My Letter to the Editor of The Waterbury Republican

Chris Murphy's America is not the one we want

      The Nov. 2 midterm election arguably will be the most important in our nation's history. It is going to be a referendum on what type of country we want. Do we want the type of country envisioned by our Founding Fathers, with a very limited federal government that shows respect for individuals and their rights, and does only what the Constitution says it can do? Or do we want the socialist government envisioned by Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, and the rest of Connecticut's delegation; a government that totally disregards the Constitution and believes it knows best how "We the People" should be living and will do everything it can to make sure that happens?

      If Rep. Murphy gets his way, he will be telling you what kind of car you can drive, how you can heat and power your home, what kind of foods you can eat, what news programs you can watch, where your children will go to college and even what kind of light bulbs you can use. Did you know Rep. Murphy and the rest of the delegation voted in favor of a bill that tells you what kind of light bulb you can use starting in 2014? He believes in tyrannical central planning from Washington, D.C.

       Rep. Murphy has voted 98 percent of the time for Nancy Pelosi's and President Obama's socialist agenda, and repeatedly for legislation that violates the Constitution. He voted for the almost $1 trillion stimulus that has done nothing to stimulate the economy, but has created a mountainous debt our children and their descendants will be paying off. He has voted for gun control in violation of the Second Amendment. He has voted for the "DISCLOSE Act" in violation of the freedom-of-speech clause of the First Amendment. He has voted for "Obamacare," a disaster waiting to happen. When fully implemented, it will result in doctors leaving their profession, rationing of medical care, especially for the elderly, hospitals closing, skyrocketing insurance premium costs (which we are already seeing), fines and even jail time, if you don't buy government-approved health insurance.

        Rep. Murphy voted for cap-and-trade, a tax on carbon emissions that will do nothing to combat climate change (I doubt it is even occurring), but it will cause energy costs to skyrocket. Your electricity bill will rise an estimated 50 percent to 90 percent, and gasoline prices will be in the vicinity of $4 a gallon, as will home heating oil. It will destroy thousands of jobs across the country. He even voted to spend $20 million to manufacture signs that were placed around the country, telling us how he was spending our tax dollars in the stimulus. Taxpayer-subsidized propaganda?

        Is this the America we want? Not I! I will vote for Sam Caligiuri to send Chris Murphy to the unemployment line and his socialist agenda to the dust bin of history. I hope all voters will join me in voting out Connecticut's congressional delegation.

Jon Quint

Woodbury