Everything That Is Bad Is Good In Connecticut

 

In Connecticut anything that may be considered bad is somehow good. 

In this past horrific Legislative session we have seen a great deal of bad sugarcoated as good.

A session marked little to no public comment by Connecticut Taxpayers on bills brought up, an unread budget “implementer” that raised taxes and with several alcohol impaired legislators voting on bills and laws.  This past horrific Legislative session shows Connecticut Taxpayers how further in decline both economically and socially we have progressed as a state.  A state that continues to lag behind the rest of the United States in income growth, job creation and new business development.  A state that ranks last in many economic categories such some of the highest taxes in the country, illogical business regulations and an infrastructure that is collapsing.

We now have online gambling that is legal and taxed to help pay for the enormous salaries, benefits and pensions that we pay to our state elite ruling class.  Those who least can afford it will now gamble even more and waste even more of their money.  Doesn’t Connecticut have enough gambling already from tribal casinos, off track betting, thousands of scratch off tickets (with many losing tickets that litter our roads and properties), and roughly seven daily numbers games?  Isn’t the state receiving enough revenues from the gambling that is already taxed to help pay for the enormous salaries, benefits and pensions that we pay to our state elite ruling class?

We now have legalized marijuana by decree in a 270 page bill approved by corporate marijuana companies that apparently and somehow creates “new” jobs and “new” businesses for socially disadvantaged groups in the same areas that crime and drug abuse are rampant.  However for the new taxation that the state receives we should see a massive increase in crime and drug abuse.  

Doesn’t Connecticut already have a massive drug problem with deaths and overdoses occurring on a day to day basis?  Why do we want to create new and younger drug addicts through clever marketing ads and schemes?  Isn’t there enough crime in Connecticut already?  I did not see any legislation helping to reduce crime this session just more elimination of past crimes on criminals records and less legal law enforcement taking place.  And I found it very ironic that Ned Lamont wants to ban favored vaping items (like this is going to solve any problems in the state) but legalize marijuana.  And what is the actual involvement in these new legal marijuana companies by the Lamont’s hedge fund?  How much profit will they make? Will that be disclosed?  Of course not.

A tobacco company has decided recently to move into Connecticut and will create 200 jobs.  You heard me right 200 jobs!  Connecticut has lost over 100,000 jobs over the past few years and it will be years once again before the state recovers  This relocation is hailed by Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Democrat Party as yet another economic cure all for our depressed economy.  There was nothing in this past Legislative session that shows any Connecticut Taxpayer that anything is being done for our economy except raising taxes to pay for the enormous salaries, benefits and pensions that we pay to our state elite ruling class.  Why is that?

So this is what Connecticut Taxpayers get for a $23 Billion dollar budget, a budget that is spent mainly on salaries, benefits and pensions of state union and management employees, no bid state contracts to the politically connected along with ever increasing state debt interest payments.  I guess you need to be excited about it.  Because in Connecticut everything that is bad is good.  Everything good and or healthy is bad.  And Connecticut Taxpayers must continue to pay for economic debacle called government.  A sham government that really should be completely de-funded once and for all.  History does repeat itself.  Is this 1776 again?  

The Nightmare “Implementer” Bill Forced On Connecticut Taxpayers

 

The “Implementer”  What a nightmare coming up for Connecticut Taxpayers in this secret 837 page document that was dumped upon the Legislature by the Connecticut Democrat Party with no notice.  Read 837 pages quickly because that is the Connecticut Democrat Party way.  A Party of secrecy.  A Party of deception and control.  

I think everyone in our state should read this “Implementer” bill.  You will be shocked what was in it.  

Here is the actual bill: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01202-R00-SB.PDF

From secret raises for judges, new boards and commissions, to losing funds if your school has an Indian name, to political correctness this bill has it all.

This “Implementer” was well thought out as to which Connecticut Democrat Party operatives were going to be rewarded and what individuals and groups were going to be damaged.  

This “Implementer” shows the worse of our state government, secret back room deals and big victories for lobbyists.

This “Implementer” should be illegal.  Didn’t the Legislature have a complete session to discuss issues publicly?  Do our elected officials deem Connecticut Taxpayers to be too stupid or ignorant to provide a dissenting voice on issues that they do not agree with such as legalization of marijuana, truck taxes, pay raises for judges, climate control taxes via the misguided and economically irrational TCI that would create shortages of needed energy for the state and rampant drinking on the job by our state legislators?

Why must the Connecticut Democrat Party govern in this manner?  It reminds me of what is done in an undeveloped third world country and or banana republic.  Laws and rules are only for legal Connecticut Taxpayers while a governing elite dictates what we can and can’t have.  Those same rules and laws and a state Constitution are not applicable to the Connecticut Democrat Party and their enablers.

This “Implementer” is once again an excellent example of the total disrespect and disregard that Ned Lamont and his friends have for the Connecticut Taxpayer.  How is this bill justifiable?  What is their end game?  Complete and total control of our lives?  I really wonder sometimes.  Free Connecticut from the Connecticut Democrat Party.

Connecticut’s New Democrat Party Truck Toll Tax. Welcome To Higher Prices For Everything.

 

I wonder if Connecticut Taxpayers understand that the Connecticut Democrat Party loves taxes.  If they could every aspect of Connecticut Taxpayer’s lives would be taxed, from miles driven in their personal and business vehicles along with the air they breathe.  From every time they flush their toilets to every morsel of food they eat in order to survive in this economic wasteland of a state.

Our Legislature (whether sober or not) satisfied our Executive Order Governor by passing yet another transportation toll tax this time on our trucking industry.  

Part of the House Bill 6688 summary is quoted below:

“Beginning January 1, 2023, this bill imposes a highway use tax (HUT) on every “carrier” for the privilege of operating, or causing to be operated, certain heavy, multi-unit motor vehicles on any highway (i.e., public road) in the state. The HUT is calculated based on a vehicle’s weight and the number of miles driven in the state. The bill establishes per-mile tax rates that increase based on vehicle gross weight, ranging from (1) 2.5 cents per mile for vehicles weighing 26,000-28,000 pounds (lbs.) to (2) 17.5 cents per mile for vehicles weighing more than 80,000 lbs. Revenue from the tax is directed to the Special Transportation Fund (STF) (see BACKGROUND). Under the bill, carriers must file returns and remit the tax to the Department of Revenue Services (DRS) on a monthly basis. The bill requires carriers to obtain HUT permits from DRS and establishes procedures for suspending or revoking them. It also applies to the HUT various collection, enforcement, and appeals process provisions that apply to other taxes under existing law. The bill authorizes the DRS commissioner to adopt implementing regulations for the HUT and prohibits tax credits from being applied against the HUT. *House Amendment “B” exempts certain motor vehicles transporting milk.”

