
Governor Dan Malloy
Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced new state spending that will add an additional $2.7 million in debt on to the backs of Connecticut’s middleclass taxpayers. After crushing families with the two highest tax increases in Connecticut history ol’ Danny boy has found another way to spend the taxpayer’s hard earned dollars to subsidize big business and luxury automobile buyers.
While the average Connecticut family struggles to stretch their family budget and pay an ever-increasing burden of taxes. Dan Malloy finds it necessary to give away up to $5,000 to buyers of fuel cell power vehicles, which is not something found on the average family shopping list. No this is tax money used to subsidize the wants of rich.
In a statement issued by the Governor he said this will “support local retailers by helping lower the price of electric vehicles, making them more competitive”. Really Governor, is that the best use for taxpayer dollars? Does the average family need to support local car dealers to insure they make a profit selling cars?
While the legislature is facing a 1.3-BILLION-dollar deficit in the next budget season apparently, Governor Malloy feels it is necessary to give away taxpayer’s hard earned money to those that can afford NEW CARS!!! Remember this is your money, paid to the state in good faith that it will be spent wisely.
So, what does the Democratic Majority leadership in the State Legislature have to say about this squandering of tax dollars? Nothing! Their silence is deafening. They are only talking about new tolls on highways, new sources of revenue and cuts to cities and towns that will require the local government to raise taxes to fund local requirements for State mandates.
This is not the first-time Dan Malloy has fleeced the taxpayers in this fashion. The Governor was somewhat bragging over his success when he said, “Since the start of the program in May 2015, more than $2 million has been issued in rebates or reserved for the purchase or lease of 960 electric vehicles in Connecticut”.
This subsidy has been one of the shovels digging Connecticut taxpayers into an ever-deeper hole of debt and this round of subsidies is more of the same. When will we learn to stop digging? When will we learn that when you cannot afford what you already have it is time to stop new spending? This is not an investment for our future this is insanity in the present, this is irresponsible and objectionable. This is detrimental to every taxpayer and family in Connecticut. Simple put this is unacceptable.
Neil Gorsuch Nomination A Supreme Issue
United States Supreme Court
The nomination of Neil Gorsuch to serve on the United States Supreme Court brings our nation to a fork in the road. To the left, we have proponents of judicial activism, to the right we have constitutional originalists. The road forward is currently under construction with unions of leadership keeping an eye on self-promotion and positioning for public opinion to enhance their personal goals. The perils of politics are the real potholes in our path.
Our Constitution designates three branches of government. The Legislative Branch has the responsibility to enact our laws, the Executive Branch is responsible to administers and enforce the laws. The Judicial Branch is responsible to interpret the law as written. The Executive and Legislative body are elected. To provide a degree of checks and balances the Judicial Branch is nominated by the Executive Branch, and Appointed by the Legislative Branch.
This brings us back to our fork in the road where the originalists would favor a candidate that would attempt to interpret the words of the Constitution as they were understood at the time they were written. Whereas the judicial activist would interpret the Constitution as a living document basing interpretation with consideration for personal or political considerations and climate of the day.
If the legislative branch is active and responsive to their constituents the laws that are written will not require judicial activism to interpret as they will directly reflect the will of the voters. The originalist will only interpret the actual content of the legislative branch and concurrence would be common on Supreme Court.
Judicial activism is the result of those in the legislative branch failing to recognize their responsibility and abdicating their role to an appointed judiciary, often chosen with the intent to do what those elected have neither the courage or character to fight for or accomplish lest they jeopardize their own re-election. It only exists because of legislative cowardice by those lacking a profile of courage and character holding office.
The true change of direction our nation needs is found in those that support judicial activism from the Legislative Branch. In Connecticut that means finding replacements for Senator Murphy and Blumenthal. It means finding candidates willing to stand with courage to advocate for their constituents and not depending on a judicial activist to enact an agenda from the judicial bench. Senators supporting Neil Gorsuch understand their role and responsibility something both Blumenthal and Murphy have yet to learn.
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