The Connecticut Senate Race-Linda McMahon

I find Connecticut's Senate race to be very interesting. As a Republican I feel it is healthy for our party to have candidates expose differing views and thoughts as to their policies. The three candidates all have some interesting ideas although I hold strong feelings in this election. The Democratic candidates seem to be to me just the typical Connecticut tax and spend elitist candidates who rule with a great deal of economic illiteracy and folly.

Back to the Republican side I continue to support and endorse Linda McMahon for a variety of reasons. She is a self made women contrary to the media distortion of her life. She has articulated precise economic programs and policies in both campaigns with this years plans to be even more far reaching than in 2010. She did not flee the state as did Mr. Shays after he lost his seat. She has been here paying taxes along with her business playing an enormous amount of taxes at all levels of government and also actually creating jobs. Mr. Shays now has a plan to eliminate the national debt-well what did he do for all the years he was a US Representative? Did he have any plan then? Did he really control spending or taxes?

In my economic opinion I am truly tired of the political lifers we have in the House and Senate who do nothing, become millionaires from their positions and have help to ruin our economy. Mr. Blumenthal and his ridiculous and economically illiterate actions in the Senate have proven this theory. Where is your budget Mr. Blumenthal? His time as our Senator really has been laughable for the taxpayers of our state-his concern is himself and his ego only. What a poor choice to represent us.

Thus once again I am supporting Linda McMahon for United States Senator and her plan of action. She is in my opinion very electable much to chagrin of the media and the many RINO's who inhabit the Republican party in our state. She is a political breath of fresh air, with a rational economic plan of attack for our economy. She will actually represent us and the Constitution which would be so nice for a change.

Yes I support Linda and by the way you only need one more vote than the stale, economically inept Democratic candidate to win the election...just a thought.

Representative Paul Ryan's Excellent Plan

I applaud Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for his plan to cut spending by $5.3 trillion dollars and balance the budget by 2040. His plan would simplify our tax structure which would help to create economic stimulation and economic growth as our government would decrease in size and be forced to become efficient.

Representative Ryan has become our country's spokesman when it comes to seeking a solution to our out of control spending and national debt. He is the only member of Congress in my economic opinion who has the desire to try to create a solution to this economic debacle that currently exists in Washington. And his plan needs to be looked at and enacted upon to save our country and economy.

What we hear from the Democrats is more of the same, more and higher taxes, more spending on failed social welfare programs, more spending on crony capitalism, more, more and more waste. And these economic programs of tax and spend have failed our economy miserably.

It is time for a different way of looking at Washington, cut spending, cut programs and cut taxes.

Connecticut's Cruel Gas Taxes-Cap It Permanently

There are many cruel gas taxes in our state along with many other excessive taxes on all aspects of our lives and businesses. But it is interesting to see that our one party rule in Hartford is willing to throw taxpayers a bone with a one year and one year only cap on the state secret gross earning tax on gasoline. Why can't they cap it permanently?

I guess taxpayers and drivers in our state should be ecstatic at these crumbs thrown at us. Why are we this highly taxed in the first place? Is our highway system that efficient? For example smooth, paved roads? Or is it a nightmare especially in the I-91-95 corridor? Where does all this gasoline tax money go to-the general fund, the one party rule slush fund that has driven our state into debt with out end?

And the rhetoric of the secret gross earnings tax cap continues. Senator Suzio's proposal should be voted on immediately and made permanent once and for all. Taxpayers have been raped long enough by Hartford's one party rule. It is truly time to end our taxation without representation that exists in Hartford.