My question to the Connecticut Democrat Party is who is actually going to pay this toll tax?  What does the “Special Transportation Fund” do for Connecticut Taxpayers?  What makes the fund “Special”?  Does the Connecticut Democrat Party think that the trucking industry will just eat this toll tax and not pass it on to consumers through much higher costs for all the products that are delivered in the state?  Does the Connecticut Democrat Party understand the amount of products that come into the state are by trucks of these sizes?  Do they think our state economy is self-sufficient and does not need to have anything shipped into the state?  Why in the middle of an economic recession would they want to raise prices for all consumers in the state?

We as Connecticut Taxpayer’s will never get any answers to these questions.  The Connecticut Democrat Party loves to tax anything and everything in our state.  This new truck toll tax will down the road be argued for all cars in the state (with plenty of exemptions written for Connecticut Democrat Party members and their donors to their party) since cars will probably be made a scapegoat for “damage” made to state roads.  The same state roads that we see hayfields growing on the side of them since the grass seems only to be cut once a season.  

Maybe the trucking industry will teach the Connecticut Democrat Party a lesson and boycott delivering to the state.  Maybe the Connecticut Democrat Party will tell Connecticut Taxpayers to grow their own food like they do in Venezuela.  So we won’t be dependent on trucks.  

We can really make Connecticut like a Third World Nation/Banana Republic that Ned Lamont, the state run media and the Connecticut Democrat Party so desperately want to have and control for their personal financial gains and power.  Welcome to much higher prices for everything coming very soon. Thanks to our Supreme Rulers in Hartford, the Connecticut Democrat Party.

Drinks For The State Legislature Compliments Of Connecticut Taxpayers

 

In the secret physical meeting rooms of Connecticut’s Legislature what apparently has been going on beyond closed doors for a long time has actually come to light through a video of Democrat Representative Robin Comey of Branford on the floor of the House obviously impaired from alcohol trying to speak.  She later admitted her guilt and issued an apology.  Democrat Speaker of the House Matt Ritter “read the riot act” to his caucus about alcohol use (whatever that means in Connecticut) and another crisis seems to be buried and hushed up once again.

This situation of drinking on the job was also brought to light when the upper parking lot of the State Legislator Building was apparently used for tailgating by some legislators for drinks after a session.

If you are a Connecticut Taxpayer you need to ask a few questions.

1.  Why does the State Legislature continue to meet at all hours of the night when discussing and voting on legislation?

2. What would happen if you were drinking or using drugs at your job?  Is drinking or using drugs at your job allowed?

3. Are you allowed to drink in the parking garage and or parking lot of your place of employment either during and or after working hours?

4. Why has this situation apparently gone on for years and been hushed up?

5. How many pieces of legislation and laws have been passed with votes by alcohol impaired State Legislators?  Hundreds? Thousands?  

6. Why is drinking allowed in this Connecticut Taxpayer funded building?

7.  How does an impaired by alcohol State Legislator actually represent the Connecticut Taxpayers in their district?  

This is a serious problem that has come to light.  By “reading the riot act” really does not give Connecticut Taxpayers any assurances that this type of behavior will stop.  It to me just continues to reinforce the concept that our Connecticut State Legislature and in particular the Connecticut Democrat Party is completely irresponsible in its actions and has no regard to the rule of law nor respects in any way shape or form the Connecticut Taxpayers who through their payment of the taxes paid to the state of Connecticut support this Banana Republic based form of government. Starting from Ned Lamont and his family’s hedge fund profits from the Covid-19 crisis to the corruption of Bridgeport, to now alcohol impaired State Legislators, Connecticut Taxpayers again have no rights, no voice in state government nor any reason to keep supporting this legislative body or state government through paying their taxes.

We know our questions will never be answered.  We know when we comment in a public hearing about upcoming legislation it is ignored.  And we now have yet another debacle that will be hushed up and magically go away.

Connecticut’s government is an incoherent, non-functional garbage pail of failed ideas, failed laws and failed leadership.  To me there is no reason to keep funding it.  It is time to start over with a new government as we really have “Taxation Without Representation”.

Memorial Day 2021

 

Monday May 31 is Memorial Day.  It is a day to reflect, pray and remember all those brave men and women who gave their lives for our country’s freedom while serving in our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard.  They gave their lives as the ultimate sacrifice for our country.  It is a time to reflect on their actions and on the direction of our country in 2021.  To me being in the Armed Forces is a thankless job when our elected officials are ignorant of world matters.  America has always been asked to help in times of crisis or natural disaster.  It should be understood that even today in politically correct America is expected to lead in times of need or crisis.  Sadly many of our elected officials especially in the Democrat Party ignore that concept and belief in 2021.  Their rewriting of our history is a horrific moment for our country.  Their hatred of America is despicable and should be ignored by those Americans and members of our Armed Forces who truly believe in our country’s values and freedoms.  We choose not to live under the rule of a dictator or tyrant.  We do not wish to become a new Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea or China.  We choose not to listen to the lies of socialism as portrayed as truth by many elected officials and a biased news media. 

Please remember that freedom is not and has never been free to achieve.  Millions upon millions of people have died in a quest to be free and to remain living free in our world since the beginning of time.  Our freedom should not be taken away from us by power hungry and elitist politicians especially in the Democrat Party who wish to rule their empires in a have and have not society as they are hoping to create in 2021.

Please remember those who have died for our freedom today and every day.  Let us thank all those brave men and women who are serving today in our Armed Forces throughout our country and world.  And let us start telling our elected officials especially in the Democrat Party on a daily basis you will not take our freedom away from us no matter how hard you try.  We will not yield to you today or any day.  A free America today, a free America tomorrow and a free America forever.  God Bless the USA.

The $1000 Connecticut Taxpayer Theft

 

Connecticut’s state government and the Connecticut Democrat Party usually on a daily basis defies economic logic, personal safety and common sense.  From constant daily car thefts now with children in the cars, daily murders and shootings in Connecticut Democrat run cities, the taking away of local control of planning and zoning regulations and laws, “racism” now being a public health crisis while drug overdoses and suicides are not even mention in any “public” health crisis for the state, to now a $1000 “incentive”, “bonus”, “bribe”, free cash to entice unemployed individuals to go back to work and get off the seemingly endless unemployment compensation they have been receiving since last year.  

This $1000 program that has been brought forward by our multimillionaire/billionaire Governor both is a fraudulent use of Connecticut Taxpayers monies (hidden under the guise of Covid-19 funding) and a complete insult to those individuals like you and me who have worked straight through our government manufactured Covid-19 debacle since last March.  It is an insult to Connecticut Taxpayers while we also see how broke the state’s Unemployment fund is and the amount of borrowing they have had to resort to since last year since Lamont and his handlers shut down the state through their never ending Executive Orders and decrees.

