The Era of the “Crats”

This column presents a conservative viewpoint about items of interest in our community and our lives. Focus is on items impacting your pocket book, your personal freedoms, and your rights. I hope you will read the column regularly and it occasionally influences your opinions and actions.

Just before the primary vote I had a “crat” friend whom I respect call and ask me to support candidate Cutris Richardson because he had always “looked after the interest of the State Workers”. After the call I had to pause for a moment to be sure I fully realized what that phrase really meant.

I decided it meant that in order to get the votes of the massive numbers of State employees this candidate always pushed for increased benefits, higher wages, and more “perks” for this group….usually at the expense of the general public. Needless to say, I did not respond to the friend’s request. Richardson lost in his campaign for State Senator, and I am sure the chances are good that he will now find some juicy job within the bureaucracy. After evaluating that fact, another realization surfaces.
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