Nancy DiNardo’s weekend blather over Gov. Rell’s Machiavellian plan to announce she was going to veto $8 million in Democratic “pork” – that her lawyers knew she no power to veto – was nearly over the top. It reminded the Blogster that we’re heading into an election cycle.
But as usual, GOP State Chairman Chris Healy has surpassed DiNardo, his Democratic counterpart from Trumbull, for sheer rhetorical excess. It makes the Blogster wonder whether Bush II ever gave that trillion dollars in tax breaks to the wealthy. Anyway, here’s Healy’s latest screed:
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Democrats who complain about the recent jobs losses at Pratt & Whitney aircraft have only themselves to blame, due to 30 years of promoting anti-business climate of taxes, regulation and high energy costs, according to Republican State Party Chairman Chris Healy Tuesday.
“Democratic leaders have shown themselves to be without shame or a clue as to why more high paying jobs are leaving Connecticut,” said Healy. “Maybe they should read some of the bills they have authored over the years which have made Connecticut too expensive for any business to survive.”
Healy said the appearance of gubernatorial candidate Susan Bysiewicz at a press conference by the United Author Workers crystallized the entire argument as to why Democrats have more than their share of responsibility for the job losses.
“How can anyone take Susan Bysiewicz seriously?” asked Healy. “She and the Democrats think suing a company is economic development. For someone who can barely manage a small bureaucracy, Secretary Bysiewicz has show she has little aptitude or depth for serious issues.”
And where were the Democratic Congressional delegation when it came to the loss of the F-22 work, which was a cause to the announced loss of the P&W jobs?
“Our Congressional delegation was big on press releases, but short on phone calls to the Pentagon and White House,” said Healy. “This is what happens when you have a group that is anti-military unless it suits them for a photo-op.”
The loss of Pratt and Whitney didn’t happen over night or due to the downturn in the economy, Healy argued. It was a result of several factors:
Various cost of living indicators are reflected in higher wage and benefit agreements between the unions and management. The more expensive it is for workers to live in the state, the taller the request for salary increases. The Democratic-controlled Legislature has long sided with unions in all their deliberations, which has a chilling effect on management’s desire to hire replacement workers.
Benefits gained are more expensive since many of the health care mandates originated from the Democratic-legislature. These legacy costs eventually cause management to cut their losses and move elsewhere.
“Democrats didn’t pay attention in the 1970’s when manufacturing jobs were lost, they didn’t pay attention in the 1990’s when insurance and finance jobs were lost and now they are rooted in denial about the loss of more highly skilled jobs,” said Healy. “During each of these setbacks, the Democrats didn’t cut spending or cut taxes – they raised them. They passed an Income Tax and they have now pushed through the largest budget in Connecticut history. Do they think that doesn’t affect business? Guess what? – It does.”
Healy said the most telling moment was the accusation by Democrats that the loss of Pratt & Whitney jobs could be laid at the doorstep of Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
“Governor Rell made a generous offer, but the climate for his move has long been established by those who have controlled the rules for working in this state for three decades,” said Healy. “Democrats don’t understand that jobs are not created out of thin air.”
One’s screed-detector is subject to ideology. It all depends on which vat of kool-aid you drink from. It’s obvious where you imbibe.
Comment by karl — September 23rd, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
Wow – it appears Republican Chairman Chris Healy is not just a moron, but a real low down dirty moron at that. I guess the republican party will take anyone after electing the ringleader moron dubya Bush.
Republican Chairman Chris Healy is using deceptive, underhanded tactics like creating fake online twitter accounts and smearing democrat names. This is a manner of identity theft but the chairman somehow thinks hes doing nothing wrong.
Comment by chris — October 21st, 2009 @ 9:43 pm