Why would any business in the country or world would want to relocate to Connecticut given that apparently many people who are currently on unemployment in the state have no reason or desire to go back to work since they are making much more collecting than working?  Why would any business become entrapped into yet another feel good poorly run government run jobs program that has to pay people to go back to work?  I will assume many when they get their $1000 will turn around and quit and go back on unemployment. 

Connecticut continues to have $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities.  Connecticut continues to pay out unsustainable wages, benefits and pensions to its state employees.  And now the state wants to give $1000 to try to get people back to work since many people were brainwashed through this entire pandemic that they must stay home, must wear masks, must social distance, must not open their businesses, etc or they will die.  Magically all that has gone away and this $1000 gift will also magically eliminate the state’s unemployment crisis and somehow get most businesses all the trained and skilled workers they will need to operate at either full capacity, full production, full staff and or full inventory capacity.  Isn’t it amazing the manipulation of the state’s economy through a socialist command economy decree?  Isn’t it amazing also that Ned Lamont’s Executive Orders need to continue through July now?  Isn’t it amazing also that the State Legislature and its Capitol Building still can’t open yet?  Isn’t it amazing also that state employees still do not have to physically go back to their offices until July?

Connecticut’s state government and the Connecticut Democrat Party usually on a daily basis defies economic logic, personal safety and common sense.  This $1000 Connecticut Taxpayer theft is just another of the many examples of our state government’s disregard and lack of respect for its Taxpayers.  

Connecticut contrary to the daily state run media propaganda it feeds us about how great a state we work and live in, is an incoherent economic mess of theft and fraud along with true incompetence as a mainstay of its existence.  An existence of a poor socialist based government that Connecticut Taxpayers must support through their hard earned tax dollars.  Now add another $1000 down the drain.  

Free Connecticut.

Another Bad Week For Connecticut Taxpayers

 

It was another bad week for Connecticut Taxpayers thanks to the Connecticut Democrat Party.  I personally do not know how much more bad news they can take.

We see this past week that Ned Lamont’s Executive Orders will continue until July 20th.  I thought we had flattened the curve?  What is the never ending medical emergency we are dealing with?  That the Connecticut Democrat Party Senators and Representatives really do not want to be bothered representing their constituents?  That even though many Connecticut residents received the vaccine for Covid-19 that either it won’t work or that you can still get Covid-19 with it-so we still need his endless Executive Orders?  Or that the cash train from our bankrupt Federal Government will stop if there is not a continuing supposed medical crisis in the state?  No answers on this one other than the total disregard and ineptness that the Connecticut Democrat Party Senators and Representatives are showing us.

We see this past week that the Connecticut Democrat Party Senators and Representatives want to increase taxes in the state by a mere $1 billion dollars more and force down our throats the Transportation and Climate Initiative.  This initiative will increase gas taxes dramatically in the state while forcing a gas shortage since there will not be enough carbon credits available for sale in the state to meet the demand for gas.  Thus Connecticut’s cost of living will rise dramatically and all businesses cost will increase also.  

We see this past week that the Connecticut Democrat Party Senators and Representatives passed a law to strengthen the grip of public unions on state and local governments.  Senate Bill 908 would bar public employers from either discouraging or deterring new or existing employees from joining or remaining in a union while also requiring employers to allow access to new employees by having to notify unions of new hires, provide home contact information, the actual use of government email and addition time to meet.  How this can be legal is beyond me.  Therefore Connecticut’s public unions work hand in hand with the Connecticut Democrat Party to further their grip on the state through bills like this.  Connecticut is definitely not a “Right to work” state in any form.  And the cost of government continues to rise because of bills like this.

We see this past week that the Connecticut Democrat Party Senators and Representatives want the status quo and a socialistic/progressive/liberal agenda for the state.  You must obey as a Connecticut Taxpayer the Connecticut Democrat Party and its iron grip on your personal and economic freedoms until they say otherwise.

Connecticut used to be known as “The Constitution State”.  That is the further thing from the truth in 2021.  Connecticut should be known as “The Socialist State”, a state lost in the vast economic wasteland that the Connecticut Democrat Party has nurtured and grown for over thirty years now.  A state that provides week in and week out the framework and economic reality for yet another bad week for Connecticut Taxpayers.  Over and over again.  For thirty years.  Maybe Connecticut Taxpayers should no longer financially support this economic debacle known as state government in its current condition.  Just a thought.

What Has The Connecticut Democrat Party Done For Connecticut Lately?

 

I am wondering what the Connecticut Democrat Party has done for the state lately.

I know they have raised taxes and created new and advanced taxes in the state.

I know that they have increased state spending again.

I know that they have limited carbons of supposed pollution by creating shortages of fossil fuels.

I know that they have made abortion on demand and not protect the rights of unborn children.

I know that they have allowed biological men to participate in girls’ sports in schools.

I know that they want to take over all zoning laws and rules and eliminate local control of property in towns.

I know that they have taken away more personal freedoms for citizens in the state especially during our never ending Covid-19 crisis.

I know that they have de-funded many Police activities in the state and made us less safe and more susceptible to crime, theft and murders.

I know that they have created massive amounts of regulations and laws on the remaining businesses in the state and have made Connecticut dead last in regulatory barriers.

I know that they are creating less free elections which will be more susceptible to fraud due to early voting laws and last minute voter registration to keep their veto proof majority.

I know that they dislike and ignore the state constitution.

I know that state laws apparently do not apply to them especially Ned Lamont and his family’s hedge fund.

I know that they do not work in the state legislature with the minority party.

I know that they have made Connecticut an economic wasteland bordering on bankruptcy.

What do I know anyways as I am a law abiding Connecticut Taxpayer who should realize and understand that I really do not have rights in this politically inept and corrupted state.  A state that just taxes and spends without reason or rhyme and enjoys enslaving its population to its debt and nurturing its ruling elite political dynasty.  A dynasty of failure for thirty plus years now.

I am wondering what the Connecticut Democrat Party has done for the state lately.  I wonder why they hate the state so much and its' taxpayers?  Do you wonder too?  

Why It Doesn’t Surprise Me-It Is Connecticut Of Course

 

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course.

Connecticut has many social and economic issues that are constantly made worse by poor policy decisions that are forced onto Connecticut Taxpayers by the Connecticut Democrat Party.

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course when new and higher taxes are proposed and signed into law by the Connecticut Democrat Party.  Each year Connecticut Taxpayers hear the same rhetoric of there is a deficit, there can be no cuts in spending, more spending will solve the social ills of the corrupted cities of the state, eliminating guns will solve all the shootings and murders that are taking place in these same corrupted cities, etc.  

