartford and Washington? And since Mushinsky has been in office for so many years overseeing this economic debacle has developed with her Democratic Super Majority in Hartford, I would venture to guess that most taxpayers in her district fear two more years of Democrat rule in Hartford coupled with still yet higher taxes and higher spending. Her party's budget offers yet $353+ million in higher spending while the state is
$500+million in a deficit and has the audacity to ask if we as taxpayers favor or do not favor yet even higher taxes in the state. There is no economic reasoning whatsoever by Mushinsky and her fellow Democrats. They are the reason why Connecticut is #1 in taxes, virtually last in new job development and economic growth. The Democrats should actually take responsibility for their lack of leadership in Hartford.
The opposition has started, surveys like hers do nothing for overburdened taxpayers in her District. She will ignore them as she has done in the past and continue to vote for higher spending and higher taxes. We can no longer afford in Connecticut a Democratic Super Majority. The time is now for change.

Still No Word On Health Costs And New Taxes

The super secret 2000+ page socialist health care bill is still really not being discussed in depth by the administration. The administrations fears are well founded once citizens and small business owners start seeing the higher costs for more limited health care and new taxes which this socialized health care bill brings to them. Taxpayers will be even more up in arms over the now runaway national debt which soon will be unable to be financed through treasury sales. No prudent investor will want to buy it any more.
All for the sake of limited and rationed care. All for the beauty of an elitist President who has no sense of economic reality in his dream socialist state he is trying to create for our country. All for the lies he told throughout the campaign about cooperation and lack of transparency.
And I still have no word on health care costs and new taxes by the administration.

Bysiewicz-Blumenthal-What Is A Title Anyways?

I could have saved a great deal of money in lawyer's fees if I had known that Susan Bysiewicz represented me for all the years she has been a Secretary of State. For the closings, and all the other areas of legal issues that I had I forgot just to give her a call. She was actually representing me and as such I did not need to pay all of those fees for the past 11 years, she could have handled it all (and I am sure at no charge also). Stupid me.
The Connecticut Democratic party has shown even more so how out of touch it is in governing with this ridiculous waste of taxpayers monies now for Bysiewicz and her political goals. It is bad enough they have a horrendous and inept Senatorial candidate in Richard Blumenthal and his liberal/anti business views coupled now with a non lawyer wanting the highest legal job in the state. What a farce of government.
A Republican tide is brewing in our liberal, anti-business, highly taxed state. Maybe sanity can be restored come November.

Connecticut Youth-Going, Going, Gone

It is almost graduation time. My daughter will be graduating along with many of her peers in May from the University of Connecticut. UConn is supposedly less expensive than private schools but more expensive than other state schools. To date myself I spent less than $500 a semester with books to attend a state college back in the late 70's. Luckily my daughter got a CA position and was spared the costs of room for her last two years of college. Financial aid is really not seen for Connecticut residents attending state schools. Thus the cost of education is rationed by value and its costs. Still a 4 year state school education cost over $75,000+ just for tuition and room and board. Not counting expensive books, computers and personal expenses.
However many students who were born in this state will leave for graduate school out of state. This is due to several reasons including not being accepted by state colleges (as in my daughter's case and many of her friends)and for better opportunities out of our state. Thus the brain drain of the best and brightest will continue. Connecticut does little to retain its youth. An expensive bureaucracy of a higher education system, poor leadership, excessive taxes, high real estate costs and few jobs will continue to drive generation upon generation of our youth out of Connecticut. The losses are staggering. And the silence deafening by our supposed leaders in retaining our youth.

Unemployment Rages On

Yes unemployment rages on. There is no end in sight. There is no economic plan, no economic rationalization, no free market incentives, nothing. Washington is lost in its own self actualization, self glorification, self awareness of how great they are. However they have absolutely no economic plan to deal with unemployment.
16 months into this Administration of wonder and economic illiiteracy, we still have massive levels of unemployment, massive tax increases on the horizon and little if any positive economic news. All due to the fact of a poor, non existent economic plan that this Administration has chosen to follow.
Unemployment continues to rage, two years of unemployment benefits is ridiculous and not needed. Free market incentives are essential to get our economy back on its feet. You think that in 16 months it could have been done-tell that to those who are unemployed.
Remember this when you vote in November.

