This morning I wrote about the so-called plan put forth by Ned Lamont to create jobs in Connecticut. Now, I will review the plan of Dan Malloy, the other Democrat in the primary.
Malloy's plan for job creation is clearly superior to that of Lamont. It actually gives details of some very interesting ideas for job creation in the state. For example, Malloy wants to promote the three deep water ports in Connecticut, both to encourage commerce and to get trucks off of the highways. Malloy also favors growth of Bradley airport into an international hub. Each addition of 1,000,000 passengets at Bradley will translate into over 10,000 jobs in the state. Malloy favors creation of a state Research and Development Fund that will promote new high tech business opportunities for the state. These are just a few of the ideas that Malloy has put forth.
Of course, all of Malloy's ideas are not likely to promote job growth. He comes out in favor of the increased use of affirmative action, a move that obviously will make the state less competative, not more. he also argues against ending business subsidies taht have not worked with no plan to use those funds for new programs that will work. This type of tax increase is reminiscent of the ideas put forward by Lamont.
Overall, however, Malloy should be commended for telling the people in detail the types of things he would be doing. On this issue, the voters in the Democrat primary clearly should choose Malloy. Lamont won the senate primary against Lieberman in 2006 just on the basis of his anti war stance. In the general election that year, Lamont did not give us any reason other than Iraq to vote for him. As a result, he lost. It seems that he did not learn any lessons from the race. It is not enough to just say that you have a plan. You have to tell the voters what that plan is and give them enough credit to make up their own minds.
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