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course when these same new and higher taxes do little to either help social and economic problems in the state.  These same new and higher taxes seem to help push up the growing state debt of $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with its never ending unfunded liabilities.  

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course that a state this small has that much debt since it has been run into the ground by the Connecticut Democrat Party for thirty plus years now.  

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course either to see that Connecticut ranks as one the top three highest taxed states in the country while also enjoying last or near last rankings in business friendliness and business development.  Sure we will see and have seen in the past all of the grand press conferences showing how the state gave Connecticut Taxpayers monies in the form of legal bribes and unpaid loans and grants to induce businesses to come and or stay in the state when they threaten to move to a lower taxed and lower regulated state.  But a great deal of those same bribed businesses still end up leaving and or go out of business.  Thus what is the point of it?

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course when Connecticut Taxpayers have no say or rights in the state when deciding how their tax monies are spent.  It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course because we know the bulk of the state budget goes to a small minority of the population (state government workers, consulting groups and the Connecticut Democrat Party politically connected) through wages, benefits, pensions, no bid contracts and grants along with unpaid loans.  

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course when gasoline and diesel prices are going to soar through the roof with the Connecticut Democrat Party’s “An Act Reducing Transportation-Related Carbon Emissions,” Governor’s Bill 884 that will massively increase the taxes on these two fuels while helping to create shortages of these same fuels due to the limitation of carbon allowances being able to be sold in the state.  There will not be enough allowances to meet current demand for these fuels.  Connecticut Taxpayers should get ready to walk to work since there will be much less fuel to be bought due to this economically incoherent bill being shoved down our throats.

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course when there is never a discussion on cutting state spending.

It doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course when Connecticut Taxpayers are treated as slaves by our state government

And it doesn’t surprise me because it is Connecticut of course when we now see the never ending results of 31 years of omnipotent one-party Connecticut Democrat Party rule.  A state that has been mismanaged into economic oblivion with massive debt, high taxes and skyrocketing crime and theft.  Along with a Governor who whose Hedge Fund has been able to profit nicely from the hysteria of Covid-19 that has been drummed into our heads on a daily executive order basis through a compliant state run media.

What a true mess Connecticut is in now.  It doesn’t surprise me.  Too bad.  Free Connecticut.

Wow This Is The Best Mediocre Connecticut Has To Offer?

 

This is the best mediocre Connecticut has to offer.  Mediocre is defined as “of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance: ordinary, so-so.”  In looking at Connecticut’s government and its lack of solutions it presents to its never ending array of both social and economic problems we can describe our government as mediocre at best, more likely as poorly run, inefficient and horrific most of the time.  Connecticut Taxpayers must support this on a daily basis.

This is the best mediocre Connecticut has to offer when we see the same failed policies being offered yet again in 2021.  The same mediocre tax and spend programs and policies that have not helped Connecticut for 31 years now since the enactment of the Utopian State Income Tax.  On the agenda this spring in its usual unread dumped onto the General Assembly at the last second fashion are laws to strip local control from local planning and zoning commissions, yet more “job retraining” programs, more tax incentives to politically connected businesses, new and higher taxes on “wealthy” taxpayers, consumption taxes on “wealthy” taxpayers, higher truck taxes that in turn create higher costs for anything trucked into the state, and elimination of legitimate elections and voting with ballot harvesting with House Joint Resolution No. 58.  

This is the best mediocre Connecticut has to offer when we see $150 billion dollar in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities and no solution whatsoever is forthcoming out of our mediocre state government.

This is the best mediocre Connecticut has to offer when we see Connecticut having one of the highest tax rates in the country overall.  Thus the act of raising taxes yet again does nothing to address the tax issues that are prevalent in the state and are causing both citizens and businesses to move out on a daily basis.  I guess our mediocre state government feels that higher taxes will resolve all of the state’s problems as it has done for 31 years now.

This is the best mediocre Connecticut has to offer when we see the Lamont’s family hedge fund profiting from the Covid-19 crisis and there is silence from the state run media on it.  And it is supposed to be legal using Connecticut Taxpayers monies for personal financial gain.  Metrics, rules, guidelines all change by the hour in Lamont's quest to destroy the state economically in the guise of saving ourselves from Covid-19.  Brave private citizens such as Tony DeAngelo and several others daily question what this Administration is doing in this state with real facts and figures.  The silence from our mediocre government is sickening.

This is the best mediocre Connecticut has to offer when we see rampant crime taking place with a massive amount of car thefts and crime taking place on a daily basis.  The Police Accountability bill made all Connecticut Taxpayers less safe and much more subjected to criminals and crime.  It makes all drivers have to pay much higher car and truck insurance costs to offset the massive amount of losses from this.  I wonder how quickly this law would be amended if and when a prominent member of the Connecticut Democrat Party vehicle gets stolen from their property.  Crime does pay well here in Connecticut if you are a thief.  

Thus I am to assume that this is the best mediocre Connecticut has to offer.  If this was private industry those responsible for these failed decisions of the past 31 would be rewarded by being fired from their jobs.  Here in Connecticut they are rewarded with even higher paying jobs state jobs and positions along with higher pensions incomprehensible in private industry.

Wow this is the best mediocre Connecticut has to offer.  And has offered since 1990.  And probably will still be offering in 2090.  Free Connecticut from this morass of incompetency and failure that is our mediocre state government.

2 + 2 = 5 In Connecticut?

 

Does 2 + 2 = 5 in Connecticut?  I assume it does after all of the issues this state has.  I have written about many of these problem areas over the years however I am starting to believe that both little will be done about them and that Connecticut Taxpayers have no say whatsoever in how their tax monies are spent and wasted on a daily basis.  

2 + 2 = 5 when looking at the past year and now never ending Executive Order Governor Lamont’s draconian measures all in the name of profits for his off shore hedge fund, no bid contracts and a socialistic iron fisted rule that has eliminated personal and economic freedoms in the state.  We are shamed on a daily basis to wear our masks and get our vaccines in a way that reminds me of sheep being led to a slaughter.  When one questions these “mandates” and “executive orders” many “experts” are quick to pounce on it by stating you are wrong and will die if you do not follow these “new rules”.  There is also no mention whatsoever to the large increases in drug use, drug overdoses and suicides in the state.  Amazing isn’t it?  

2 + 2 = 5 when examining $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities that Connecticut has.  Massive state employee benefits, salaries and pensions well above national averages help to contribute to this issue.  But we all know here in our state that Connecticut Taxpayers pay their taxes to help support this excessive and exorbitant spending in these areas.  There can be no reform and or cuts to this area due to economically unsustainable contracts that were given to these state employees while at the same time state management employees are joining unions for their own big payday of yet even higher salaries.  How is this possible when Connecticut has the second highest taxes in the country, third highest property taxes in the country and ranks near last or last in most economic and business friendly categories?  Thus we have a poorly run bloated state government that is heavily reliant upon “consulting groups”.  And those same “consulting groups” make recommendations that can’t be used in the state to make it more efficient and to save money since it is not allowed due to state government workers bargaining agreements.  Amazing isn’t it?  