Economic Stagnation Caused By Socialized Health Care

There will be great economic stagnation created by the socialized health care bill rammed down taxpayers throats last week. Economic stagnation occurs when there are high levels of unemployment/underemployment and inflation. Inflation for our economy is right around the corner as health care insurance premiums and health care costs will skyrocket under the unconstitutional, socialized health care plan being forced on our economy. Insurance companies will send rates upward while the bill will be enacted and costs for procedures and visits (which are unknown to the medical consumer) will also go up before implementation. Thus our economy will now have a massive amount of their take home incomes go to rationed health care giving medical consumers much higher costs with less services. From an economics point of view how does this help our economy? And why was it allowed to happen? There will great economic stagnation created by the socialized health care bill, which will take many years for our economy to recover from. What a waste of economic good for our economy at the time of an economic recession. And the most insulting part of it is that politicians must now campaign to those who they supposidly represent to tell them how great this debacle is. What an injustice to our economy and country.

The New Economic Costs of Socialized Health Care

I still feel that socialized health care will be repealed when Republicans take control of Congress in 2011. Until that time we must realistically look at the new economic costs which are now being viewed because of the socialized, unconstitutional health care bill rammed through by Congress. ATT will be charging back $1 billion dollars to cover the new changes in medical care. It is $1 billion dollars that it can no longer spend on product development, expansion of services, hiring more employees, lowering consumer bills or paying raises to employees. It is $1 billion dollars taken out of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is no longer productive money which could create economic growth. It is now going to a non productive socialized social welfare program which will not have any positive results for it in our economy. Another economic example is Caterpillar which will have now $100 million in new expenses because of this bill. Again Caterpillar does not have $100 million dollars that it can no longer spend on product development, expansion of services, hiring more employees, lowering consumer bills or paying raises to employees. Multiply this same situation by companies throughout our country and you will see the following; a greater economic recession, a higher national debt which can no longer be financed, more unemployment, higher prices for consumer products, higher health care costs and lastly higher taxes.
All at a time during economic recession. Economic reality will settle in for the Democrats at all levels of government. This horrific economic bill will guarantee their minority status for years to come. I just hope our economy can survive this economic debacle until November.

The Speaker Of The House Wants Your Money When You Die

Chris Donovan wants your money. Better yet he demands it when you die. After all dead people who have paid taxes all of their lives and were taxed on it all of their lives, need to pay more when they die. They need when they are dead to help support the Speakers social welfare programs which are economically inefficient and help waste taxpayers monies year in and year out. Dead people through his 3.5% tax on their estates need to pay more when they die. By taxing dead people the Democrats feel that more economic growth will take place in our already overtaxed state. From what school of economics this comes from is beyond me. It will just lead even more wealthy people out of the state and to states which are tax friendly.
Our state government needs a desperate change. It is obvious to me Mr. Donovan has never worked a productive day in his life and lives in an economic fantasy land. We as taxpayers must support his lack of leadership and his failed programs.
November 2010 is coming and his super majority will come to a grinding halt.

Connecticut Democrats To Connecticut Taxpayers- Drop Dead If You Think We Will Cut Spending

I really have to hand it to the Connecticut Democratic super majority and their budget plan. Let's increase spending by $353 million dollars and raise taxes. Yawn. So what else is new? More, higher, greater spending coupled with the same stale government excesses and you have the Connecticut Democratic super majority. How can the Democrats be serious to raise spending by another $353 million dollars while they still have not solved the $1 billion dollar deficit that we are in? How economically illiterate can they be? This is the most ridiculous state budget I have seen in my life. Do they understand what unemployment is and what an economic recession is?
I truly hope that the voters of Connecticut finally wake and vote these elitists out of office in November. No matter at what level of government, the Democratic party is out of touch with any type of economic reality and they have no ability to lead or govern. This budget is just another shining example of it.

Airport Repairs=Health Care Reform

Yes in 2010 airport repairs equals health care reform. Especially if you are an anti-abortion Representative Congressmen from Michigan. Earmarks in a health care bill that have nothing to do with health care. What a sell out. In other words change that you can believe in. I vaguely remember that earmarks were going to be eliminated in this administration of transparency. Just another lie to the American taxpayer. Just like the lies of the socialized health care bill signed by Mr. Obama. In other words change that you can believe in. A bill so bad that now it has to be campaigned on to brainwash the American taxpayer to accept it and love it. In other words change that you can believe in. To pass a bill so bad, so disheveled, so irrational, so debt ridden that you now have to sell it. Like a used car salesman.
There is absolutely no leadership found in Washington. None from Mr. Obama and none from Congress. A lost four years. Vote this debacle out of office in November and do not support economically those who embrace it. In other words change that you can really believe in.

I Am Really Sick Now-Work To Repeal This Debacle

Hey I am really sick now, but wait in 2013, I will never have to worry about it again. From my bankrupted federal government I will have socialized health care brought to me by gerrymandering, earmarks and excessively high taxes. Need an operation? Just wait until 2013, no problem. Medicine? Just wait until the generic comes out in 2013, produced in China. Specialist visit? Just wait until 2013 when the handful of medical specialists left will possibly see you. Medicare? Hey it is for everyone now, elderly will not need it now since most of their care will be eliminated and they can die sooner.
The nicest part of this bill however rests upon the theory and reality that the Democratic party for many years from this day forward will be a minority party in government at all levels. They have truly shown their incompetence to lead and govern with this debacle of a bill. They have shown how far out of touch with reality they are in 2010.
I am even more sick now than I was when I started writing this. Is it 2013 yet?
Repeal this bill.

