State's Huge Job Loss Raises Eyebrows: Job Less Recovery? Or JOB LOSS?!?

The Hartford Courant ^ | August 19, 2003 | By BARBARA NAGY, Courant Staff Writer

[pawdoggie]

Doesn't it stand to reason that an increase in employment would follow (rather than precede) growth in industrial output, improved balance of trade, market growth, etc? The so-called "job-loss recovery" is the next DNC talking point in case the recovery really picks up speed by election time. Unless Bush can "replace" every one of the two (or is it three this week) million jobs Clinton "created", then the Democrats will be grasping at this straw. Moreover, in the case of states like Connecticut, one might also want to look at what that state is doing (or failing to do) to create a good business climate (as opposed to allowing the "DIC" [Democrat in Charge] to transfer all the responsibility for his states' economy to Washington, as I'm sure Gray Davis will try to do in CA.)

[Jim Scott]

Excellent solutions, most of which will never see the light of day, especially in liberal-dominated Connecticut where Democrats have a 2/3 voter registration majority and the municipal/teacher unions own the Democrats, lock, stock and barrel. The Republican Party is weak and while the Republican Governor, the once-popular John Rowland, has done much to try and curb the Democrats spending and taxing reflex, he has only been slightly successful with a new budget that is just a tiny bit smaller than Democrats wanted all along and of course, one that includes tax hikes, including an increase in motor vehicle 'fees'.

Connecticut is a basket-case and I see little chance of improvement as Connecticut citizens insist on re-electing liberal Democrats beholden to the unions while business flees and jobs go with them while Democrats waste money on sports arenas (the Republican Governor was totally behind that probable boondoggle, too) and endless 'programs' that benefit the few at the expense of the many, manifested in ever-higher taxes on a middle-class population that, collectively, has fewer jobs with which to pay those increased taxes.

Connecticut is a beautiful place and I enjoy living here but the Democrat political rule is a huge, ever-present burden and the economic problems that make Connecticut a very expensive place to live - with little benefit beyond the scenery - makes it less appealing every year, and I'm not alone in that perception, I know. Frustration on many levels, as in other states run into the ground by stupid, wasteful, short-sighted Democrat fiscal/social policies, such as in California. One hopes that political revolt is in the air and we'll soon stop electing clownish, union-controlled liberal Democrats to run our state but until I see that, and a revived Republican Party in Connecticut that nominates strong candidates that can help rid us of the useless Chris Dodd's and Joe Lieberman's as well as their lesser brothers and sisters in the Connecticut Legislature, I can't be too optimistic.