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Vote for Stevenson, replace Himes

October 29, 2022
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Nancy Guenther Chapman
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I am proud to provide a whole-hearted endorsement of Jayme Stevenson for Congress in CT-4.

This congressional election is a referendum on the 14-year incumbency of Jim Himes.  His tenure is a failure, as evidenced by each of his votes to increase the national debt by some $20 trillion – that’s a debt burden of $171,000 ladled onto the backs of each household in the District.  And that debt will have to be repaid by us – one way or another.  His failure to fight for any balanced budget during his tenure simply demonstrates he has failed at governance and should be retired to the private sector on November 8th.

Jayme Stevenson, the Republican candidate, successfully led the town of Darien for 10 years, making the hard decisions necessary to keep a budget in line with the revenues provided by the tax base.  We need that kind of prudence and judgement representing us in Washington, DC.  Jayme recognizes that the key to energizing the economy is to incentivize entrepreneurship and reduce overbearing federal regulations.  Key to revitalizing both small business activity and large is inexpensive energy.  Jayme will cast the votes necessary to return America to energy independence to both stimulate business and reduce our current crushing gas and home heating costs faced by the people here in Connecticut, and across the country.

Jayme has also stood up for the family, the protection of children from inappropriate programs and materials in the schools, and the rights of parents to be involved in school curriculums.  She will also cast the necessary votes to see that law enforcement receives the necessary funding to keep our communities safe.  Critical to that effort is her pledge to see that the border is secure, and the deadly cross-border flow of fentanyl and other drugs is curtailed to the fullest extent possible.  The first responsibility of an elected representative is the safety of her constituents – and Jayme understands that.

With Jayme Stevenson in Congress, the citizens of CT-4 will finally have the representation and the voice in Congress that has been sorely lacking for the past 14 years, and that we deserve.  I strongly urge my fellow residents of CT-4 to get to the polls and vote for Jayme Stevenson for Congress on November 8th.

 

Bob MacGuffie

Fairfield

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9 responses to “Vote for Stevenson, replace Himes”

  1. Bryan Meek

    The punchline on Himes career had to be his photo op for the sidewalk replacement on West Rocks Rd.

    I wasn’t expecting a “Big Dig” like the one that revitalized Boston, but it’s a bit disappointing ROI after a decade plus of serving Pelosi’s needs above our own.

    Himes is a smart guy, but personal ambition got in his way of doing the right things.

    My last sliver of hope was when he first suggested our mile long river lose its designation as a federal waterway so we could fix the Walk bridge shut and save taxpayers $100s of millions.

    Instead the Public Construction Industrial complex won again, shutting him up on the topic. Now we get to continue treating our river as if its the Chesapeake bay which takes on 100000x more tonnage in cargo a year. We get to spend $1bn on a bridge for 150 year old technology that will be made obsolete by driverless cars in our lifetime or possibly even before the project is complete.

    The money could have been spent on Manresa abatement, perhaps creating a high speed ferry service terminal, but it was more important to keep the gravy train rolling along.

    Hey, in other news, Himes project on the Merritt is wrapping up after nearly 12 years. You know the guardrail and shoulder replacement shovel ready jobs from the 2010 bailout. I can hear them pounding away on it every night. They must be getting a whole 8 feet done every week now. Almost there.

  2. diane keefe

    Jayme Stephenson will be a pawn for the oil and natural gas industry under the guise of energy independence. Natural gas is 90% methane, a potent green house gas that has 80x the climate change effect as carbon dioxide in the first few years after it is emitted. We need to accelerate federal government funding of energy and renewable energy. Jim Himes understands that. We will all fry in summers and face floods and wildfires if we don’t stop believing mouth pieces for the fossil fuel industry.The utilities that we rely on for air conditioning and the oil companies that sell us heating oil love the extreme weather climate change brings. However, these conditions will bring death and destruction to our communities if we don’t change course.
    We need to re-elect Rep. Jim Himes because he understands how the economy works better than 90% of his colleagues in either party. He can help us bring the kind of economic development that will lift up the middle class, the working class and the poor instead of just lining the pockets of monied interests.
    He didn’t leave Goldman Sachs to work in Community Development banking because he is out for himself. He truly cares about the people in every town he represents. Jim is a true public servant.
    I am also disappointed about the walk bridge not being fixed but that was not a decision in Jim’s control.
    Removing the state and local tax deduction was a Republican policy to punish states that provide more public services with a larger state infrastructure.
    CT state taxes serve their citizens by redistributing education funding from wealthier towns like Darien to cities and towns with less wealth to counteract the vast gap between rich and poor that is tearing the fabric of the American dream apart.
    Jim Himes, just like Gov. Ned Lamont, deserves another term because he wants all of our kids to thrive, not just those who live in wealthy enclaves.