Socialized Health Care Follies

It is the biggest show in town, the socialized health care follies, it is the biggest rip-off American taxpayers have ever had to accept. It is comical, unconstitutional, deadly, sickening and more. It is your United States Congress at work and at play. It is the circus of unconstitutional role playing and law breaking done by the most despised citizens of our country, the United States Congress. It is a free-for-all, in your face, smash mouth, the most public be damned piece of legislation in the history of our country. It is the skyrocketing national debt that this folly will give to American taxpayers. It is the twist, spins and deceptions socialized health care presents for a corrupt Congress and its cronies. It is the laws broken, the never-ending debt and chaos that will ensue from this piece of thrash that is being rammed down taxpayers throats.
Our course of history will change as we must fight about socialized health care and forget about all of the other more important issues that needed to be viewed in 2010.
Maybe the clowns of Congress will tell that to your unemployed neighbor. What a disgrace our federal government has become.

Unknown Socialized Health Care

Can someone explian to me what is so revolutionary about the Obama/House/Senate health care bills? What is the point of them other than to help senior citizens be denied health care when they need it the most? What is the point of these bills which are unknown to taxpayers other than to ration health care and contribute greatly to the national debt? What is the point of these bills other than to place control of our health care in a governmental commission? What is the point of these bills which are a secret to the American public?
What is the point of socialized medicine which will not making us any healthier, not do anything to lower insurance rates, not doing anything for tort reform, not do anything to save the supposed 70 to 5,000 people who die daily because of no health insurance (where they get this figure is beyond me)? How deaf is Washington to those who they are supposidly governing, we do not this failed law to pass? Start over and show us what real health care reform should look like, interstate medical plans, posted prices, real tort reform, well care and the list is endless.
By passing this failed bill most in Congress will be looking for jobs in January along with the 17% who are currently unemployed-the sign on the door will read former Congressmen and women need not apply.

Another Poor Economic Chocie By The Obama Administration

I truly wonder how economically detached the Obama Administration itself and its advisers are from real world economics. Massive national debt that soon will not be able to be financed, a massive unemployment rate of 17%, massive tax increases, massive socialized health care, states bankrupt and the list goes on.
Janet Yellen is the newest debacle forming for this economically illiterate bunch. Yellen is being appointed as the Federal Reserve Vice Chairperson. Yellen is currently President of the San Francisco Fed and has some strong economist theories. However she believes in the Phillips Curve trade-off between inflation and unemployment. This means that we are constantly giving up one for the other in our economy. These theorists believe that due to America's economic prosperity and due to too many people working we have inflation. I disagree with this theory (even though I must touch upon Phillips in my classes), economic prosperity should be the goal of any economic policy. Let the supply side do its own thing and create, fuel and extend economic growth through investments, capital gains and dividends. This is what creates jobs in our economy, not a handful of political patronage government jobs that provide no productivity nor provide any growth in GDP.
Yellen and her theories will be a boom for inflation and will help to keep our unemployment rates high for the coming future in my economic opinion. I no longer understand what the Fed's policies are in 2010. It just furthers the economic illiteracy this administration shows the educated American public.

The Mythical Blumenthal Job Creation Tool

Do you how you create jobs in Connecticut? If you are Attorney General Self-Appointed Acting United States Senator Richard Blumenthal you sue legitimate businesses. That is how Mr. Blumenthal explained it in his debate with his opponent Merrick Alpert at their recent University of Hartford debate. "...our law suits, our legal actions, actually create jobs, because businesses actually welcome competition and a level playing field.”, stated Blumenthal. Since I have taught Economics for 28 years now I am trying to find an economic principle whereby an aggressive State Attorney General "levels" a playing field and creates economic stimulation, economic growth and actually creates jobs. It does not exist and the Acting Senator is absolutely wrong in his assertions. His combative nature has done little if anything other than drive businesses out of state and made the remaining businesses fear the enormous costs that his office can place on their business for no reason at all. Jobs are not created by him or the state or his economically illiterate Democrat party. Jobs are created by the free market system not by a press grabbing, opportunistic Attorney General.
Mr. Blumenthal will have a very difficult race on his hands and to me looks like a massive loss will be on his horizon come November. Connecticut voters and taxpayers have had enough of this type of job creation. Just ask the New England Pellet Company and countless other former Connecticut businesses.