The Jobs Postings

Well the poor economic news continues to pour into our overtaxed state. As I stated in my last blog, I really did not feel that our state is gaining more jobs or the unemployment rate is going down that much. Also new jobs being created to replace those jobs lost over the past four years is down by 67% meaning that only about 33% of 117,500 jobs lost in the last recession have been recreated. That in my economic opinion is a dismal record, but a record which is consistent with a one party rule in Hartford. Thus Connecticut continues to once again lag behind the rest of the country in new job formation and will probably be one of the last states if not the last state to recover from the recession. In my economic opinion we still have yet to recover from the previous recession and this recession is no different. An obstructionist government, excessively high taxes, high workers compensation and unemployment costs and a poor road system has led to Connecticut's decline.

Why in the world would you vote for this same type of one party rule in November again make no sense to me-maybe a balanced political system in Hartford might actually yield economic results. Are we going to see the same results in March, 2013?

A Lack Of Jobs

Where are the jobs in Connecticut? For that matter in our country? How is 8% unemployment looked at as being an improvement in 2012 for our state? What about the number of workers who are out of unemployment benefits and given up looking for work and are no longer counted? Thus we may actually have an unemployment rate of 15 to 17% rather than a published 8% rate. But then again economic figures are normally manipulated by governmental officials to their benefit and for political gain.
Sort of like what we will see in Monday's report on jobs. Or then again the lack of jobs and economic growth which still plagues our state. But who is worried about that? We will just keep taxing the remaining businesses in our state with one of the highest unemployment taxes in the country, coupled with all of the other high taxes in the state. And then we will again ask, where are the jobs in 2012?

The Republican Presidential Primary

The Republican Presidential primary has been an interesting process. Candidates have been courting voters and groups with their policies, thoughts and ideas. From a field of eight candidates we seem to be down to four and realistically down to two candidates, Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum. Both candidates offer many different ideas and views with regards to our current world, economy and social issues. And it shows a healthy Republican view of what a primary is much to the disgust of the liberal mainstream media. As a Republican I feel this process is essential in this election. Mr. Obama is running for reelection with a dismal and economically irrational record. He has help to create a massive national debt increase, a massive socialized health care program and numerous other socialistic programs which are failing our economy on a daily basis. He is a strong candidate? How so? In the liberal media's view I assume. Thus in my economic opinion, Mr. Obama is probably the weakest economic candidate running for reelection in the past 125+ years of our nation. The media will try to continue to prop him up but will not succeed as economics trumps rhetoric. And I feel voters have had enough of him also.

Let Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum continue their debate, let Republican voters decide who they want as their candidate.

And let the economic debacle that has entrapped our economy for the past four years pass with a new President come November.

Tuesday's Thoughts And More

Random Tuesday's Thoughts and more:

Why are we using taxpayer's monies to finance one party Democratic rule in Hartford?

How is Chris Shays now going to balance the federal budget in six years-didn't he have enough time when he was a Representative?

Where is the Senate's budget Senator Blumenthal?

What are we doing about rising energy prices, funny you hear no mention of the economically illiterate energy policies of this Administration (i.e. Keystone Pipeline)?

Why do we have a budget deficit with the highest tax increase in state's history?

And why is the media avoiding it?

Why did state taxpayers support Ticket Network?

How do they have actual economic value in our economy?

Why can't Republican registered voters like myself pick our own Presidential candidate?

Why must the media try to pick it?

Why is Mr. Obama even running for reelection with his dismal economic record of a record national debt, record unemployment, record federal spending and his dismantling of our military?

Really to me it seems like 1980 all over again...

Cap The Secret Gross Earning Tax-State Senator Suzio To Help Taxpayers

State Senator Len Suzio has proposed that the Connecticut Secret Gross Earnings on gasoline be capped and not continue to increase as gas prices increase. Amen to State Senator Suzio for this monumental fight for drivers and taxpayers in one of the highest taxed states in the country. Our state has secretly for many years now taken advantage of drivers and taxpayers through this idiotic gross earnings tax. A tax that is logically passed on to the users of gasoline much to the amazement of our one party rule in Hartford. State Senator Suzio's plan is to cap this cruel tax and help to actually lower gas prices by preventing this over taxation on our gasoline.