2 + 2 = 5 when trying to comprehend a bill that was passed last year which makes our homes and streets much less safe and much more susceptible to crime and theft.  We are currently experiencing a rash of car thefts, young thieves are stealing cars at an incredible rate.  Gangs go around and steal whatever cars they are able to.   The Police Accountability bill that was passed by our one Democrat Party rule in Hartford ties the hands of law enforcement officials when dealing with these thefts.  Why was this bill/law passed that only hurts law abiding Connecticut Taxpayers and enriches thieves and their crime and makes police officers jobs more difficult?  Amazing isn’t it?  

2 + 2 = 5 when ethics in government is a corrupted government.   2 + 2 = 5 when debt is surplus.  2 + 2 = 5 when the second highest taxes in the country represent economic prosperity and economic freedom.  2 + 2 = 5 when crime and theft are acceptable and given as law.  2 + 2 = 5 when thieves are now model citizens.  2 + 2 = 5 when elections are now six month events.  2 + 2 = 5 is now Connecticut.  Amazing isn’t it?

A Resurrection For Connecticut?

 

Since it is Easter weekend and Sunday is Easter Sunday I felt that we should look at resurrection as it applies to Connecticut.  We all have seen that Connecticut’s news since last March is confined to daily updates on Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths (since apparently anyone who had Covid-19 when they died even though it may not actually have been the cause of death was counted as a Covid-19 death). Other stories include the incredible job Ned Lamont and his de-facto one party rule government along with his highly paid consultants have done during this crisis.  It is apparent to me that Ned Lamont and his de-facto one party rule government along with his highly paid consultants are all now medical experts.  It is apparent to me also that these same companies owned by the Lamont’s Hedge Fund that receive no bid state contracts are the only companies that help Connecticut during this crisis and apparently the only companies in the world that exist as far as the medical fields they seem to be “experts” in and are the only ones who are allowed to do business in the state.  Today’s news includes the same updates on Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths but with a new twist now as to how many people are getting vaccines, are getting sick from vaccines and or are unable to get vaccines.  It is also talks about the baby steps we need to take to reopen Connecticut and how Ned Lamont’s rule by Executive Order decree will be the only way you will survive in 2021.  Also in the news is brief mention of the $24 Million dollars of Connecticut Taxpayers that was streamlined to a Connecticut Democrat Party connected group, Grossman Solutions in an another no bid contract to hire 71 individuals to conduct a “campaign” to get people vaccinated in ten cities Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Hartford, Waterbury, Norwalk, Danbury, New Britain, Bristol and Meriden by going door-to-door to tell them.  I wonder if anyone but myself sees the irony in this monumental waste of Connecticut Taxpayers Monies that was again sent to a Connecticut Democrat Party politically connected group.  Why is this legal?  Are they going to go door-to-door at night where drug use, drug sales, theft of cars and crime is rampant in some of these cities?  Are they themselves giving out the vaccines to these people at their homes?  Just curious about this since most of these cities they are going to are filled with unchecked crime that is really no longer reported by our state run media.

So what does all have to do with a resurrection for Connecticut?  Not much since I can’t see how a resurrection can take place in Connecticut with a compliant non-questioning nor objective media being tooled by Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Democrat Party as to everything that gets reported in the state.  I can’t see how a resurrection can take place in Connecticut with a stagnant and stale Republican Party that squashes conservative views and talk within the party, a RINO Party at best except for a few brave State Senators and Representatives.  I can’t see how a resurrection can take place in Connecticut with opposition voices constantly being ridiculed and vilified by the constant whining of the liberal leftists who apparently are always right (and conservatives voices naturally always wrong). I can’t see how a resurrection can take place in Connecticut with $150 billion dollars in long and short term debt along with unfunded liabilities never being addressed along with a state legislature that is unable to meet in person.  I can’t see how a resurrection can take place in Connecticut with many Connecticut citizens being fearful of even leaving their homes because of the constant never ending horrific news being force fed upon them daily about Covid-19.

As so it goes day in and day out; lies, fraud and deception.  Happy Easter to my Christian friends.  Please don’t count on a resurrection for Connecticut any time soon.  Ned Lamont and his de-facto one party rule government along with his highly paid consultants will make sure they are taken care of first.  Their personal and financial gain is much more important than the common citizens of the state-we are peasants to the ruling elite-we work for our government and we must serve them without any questions. 

Free Connecticut.

Governor Ned Lamont’s Executive Order Reign Never Ends-No Questions Answered

What’s a month?  And another month? And another month?  What’s flattening the curve? Or we just need to flatten the curve some more?  What profits have been made by the Lamont’s Hedge Fund since he has issued his first of many Executive Orders?  Why do Federal funds supposedly stop when our State Legislature actually meets again in person and are allowed to govern as stated in the Connecticut State Constitution?  

Executive Order Governor Ned Lamont’s ruling and infinite power is supposed to end on April 20th.  For over one year now Lamont has done everything and anything he wanted through his Executive Order power trip to supposedly cure Connecticut of the Covid-19 virus.  Connecticut through the Connecticut Democrat Party’s eyes and voices supposedly led the country in all aspects of combating this virus.  Through the closing of the economy placing it in a recession, the destruction of many small businesses and a virtual lock down in the name of Executive Order Lamont decrees he theoretically saved Connecticut from itself.  Now when apparently “the curve has flattened” on all things Covid-19, Ned along with Connecticut’s political elite wish to extend his power of Executive Order for yet another month apparently to continue the Federal funding that goes along with it.  Then what happens May 20th?  Yet another extension?  And another?  On and on and on? Forever?

During this time frame what has been lost is that the Constitution of Connecticut does not permit its Legislature to grant this Executive Order power without any type of limits as to what, how and how long the Governor can perform these powers.  Thus in my opinion and many others the constitutional law of the state has been violated. 

On March 9, 2020 a 36-page decision, by Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukaws stated: “This court believes the governor likely cannot continue to carry out his emergency orders without some form of ratification and control from the General Assembly."  Given this legal ruling, Republican State legislators proposed an amendment #6072 to House Bill 6672:“AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND CIVIL PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCIES DECLARED AND RENEWED BY THE GOVERNOR.”   Their amendment sought to make the legislature active again as what is guaranteed by the Connecticut Constitution a co-equal branch of government.  Naturally this amendment was voted down by the Democrat majority in Hartford and we are back to business as usual yet another month of Ned Lamont’s Executive Orders now until May 20th.  

