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#ncga: Berger cheers increased spending

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Brant Clifton

I guess the days of bashing Democrats as “big spenders” are over. The GOPe appears sold on the concept of spending big. We learned recently that NC House Republicans were

#ncga: Jones St. GOP set to up spending by ONE BILLION above 2017-2018

Posted on May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 by Brant Clifton

This is quite a nasty surprise to break on us the eve of legislative primaries across the state. Here it is straight from Speaker Timmy’s office: Legislative leaders on Monday

#ncga: A NCGOP surrender on spending?

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Statists LOVE to tell us that spending MORE of other people’s money is vital to good governance. Democrats live and die by that principle. But the NCGOP — with a

#ncga: The big fight for the short session? Tax reform vs. MORE SPENDING & PAY RAISES

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Contrary to the prurient desires of The Gay News & Observer, HB2 is not being seen as the big fight in the GOP-dominated General Assembly during this short session. John

#ncga: An ORGY of taxing & spending breaks out amid the ‘conservative revolution’

Posted on February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It seems the folks on Jones Street have kicked off one heck of an orgy — apparently in honor of the box office success of ’50 Shades of Grey.’ Let’s

#ncga: A ploy to ratchet up state spending?

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I stumbled across something interesting yesterday while nosing through cyberspace. State Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett) released some documentation for the legislature’s Revenue Laws Committee meeting yesterday. (Even though they

#NCGA: Despite ”conservative revolution” state spending exploding

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

If you listen to the drive-by media or the zombies and trolls following Bill Barber around, you’d think North Carolina state government was now a shoe-string operation. Thanks to media

#NCGA: Are you ready for some hardball? (More spending, too?)

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The “conservative revolution” rolls on. We’re seeing and hearing all kinds of ads promoting speaker Thom Tillis’s leadership on Jones Street. Yet, most of the recent reports from that jurisdiction

The NCGA GOP spending machine keeps rolling on ….

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’re being told that those mean ol’ legislative Republicans on Jones Street are trying to bleed public education dry. Au Contraire, mes amis. Check out this

Folwell rebukes budget provision exempting NCGA from Open Records Act

Posted on October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I hate it when the NCGOPe forces me into a position where I’m on the same side with Roy Cooper and his mob. But that’s what happens when a party