By CHRIS POWELL Poverty is a big and profitable business in Connecticut and throughout the country and yet poverty keeps worsening. Part of that is caused by high inflation, whereby government grows without the formal taxation needed to pay for it, inflation being informal taxation and poorly understood. But part of it is also causedContinue reading “Exposing the poverty business; and will property taxes shift?”
Tag Archives: Gov. Ned Lamont
Student scores rise marginally but remain the usual disaster
By CHRIS POWELL Whoopee! Last week the state Education Department cheerfully announced that Connecticut public school students in Grades 3 through 8 showed marginal improvements on the most recent state proficiency tests in English and math. Most in poll disapprove Lamont; could election be competitive? Outrage about Danbury arrests shows Democrats want open borders StateContinue reading “Student scores rise marginally but remain the usual disaster”
Most in poll disapprove Lamont; could election be competitive?
By CHRIS POWELL Maybe Connecticut isn’t yet in the mood for competitive politics, but the most recent Nutmeg State Poll from the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center reports enough political dissatisfaction that, if it continues, might be the precursor of change. Outrage about Danbury arrests shows Democrats want open borders State scorns addiction business while operatingContinue reading “Most in poll disapprove Lamont; could election be competitive?”
Outrage about Danbury arrests shows Democrats want open borders
By CHRIS POWELL Dozens of immigration arrests in the Danbury area last week sent Connecticut’s Democratic leaders into fits of hysteria and hypocrisy. Governor Lamont complained that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “are not trying to coordinate with us. They’re just picking people up.” State scorns addiction business while operating two of its own PoliteContinue reading “Outrage about Danbury arrests shows Democrats want open borders”
State scorns addiction business while operating two of its own
By CHRIS POWELL Every individual and business in the news and entertainment media tries to entice an audience to return — to addict it, more or less. Meta Platforms, operator of the Facebook and Instagram social media outlets, last week agreed to pay nearly $17 billion to settle multi-state federal lawsuits charging that the companyContinue reading “State scorns addiction business while operating two of its own”
Hartford mayor’s solution is to wait for more bailouts
By CHRIS POWELL Despite the claim made by former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s congressional campaign that he had “straightened out” the city, his successor, Arunan Arulampalam, has found himself with a lot more straightening out to do. Hartford’s financial condition remains dire even after the $500 million state governor bailout enjoyed by Bronin’s administration. BehindContinue reading “Hartford mayor’s solution is to wait for more bailouts”
Here’s what Lamont calls ‘safe’; and Fazio’s half-hearted tax cap
By CHRIS POWELL Governor Lamont’s campaign in the Democratic primary for governor often broadcast a television commercial emphasizing a comment he made during his welcoming address to the General Assembly in February. Referring to agents of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, the governor commanded: “ICE, go home! We’re keeping Connecticut safe without you.”Continue reading “Here’s what Lamont calls ‘safe’; and Fazio’s half-hearted tax cap”
Like Groucho, state won’t let education encroach on football
By CHRIS POWELL Having smiled benignly at Hartford Public High School’s graduation of an admittedly illiterate and innumerate student two years ago, Governor Lamont and the General Assembly this year passed a law formally lowering academic standards in public high schools. Public campaign financing has yet to improve the state Despite CEA’s backing Lamont, many teachersContinue reading “Like Groucho, state won’t let education encroach on football”
Despite CEA’s backing Lamont, many teachers may pick Elliott
By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s largest teacher union, the Connecticut Education Association, has endorsed Governor Lamont for renomination in the Democratic primary and re-election in November. “Governor Lamont’s partnership with the education community has strengthened our schools and our profession,” CEA President Kate Dias says. Primary campaign shows Lamont frantically pandering to leftists Can eastern ConnecticutContinue reading “Despite CEA’s backing Lamont, many teachers may pick Elliott”
Primary campaign shows Lamont frantically pandering to leftists
By CHRIS POWELL In the demagoguery festival that is the Democratic primary for governor, Governor Lamont shouts, “ICE isn’t getting our voter rolls!” Can eastern Connecticut get ready in time for its future? Will state ever reduce poverty or just keep manufacturing it? Governor Lamont ignores more misconduct by state police But the secretary ofContinue reading “Primary campaign shows Lamont frantically pandering to leftists”
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