What is also interesting during this time frame is that the not one person other than the investigative work of Tony De Angelo (De Angelo is the managing director of the Paragon Trust Company) on his weekly Tuesday report on the Lee Elci 94.9 FM radio show (949newsnow.com) questioned what was going on with Lamont and his hedge fund and their behind the scenes dealings with Oak HC/FT, Sema 4, Truepill, 1Life or Lemonaid Health to name a few companies doing business with the state during this Executive Order time frame.  Lee Elci has now written two columns in The Day newspaper (theday.com) discussing what Tony De Angelo has brought to light about Ned Lamont’s no-bid contracts, huge profits and multiple Cayman Islands accounts during the past 12 months.   Maybe Lamont and the defunct Legislature should read these pieces.  And still Connecticut Taxpayers get no answers from their Governor or shut down Legislature and our state run media refuses to investigate this.  And as a reminder Connecticut still has $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities that seems never to be mentioned by anyone in power in Connecticut.  

Thus Connecticut’s legal State Constitution is meaningless to the Connecticut Democrat Party.  Executive Orders rule supreme.  There are no laws apparently that the Connecticut Democrat Party needs to follow.  And it is business as usual for Ned Lamont and his hedge fund companies feeding profits off of the Connecticut Taxpayers trough in the name of all things Covid-19.  Sickening isn’t it?

Free Connecticut from this theft or personal and economic freedoms.

Connecticut Needs More Revenue. Welcome To The Covid-19 Cash Flow

 

Can Connecticut ever spend enough Connecticut Taxpayer’s monies?  Can Connecticut ever tax enough goods/services/licenses/fees to support its state government spending habit?  Can Connecticut ever get enough revenue from any source to spend in any way they wish to promote their failed socialist agenda that seems to be the norm coming out of Hartford in 2021?

I am shocked as a taxpayer to see how much money is being poured into the state from the $4.2 billion that Connecticut will be receiving under the latest federal stimulus plan.  Apparently $2.7 billion in funds will be sent to the state with no strings attached as to how to spend it.  And I am confident there is currently a great deal of political posturing going on at this time to make sure most of this money will go to politically connected groups/programs and individuals with little mention of either health or economic value to the state to get itself out of its current and persisting economic recession/depression that it is in.  After all Ned Lamont’s Executive Order Governorship still continues until April 20th.  Although he is promising to work with the State Legislature on how to spend the money, I am highly skeptical that will occur.  The money will be earmarked for unnecessary and economically incoherent programs that will do little for our state economy.

How about using that $2.7 billion dollars to cut $2.7 billion dollars in state taxes.  The $2.7 billion dollars would then be reinvested through spending and investments by its citizens and businesses in the state to actually provide private sector economic stimulation thus growing the economy, increasing salaries and wages, along with increased business expansion and increased consumer spending.  The spending and expansion would also increase tax revenues for the state in both the short and long run.

I wonder if this suggestion would be forthcoming by anyone in our elected state government.  Or are we in store for an incredible and incomprehensible array of wasted spending that will do little for the state’s economy?    Maybe our illustrious Governor and the State Legislature should realize that the state is getting Connecticut Taxpayer’s monies from the Federal Government that is essence not “free” in any way, shape or form.  They should use this money with great care and to have the greatest economic impact for the state.

Will this happen?  I highly doubt it.  

Connecticut’s State Government to me is just a power grab, using Connecticut Taxpayer’s hard earned tax dollars for personal profits, personal economic gains, and an incoherent and inefficient state union and management employment scheme and to further a failed form of an irrational state government that only the politically connected can use and benefit from.  Welcome to this new cash cow that will be misspent very quickly.  Free Connecticut from this economic misery.

Connecticut’s Dysfunctional and Closed Government

 

I wonder what would happen if a state management or union employee or an elected State Legislator needed an ambulance.  And the ambulance company stated it was too risky for them to pick them up so instead they could schedule a zoom call to see what is going on and what their problem is?  Sounds ridiculous?  Given this hypothetical example of an emergency ambulance call then why can’t our State Legislature meet in person?  And why can’t our state court system meet in person along with state buildings fully reopened for business with state employees actually working there?  Why haven’t all public schools fully reopened with students being able to attend classes in person?  Haven’t we flattened the curve from one year ago?  Hasn’t all the money been given to politically connected companies in the state via no bid contracts flattened the curve from one year ago?  Hasn’t the Lamont’s Hedge Fund solved most of the Covid-19 problems with their free Connecticut Taxpayers monies they received since we flattened the curve from one year ago? 

I am also confused as to why many people have worked daily since we flattened the curve from one year ago.  Grocery store workers, truck drivers, medical personnel, construction workers and many others have worked continually since we flattened the curve from one year ago.   They had normal days off and most never got sick either since last March.  Does that mean anything to our elite State Governmental Officials and State Medical Officials?  I guess not since it is way too risky for Connecticut’s state workers, union, management and elected officials to fully go back to work in person.  But it is not risky at all for the cashier at the local grocery store to work eight hours a day since last March so that these same Connecticut’s state workers, union, management and elected officials can purchase their groceries with ease and convenience.  

What makes this group of Connecticut’s state workers, union, management and elected officials so special?  Is it that their jobs are dangerous?  More dangerous than the cashier at the grocery store?  Is it because they are doing such a great job that all or most of Connecticut’s social, health and economic problems have gone away since we flattened the curve from one year ago?  Or has Connecticut’s social, health and economic problems become much worse since we flattened the curve from one year ago? Do we now have a social, health and economic quagmire to deal with this March that is beyond comprehension of these same Connecticut’s state workers, union, management and elected officials that are unable to work/meet in buildings?  

Connecticut has flattened the curve and in my opinion and many others has a dysfunctional and closed government.  And Connecticut Taxpayers once again are trapped in this never ending maze of ineptness and waste known as our state government that just can't open.  Free Connecticut from this mess.

The Bad State Legislation Just Keeps Coming-SB171/SB1024

 

The Connecticut State Legislature in my opinion wishes to eliminate personal freedom and at the same time tax its taxpayers on anything and everything.  Two new bills (one I briefly mentioned in a prior column) are up for hearings this week that will tax you more and eliminate local zoning rules and regulations and place them in the hands of state bureaucrats.

Senate Bill #171 is a statewide property tax.  Connecticut Taxpayers already pay one of the highest property taxes in the country.  However it is not high enough for the Connecticut Democrat Party.  This one mill tax will go directly to the state and be spent where?  Here is the bill, it is only one page and it does not state where this tax monies go:

“That the general statutes be amended to establish a one mill state wide tax on commercial and residential real property, provided the first three hundred thousand dollars of the assessed value of a residential property shall be exempt from such tax.”