And please do not buy the Democratic rhetoric that these taxes go into improving our road and bridge system. Does anyone drive either I-91 or I-95 on a daily basis? I do not see a smooth patch of road for miles on end nor do I see any improvement in our road system. It is not happening as this tax goes into the general fund for the Democratic blank check government that is forced upon taxpayers in this one party ruled state.

Enough is enough please support this proposal by State Senator Suzio and also sign his petition http://ctsenaterepublicans.com/2011/10/test/

Again More Democratic Confusion-Applause to Ms. Bachand

I enjoyed reading in this morning's Record Journal an article on Tanya Bachand http://www.myrecordjournal.com/wallingford/article_94a80b64-5840-11e1-8097-001871e3ce6c.html

I did find confusing the following statement from the Wallingford Democratic Chairman which was found in the article:

But Democratic Town Chairman Vincent Avallone said that, while he doesn't know Bachand personally, he believes tea party ideas and ideologies have lost steam."The more local Republicans are influenced by the Tea Party, the better it is for the Democratic Party," he said. "I think their effectiveness and impact has worn out and people are fed up."Avallone said that he believes independent voters are turned off by the tea party and see it as "obstructionist."

In my economic opinion the more individual voters and taxpayers are influenced by the Tea Party the more they realize how one party rule by the Democratic party in Connecticut has all but ruined our state. People are fed up with being the highest taxed state in the country and the worse state in the country to retire in rather than being fed up with a free Tea Party movement which is attempting to better our state and country. They are not willing to continue the road to economic ruin that the Democrats have led us on. The Tea Party is an organization that welcomes independent thought and independent voters.

No-I think Mr. Avallone is confused because the more students and citizens I talk to, the more they tell me that they are fed up with our one party rule in this state. The obstruction is found by the Democrats in Hartford whether it is by gerrymandering legislative districts to eliminate candidates from running for state office by being pushed out of their current district or by excessive taxation and nepotism which reigns supreme in Hartford.

Keep up the good work Tanya and the Tea Party. Victory is in sight. The Democrats are the problem.

Connecticut's Economic War

Connecticut has an economic war. It has been going on for years. It is a war that pits those who work, run businesses in our state and pay taxes against a one party ruling elite.

It is an economic war that features outrageous economic claims by a elitist Governor as far as a balanced budget. It is an economic war that features the highest tax rates in the country. It is a war that features economic illiteracy versus free economic markets. It is an economic war that features a waste of valuable state resources such as our youth fleeing from living here. It is an economic war that features being one of the worse states to retire in. It is an economic war that features 10% of all state spending now pays for interest on borrowed money. It is an economic war that has billions in unfunded future state liabilities.

Can we win this economic war? Not with one party rule in Hartford. A continuation of one party rule further creates the economic chaos we have in our state. Thus, the economic war continues ad infinitum (to infinity).

Hey Senator for Life-Where's Our Budget?

Senator for Life Dick Blumenthal is now worried about NFL blackouts along with all of the other fluff things he likes to get press about. But Senator for Life what about something as frivolous as a Federal budget? I mean it is only 1000+ days without a budget-how does the Senator for Life explain it or twist it to his advantage? Or more likely does the Senator for Life understand what a budget is? You would think a Senator for Life who made a state career of enforcing the law and laws yet enacted or created would want to follow the law of the United States Senate and pass a budget for the country. Maybe an actual budget would force some spending cuts and or cuts in our massive national deficit and debt which have been rolling up to record numbers since 2009.

But according to our current United States Senate who cares about the economy, the national debt and having a budget? Certainly our Senator for Life is not worried about something as insignificant as this. After all what is the political value in a budget? Especially when you know your party will probably be losing control of the Senate and Presidency very shortly?

Just imagine Connecticut taxpayers and voters how much further ahead we could have been economically with Linda McMahon as our Senator. Instead look at the economic ineptness we as taxpayers must pay for forever in our Senator for Life Blumenthal.