    Diane Keefe
    Norwalk

  3. David Muccigrosso

    This is a completely absurd way of mischaracterizing the national debt. It’s NOT a household debt, and acting like it is just shows how ignorant the debt “hawk” crowd actually is.

    The vast majority of the national debt is made up by YOUR OWN SAVINGS. What do you think your pension funds use to mitigate risk and stabilize the value of your savings? US treasury bonds! The national debt is a component of our money supply and stabilizes our whole system. It’s not something to demonize or fear.

    Let’s all please be educated citizens here and not succumb to fearmongering. We aren’t ignorant 17th-century peasants who treat debt like a sin anymore, so maybe let’s act like it.

  4. David Osler

    I also think himes needs to go we could have moved all the commercial operations on commerce Street to memresa and put the the yacht club over there as well as well as a large Marina and close that part of the federal channel. And the rest of his career has been adding debt and no return to Connecticut he gets about 2.5 cents on the dollar to his district

  5. James Basch

    David Muccigrosso, what happens to the cost of debt as the supply of Treasury bonds increases dramatically to finance national deficits increases? What happens to the value of fiat currency, all else being equal, if more of it is being printed by the Federal Reserve to buy some of the supply of bonds issued by the Treasury? If the primary impact of growing national deficits is stabilizing the monetary system and growing household savings (huh?) — the only outcomes you mention — why wouldn’t governments throughout history devote themselves to continually increasing national deficits as a sound policy goal?

  6. David Muccigrosso

    @James – Because there ARE real-world limits. Just not the ones you think there are.

    The plain fact is, no one in the economics profession has ever definitively proven where “the edge of the cliff” is with respect to sovereign debt.

    Most of what you probably think you “know” is a bunch of right-wing innuendo that treats various studies on debt as definitive when they really aren’t.

    Here are some good articles as to why:

    https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/no-one-knows-how-much-the-government

    https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/us-government-debt-is-not-a-ticking

    https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/why-do-people-worry-about-deficits

  7. James Basch

    @David

    Here’s a contradiction: “because there are real world limits” and “the plain fact is, no one in the economics profession has ever definitively proven where the edge of the cliff is with respect to sovereign debt.”

    So on the one hand you state definitively that there are real world limits to sovereign debt growth before it becomes very problematic, and on the other you state that even the economic experts have any idea what that real world limit is. Your conclusion — not based on any logic or substance, but just an unfounded arrogant belief in your views apparently partly based on substack articles — is that $30+ trillion of US sovereign debt and growing is not problematic. Why? Well, because the substack articles say it’s not problematic. The combination of hubris, ignorance, and arrogance is really interesting. Well done. Why not try to make a true statement or an attempt at a real argument? Something along the lines of: “No one knows what the exact tipping point is in the amount of sovereign debt a nation can accumulate is before it leads to a credit crises or runaway inflation because it depends on a large amount of case-specific economic factors and changing psychology, but X amount of debt as % of Y has historically been associated with Z economic outcomes that are harmful to all members of society. Even though we don’t what the tipping point is, we know that the marginal risk profile increases as sovereign debt levels become excessive based on these measures.” Then you can try to prove your belief that historically unprecedented money printing by the Federal Reserve to buy newly issued debt from the US Treasury to finance growing deficits has been worthwhile, and hasn’t contributed to higher interest rates or inflation. Good luck with that.

  8. David Muccigrosso

    My friends, this is what we call the Gish Gallop. Throw a bunch of stuff out and declare victory because the other team can’t rebut you fast enough.

    Sorry James. It’s a nice day out. I’m going to water my garden, go to the gym, and have a few beers, rather than waste precious time arguing with you. I gave you the articles, which is more than I give most people.

    Life is precious. Have a nice life.

  9. Bryan Meek

    The debt wasn’t as big an issue when productivity was increasing as quickly. Now that our economy is shrinking, it won’t take much to continue the death spiral. Shutting down parts of the economy will have consequences. Paying people to not produce anything will exacerbate inflation and then, someday the music will stop. Himes knows this, but he doesn’t care. He has his already.

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