 “Statement of Purpose: To establish a state-wide tax on commercial and residential real property.”

Does this new tax money go to more no bid state consulting contracts?  Does this new tax money go to more salaries, benefits and pensions for state union and management workers?  Does this new tax money go to more political patronage jobs in Hartford?  There is no mention in this bill to state where this new tax money is going to.  Why is that?  It is just another example of the Connecticut Democrat Party’s total disrespect for the Connecticut Taxpayer.

An even worse bill being introduced is Senate Bill #1024.  A summary of the bill can be on the Greenwich Free Press website (greenwichfreepress.com). As stated from their website: “Founded by Sara Bronin, an architect, professor, and former P&Z commissioner in Hartford who is married to Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, DeSegregate CT submits that Connecticut’s land use laws need to be updated to be more equitable. However, the goal of SB 1024 is not to directly increase affordable housing.”  They also stated: “A key part of DeSegregate CT’s proposal calls for “Main Street Zoning,” which would call for towns to fast track two- to four-family housing, making them “as of right.” There would be no minimum parking requirements, within a 1/4 mile of a “main street” in towns with over 7,500 people or with “concentrated development” as defined by the Census. The proposed legislation would require towns designate 50% of an area within 1/4 mile of a main street for 2-4 unit housing, and require 10% of any development with more than 10 units be designated affordable.”

Who in their right mind will build these units and at what cost?  How does one define equitable?  By stripping local land use laws and regulations and turning that power over to state bureaucrats? This 27 page bill in essence strips that power over town and city land from local governing boards such as the Planning and Zoning Commissions and Inland Wetland Commissions and in essence turns it over to Sara Bronin and her DeSegregate CT group.  Why this bill was even introduced in the state?  Political payback?  Why is it wrong for local towns and cities to govern their own land?  Because Sara Bronin said so?  What piece of garbage this bill is.  More loss of local power and more power given to failed liberal/socialistic policies being pushed through by the Connecticut Democrat Party.

Connecticut continues to have inept elected officials who clearly are lost as to what the pressing issues are in the state.  Connecticut still has $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities that have not been mentioned by anyone in state government.  But they insist on more taxes and more losses of personal freedoms to achieve what?  Or is that achievement in reality Connecticut becoming a socialist paradise for those who can game the system for their personal economic gain and power?  Free Connecticut from this horrible excuse called state government.  Connecticut Taxpayers are sick of it.

Yet Even More Bad Connecticut Legislation Senate Bills 882 And 884

 Connecticut's Democrat One Party Rule State Government and Governor Ned Lamont defy economic logic on a daily basis.   If one looks at the costs and benefits of Ned Lamont's Senate Bills 882 and 884 one wonders why an individual would want to continue to live in Connecticut after these two monstrosities of legislation get rammed down Connecticut Taxpayers throats.  Senate Bill 882-"An Act Concerning Climate Change Mitigation and Home Energy Affordability" does little to make any energy affordable in Connecticut in my opinion.  The bill mandates a reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases to zero by the year 2040 from electricity supplied to electric customers in the state.  It also mandates landlords provide energy efficient appliances in their rentals, all energy costs from the past twelve months and several other energy related costs/information.  As stated in the bill: "If any landlord fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the tenant may deduct an amount equivalent to one month's rent from any sum of rent or payment for use and occupancy due and owing, or to become due and owing, to the landlord."  Thus many landlords after being hammered by not being their paid rent during the state's moratorium on tenants not paying rent during the pandemic will now be crushed with this cost if they do not comply.  They will also have to upgrade all their appliances if they have not done so.  I wonder who will pay for all this?  Will rents now become even higher due to already higher property taxes, maintenance costs and now the higher costs of appliances which are currently in short supply due to the pandemic?  Was any thought actually put into this bill as to where all of this money is going to come from to implement all of these draconian changes?  Does this mean electric rates will go up lets say 300 to 400% over the next few years to enact all of these mandates?  All of this being done while the state's economy is in a massive and never ending recession.  

Another bad bill also will slammed on the state with much higher gasoline taxes and truck tolls.  Senate Bill 884:"An Act Reducing Transportation-Related Carbon Emissions" raises gasoline taxes,  forces Connecticut to join a regional Transportation and Climate Initiative Program and implements truck tolls.  This bill basically will somehow reduce carbon emissions by increasing taxes thus making driving even more expensive than it is already in Connecticut.  The costs of all products trucked into Connecticut will now increase due to the mandated truck tolls (which can then easily be shifted to cars in the near future).  The costs of this bill will be felt for many years into the future as Connecticut's infrastructure continues to disintegrate as our road, bridge and highway system continue to be in a state of disrepair since the bulk of monies used for transportation in the state go to state employee salaries, benefits and pensions rather than any functional road maintenance and repair system.  Again all of this being done while the state's economy is in a massive and never ending recession.  

Connecticut's Democrat One Party Rule State Government and Governor Ned Lamont defy economic logic on a daily basis and I really believe Connecticut Taxpayers are tired of it.  We see two more economically damaging bills being pushed through our inept State Legislature with little coverage about them in our state run media.  Lamont and his political hacks in Hartford have done enough economic damage already during this pandemic.  Connecticut Taxpayers do not need these pieces of garbage laws to deal with also.  Free Connecticut from this economic madness and tyranny.

 

Drive And Earn Dollars For Your State Pension! Work Overtime And Earn Dollars For Your State Pension!

 Connecticut has $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities.  It is a figure that I constantly use as I feel that the state is a walking economic time bomb ready for the implosion of debt that can no longer be paid back.  For example what happens when Connecticut can no longer borrow any more money and or must borrow money at an excessive rate of interest?  Does it go bankrupt?  Or does it raise taxes even more than they are now?  If this is the case then why does Connecticut allow for its state legislators and state employees to include mileage reimbursements and payments for overtime in their state pension calculations?

A brave state legislator-Republican Representative Christie M. Carpino, 32th District has proposed yet another bill to eliminate mileage reimbursements and payments for overtime from being included in pension calculations for state employees via H.B. #5149.  It is co-sponsored by Republican Representative Craig Fishbein, 90th District.  Will anything happen this session?  Will our Omnipotent One Party Rule State Legislature decide to throw a bone at Connecticut Taxpayers and vote this bill into law thus eliminating this costly and economically illogical "perk" to pad their pensions that is helping to contribute to Connecticut's massive debt?  Since when should mileage driven be counted in a pension?  Do you know of any private pension that counts miles driven as a calculation to a final payout?  Do you also know of any private pension that counts overtime worked as a calculation to a final payout?  I don't.  But here in Connecticut with the unrelenting Democrat Party controlling all aspects of state government Connecticut Taxpayers must pay out for mileage reimbursements and payments for overtime to help increase these bloated state employees pensions.  Why is this still going on with Connecticut's $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities?  Why during one of the worse economic crisis in the state's history must this practice continue while the state has massive unemployment and many businesses were closed permanently and have lost their life's work and savings?  How and what did these state legislators accomplish during their political careers that created such massive economic gains for the state  during their career that they must now be entitled to some of the "supposed" gains or profits that the state received?  And if so what are these "supposed" gains or profits?  Is it $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities?  If it is then they should be paying back Connecticut Taxpayers for their fiscal incompetence and economic illiteracy and receive no pensions.  