More Economic News-Higher Gasoline Prices

There will be some major issues as far the costs of gasoline in the near future for a variety of reasons. These are the same reasons that we hear about each year, turmoil in the Middle East, change over by refineries from different governmental required blends of unleaded (50+ blends), shipping issues and the list is endless. So what is new?

We as a country had a great opportunity to develop a more stable energy supply through the Keystone Pipeline project. We know that became political theater for the Obama Administration and thus the rejection of it. Thus a great source of economic freedom for our economy becomes more economic illiteracy by our government.

Here in Connecticut elected officials can not wait for the increase in gas prices as it creates a tax boom for the state through the still secret gross receipts earnings tax on gasoline which increases as the price of gasoline increases. More money will flow into Hartford to keep spending as quickly as possible.

In its most simplistic terms higher gas prices will further our recession and cause consumers to spend and save less each week as gas prices continue to grow. It is nothing new as we have had only 39+ years to become energy independent. And it will be 39+ more years before anything is done about it.

Another Day, Another Connecticut Economic Debacle

Well it is another day and another Connecticut economic debacle brought to you by the stale one party Democrat rule in Hartford. The latest now coming along with a never ending budget deficit even with the highest tax increase in our state's history. Now comes a push to increase the minimum wage by US Representative by decree Chris Donovan.

Why raise the minimum wage? Because it is an election year and that is how you buy votes in a one party totalitarian system such as we have here in our state. Who pays for the increase in the minimum wage? The remaining businesses here in the state and you and I consumers who purchase anything here in our state. Thus in a continued economic downturn we are going to add more issues for our remaining businesses as to how to pay for this now after the largest tax increase in our state's history.

What we see is one party rule's economic illiteracy at work. Why raise it now? Their economic arguments astound me-a minimum wage does more to eliminate jobs than to create them. But then again when one has never worked or been productive in our economy then one does not understand how the economy works. Sort of like how the one party rule thinks in Hartford. It is just another day and another economic debacle here in Connecticut.

The Same State Of The Union Speech

It was the same pretty much as 2009,2010,2011, more governmental programs, more governmental spending, more taxes, more regulations, more national debt, more political nepotism, more economically irrational bills, more, more, more of the same.

Mr. Obama kicked off his reelection campaign last night with yet another recycled State of the Union speech in which he said more of the same that he has said for the past three years. More governmental programs, more governmental spending, more taxes, more regulations, more national debt, more political nepotism, more economically irrational bills, more, more, more of the same. I guess I said that already.

I wonder when he will actually start governing and leading before he is voted out of office in November? Our election day can not happen soon enough.

The Rejection of the Keystone Pipeline Astounds Me and Should Astound America

I guess from an economic standpoint the Keystone Pipeline is in the eyes of economic liberalism bad for our country. It is bad in many ways apparently because it would create 20,000+jobs in a very short time span, lower the balance of trade deficits and economic power of enemies overseas by reducing our dependency upon foreign oil and lastly lower the massive costs of gasoline and home heating oil especially here in New England. The economic logic that this Administration has presented as a reasoning to be against this project astounds me and should astound any rational American.
I guess these jobs are not good enough for this Administration. I guess becoming energy independent is not good enough for this Administration. I guess lower energy prices are not good enough for this Administration. This is just another example of the Obama Administrations blatant disregard for its citizens and its economic future. Unemployment benefits have gone on long enough and this Administration is now solely responsible for the economic mess we are in and have been since 2009. They own it in 2012.

