August 8, 2018 Connecticut Republicans are fortunate to be able to choose between five hard-working candidates on our August 14 primary. I will be casting my vote for Bob Stefanowski. Connecticut was once one of the most desirable states in the country. With low taxes, an educated work force, pleasant four-season weather and easy access to both New York and Boston, our economy boomed and our citizens flourished. But after passage of the state income tax in the early 1990s, the productive people of Connecticut became piggy banks for politicians from both sides of the aisles, who funded ineffective social programs and promised lavish pensions for state and municipal workers. Connecticut now has the highest taxes in the country. Yet our pensions are grossly underfunded and a continuing chorus of unhappy and dysfunctional dependents clamors for more. Many people have chosen to leave. Connecticut is one of the few states to lose population in the last decade and is 47th in job growth. This is a crisis … [Read more...]
Analyzing the Republican Candidates for Governor
July 12, 2018 Connecticut Republicans will choose their nominee on August 14 and no candidate has emerged as the front runner. As there are few ideological differences, most voters are trying to determine the strongest candidate to take on the probable Democratic nominee – Greenwich multimillionaire Ned Lamont. I have not decided yet, but below is my impression of the strengths and weaknesses of each. Mark Boughton. It is hard to speak to Mark Boughton and not develop an immediate fondness for the guy. Cordial and receptive, he is an accomplished politician who has governed Danbury as mayor for nine terms and continuously wins reelection easily, even though Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2-1 margin. He is a former public school teacher, state assemblyman and served our country in the military. He has a plan to eliminate the state income tax and said he would “lie down on Route 84” before allowing tolls. He is the endorsed candidate, meaning he won the majority of the delegates at the Republican Convention. Ironically, his main weakness is his success. With the state in such financial … [Read more...]
President Trump Versus the Ruling Class
June 3, 2018 Every society has a Ruling Class. In the United States, it is the super wealthy and those with Ivy League educations – especially those with degrees from Harvard or Yale. The leaders of our bureaucracies, major newspapers, opinion journals, think tanks, courts, corporations, universities, media conglomerates and political class come from one of these two groups – or ambitious individuals who have ingratiated themselves with these groups. This was not necessarily a bad thing, as long as our Ruling Class was competent. But in the mid-twentieth century, the value system of our Ruling Class began to deviate with that of the ruled. Our Ruling Class became for more hedonistic, greedy, cowardly and arrogant. It became socially acceptable for powerful men to dump their wives for younger more nubile women. Judicial decisions that bypassed democratic process removed God from public schools, allowed pornography to proliferate and legalized abortion. The media portrayed those with conservative family values as sexist buffoons. Drug use … [Read more...]
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