By CHRIS POWELL When the Republican national budget and tax legislation was enacted in July, Democratic officials in Connecticut screamed that it would destroy Medicare and Medicaid, that Republican claims of waste and fraud in those programs were exaggerated, and that there is too little waste and fraud in those programs to worry about. NewContinue reading “Medicaid fraud, cuffed kids, and arrests in courthouses”
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State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists
By Chris Powell Lobbyists in Connecticut have a bad reputation, and it may get worse with the recent report from the Office of State Ethics that spending on lobbyists exceeded $28 million in the first quarter of this year and may reach a record high by the end of the year. Does Trump’s budget really spell doomContinue reading “State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists”
Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut?
By Chris Powell According to Governor Lamont, the federal budget just enacted by the Republican majority in Congress and President Trump is nearly the end of the world. Protests haven’t explained what ‘free Palestine’ means Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordable housing’ does Can Republican state legislators keep up their public-interest clamor? TheContinue reading “Does Trump’s budget really spell doom for Connecticut?”
Senator Murphy, safely re-elected, attacks medical insurers
By Chris Powell The assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4 has sparked political hysteria, most of all from Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy. In a video he posted on social media two weeks later, citing the assassination, Murphy, a Democrat re-elected in November, turned vulgar, asserting that the medicalContinue reading “Senator Murphy, safely re-elected, attacks medical insurers”
State’s economy isn’t strong; and a teacher salary trick
By Chris Powell Democrats warn that Donald Trump’s return to the presidency will endanger Social Security and Medicare. Trump has made ambiguous and contradictory comments on those programs and is not the master of policy details. But as a practical matter President Biden’s administration already has made big cuts in Social Security and Medicare —Continue reading “State’s economy isn’t strong; and a teacher salary trick”
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