Let's Brand Connecticut

And we can save taxpayers $22 million dollars!
Here are some of my ideas for branding which would save our taxpayers some money:
"Welcome To The Highest Taxed State In The Country"
"Welcome To Connecticut-The Most Union Friendly State In The Country"
"Welcome To Connecticut-A State Ruled By One Party"
"Welcome To Connecticut-A State With A Horrific Road System"
"Welcome To Connecticut And Take The Busway To Nowhere"
"Welcome To A State Near Other States Which Offer Better Economic Conditions"
"Welcome To Connecticut A State Where You Can Vote Numerous Times In An Election"
Ah, the list is endless and I just saved taxpayers like myself $22 million dollars!
Come on let us see what else our one party rule can waste money on in 2012.

So Mr. President What Is Your Plan To Lower The National Debt?

So Mr. President what is your plan to lower the National Debt? The National Debt has increased at a greater rate than ever before in our nation's history since you took office. You have helped to make the National Debt equal to the value of our economy in terms of Gross Domestic Product. You have increased the National Debt by a mere 50%, more than $5 trillion dollars since you took office. You have offered stimulus after stimulus with no economic results. You have spent money that does not exist to entrap our economy with a massive debt for years to come burdening our yet unborn grandchildren with this fiscal and economic mess. And apparently you are proud of your reckless endangerment of our economy by your reelection campaign.
Enough is enough, our National Debt is no longer economically sustainable. You and your Administration have created this mess and you and your Administration are responsible for it.
So again I ask, Mr. President what is your plan to lower the National Debt? The economic silence is deafening.

What Constitution? Obviously Not In This Administration

Do we still have a constitution which governs our country? I wonder after Mr. Obama's recess appointments (even though the Senate is still in session) appointing members to the National Labor Relations Board and a director to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without going through the constitutionally required Senate confirmation process.
Why was he allowed to do this in clear violation of the law? Where our Connecticut Senators on this issue? Where are the Republicans in the Senate on this issue?
A severe violation of our Constitution by our spinning out-of-control President needs to be addressed immediately.
The Constitution is what governs the President whether he likes it or not, the law has to be followed and understood, he was sworn under oath by it. What part of the Constitution and his oath does he not understand?
I am shocked and appalled by his actions.
Our election this year can not come too soon as this President is lost and we as a country have just wasted four years.

How Much More Can State Government Grow?

It is interesting to see how much further Connecticut government can grow. In Hartford we have seen a continuous expansion of government in terms of employees, laws, rules, regulations, spending, increased taxes, and losses of economic freedom. What about the largest tax increase in our state's history?
The Super Majority one-party rule of the Democrats in Hartford has basically choked and stifled our economy for many years now. Many of our graduating youth will never settle in their home state due to the high cost of living, high tax rates and lack of job opportunities. I use my daughter as an example, nor do I feel it would be in her best interests economically to come back here, nor will she.
Our state has become and will stay economically stagnant for years to come due to the lack of a two party system in the state. And with 2012 being a state election year we will be flooded with the usual stale Democrat propaganda of showing us how much they have done for our state. It has already started with Representative Tax and Spend Mushinsky here in Wallingford. More of the same in 2012, a ruling one party elite damaging our state economy on a daily basis. Is there an end to this cancerous growth?

What Economic Record?

The 2012 Presidential race is interesting. On the one hand we have the media daily condemning anything the Republican candidates state. They unfortunately are running against both the biased media and an economically incompetent Administration. I am still confused as to how the President is actually running for reelection? On what type of record? He steamrolls a socialized health care plan that no one understands as to how it operates or its costs. He has added over $3 trillion dollars to the national debt. His economic stimulus programs have done nothing to actually create jobs or long term growth. He has helped to pass massive amounts of regulations and laws on all aspects of the economy and our personal lives. He has no transparency in his Administration just political rhetoric. It really has grown stale and continues to distort and hurt our economy.
Thus I am confused as the record that the President is running for reelection on. What he has done is actually good for our country? Or has he brought our country back years in economic regression and recession? In my economic opinion it is the later. He does not deserve a second term nor can he win. The American voter has become tired of this failed Administration and its rhetoric. His one term can not be over soon enough for our country.