This is yet another example that shows how poorly governed Connecticut is and has been for the past thirty years.  And it is another example of the total disrespect Connecticut's ruling political elite has for Connecticut's Taxpayers.  From no bid secret state contracts for the Governor's hedge fund to miles for pensions it just never ends in this state.  It just never ends.  Bankruptcy in my opinion looks promising in 2021 to rid the state of its cancer known as its government.  Free Connecticut.

How Bad Can Connecticut's Legislation Get?

 How bad can Connecticut's Legislation get?  Apparently the worse is yet to come with some current bills being introduced in this current session.

I really thought we saw it all last year with the debacle of a "Police Accountability" law that has made Connecticut unsafe with massive amounts of car thefts and robberies in broad daylight.  Crime runs rampant in our state thanks to this bill.  Or maybe the "Paid Family Leave Act" that taxes many who work a 1/2 of percent of their income that will somehow pay for many weeks off of paid leave in 2022 for those who will get this paid time off for not working.  The oversight to this law and its requirements astound me as to how it can remain solvent over the next few years.  Or maybe its the liberal green "Transportation and Climate Initiative" that will be implementing a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, that includes you guess it higher gasoline taxes.  Or as Ned Lamont and his consultants have stated only a "nickel" a gallon will be the increase.  Says who?  And how will this "help" Connecticut other than eliminate more jobs and cause more businesses to close and or move out of state.

This session we have to deal with the usual Connecticut Democrat Party draconian increases in taxes via laws that would include higher income tax rates, a statewide property tax on "mansions" that are worth  $430,000 or more, much higher capital gains taxes and the usual highway tolls.   Want to work?  Not in Connecticut as Connecticut public employee unions want new powers to pressure state and local government employees to join and pay them.  They are demanding workers private information obviously so that they can contact them everywhere and anywhere and pressure them to pay dues.   This is SB908.  Do you want private health insurance?  Many Connecticut Democrats don't want you to have that as seen in a "public option" healthcare plan found in SB22 and a state run "single payer" healthcare system found in SB842.  No more local town/city planning and zoning decisions as the state's politically correct forces will eliminate decisions made on a local level and transfer them to the state in the guise of affordable housing, multi-unit residential buildings, sewerage systems, housing authority jurisdiction, training for certain municipal officials involved in planning and zoning decisions and compliance with municipal zoning regulations found in SB804.  Have you heard enough yet?

Connecticut's bad legislation is getting worse with the constant omnipotent one party rule of the Connecticut Democrat Party.  High taxes, an Executive Order Governor, and one party rule all help Connecticut to continue its road to economic and personal ruin.  These bills help to nurture its demise.  I have had enough of it.

Connecticut’s New Budget-More Rhetoric

Governor Ned Lamont with great fanfare and adulations has presented the new Connecticut Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget this past week.  The budget for the two years is roughly $46 billion dollars in spending for a state that has roughly 3.5 million people.  The budget increases state spending by 3.5 to 4%.  The budget includes new taxes including a mileage tax on trucks that will in all likelihood be passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices for goods and services and a roll back in some previously stated tax cuts.  The budget relies upon a great deal of Federal Covid-19 aid to help balance its budget along with increases in state income taxes due to the stock market increasing in value and thus more capital gains taxes being paid.  The budget is 268 pages in length and I wonder how many member of our state legislature will have read each page before they will vote on it?  Maybe five or ten.  When reading through the budget and its analysis I wonder if I am living in the same state that they are describing.   On page 2 of the budget this paragraph should shock anyone who lives or works in this state“The $17 billion in financial resources from the federal government to Connecticut was significant and critically necessary to manage the public health pandemic and resulting impacts on the Connecticut economy and lives of our residents. Without the combined fiscal and monetary policy actions of our federal government, the nation and the state’s economy would have entered a depression. This is evidenced by the more than 30% decline in the gross domestic product on an annualized basis in the second quarter of 2020.”

Therefore Connecticut received $17 billion dollars in Federal aid last year due to the Covid-19 crisis.  If Connecticut spends roughly $23 billion dollars a year then this aid accounted for almost 74% of the state budget. Or did the $17 billion dollars in Federal aid go to many no bid state contracts for those who had political connections in the state?  Did it go to consulting groups who apparently are experts in creating policies to perpetuate stale one party rule in the state? 

Stating it in other terms how can Connecticut survive without a massive inflow of Federal money in the future?  Since spending does not get cut in this state budget nor is any state agency downsized in state government how can state officials make these economic predictions of $46 billion in spending with the state economy being on limited/restricted/reduced hours and thousands of businesses shut down along with massive unemployment?  And again is there any plan to fully reopen the state’s economy? Again there is no mention of it.  But instead we hear the familiar cries of not enough money is being spent to address poverty, new and higher taxes on the working middle class are essential for the state’s fiscal health, more cuts to the police are critical to combat crime, legalization of marijuana will bring in an incredible some of taxes, online gambling being taxed will be great, etc.

The budget in my opinion does little to address the massive debt the state continues to accrue.  Connecticut has $150 billion dollars in short and long term debt along with unfunded liabilities or roughly a debt of $42860 for every person who lives in the state. What is the next step a new debt tax for every person who lives in the state?

Thus I am to assume as a Connecticut Taxpayer that unless Connecticut continues to get unlimited Federal aid an economic depression will occur in the foreseeable future.  I am also to assume that new taxes and the legalization of drugs and gambling online are the new panacea that will solve all of Connecticut’s economic problems just like the state income tax did in 1991.

I suggest all of the Connecticut State Representatives and State Senators read the state budget in its entirety. See if any of you can find even one dollar that could be cut from it and let your constituents know about it.  And explain to your constituents how Connecticut survives without a Federal handout for the future.  Cutting spending always falls on deaf ears in Hartford.  Why bother with it anyways since there are no longer any checks and balances in our state government nor any economic logic found either.  The new budget in my opinion is again another sham for Connecticut Taxpayers.  A sham that sadly is too familiar to an unresponsive and totalitarian state called Connecticut.