ANOTHER Cooper-Berger-Moore budget boondoggle STILL lurking out there
The backroom wheeling-and-dealing on the state budget continues, as a lot of state business faces uncertainty and most legislators are left twiddling thumbs. We’ve told you about the disgraceful casino deal being pushed by senator Phil Berger, his little buddy from Kings Mountain, and their cronies.
NCInnovation is also still lurking around out there. We told you earlier about this plan to foist a lifetime partnership with The State of North Carolina (and some well-connected members of the political donor class) on some cash-starved entrepreneurial startups. Socialism – some may say fascism – at its filthiest.
NCInnovation’s big ask for the state has apparently dropped from $2.5 billion down to $1.4 billion. Even so, it’s still a hot mess that uses A LOT OF OUR MONEY to reward a select few and goes against everything America stands for. It’s not far off at all from the crap Karl Marx advocated for. It’s not far off from what the Chinese Communist Party does to its home folks.
This is not the kind of stuff we were told to expect with our veto-proof majority. We’ve got three important pieces of legislation aimed at protecting kids from the transgender ideology that have been vetoed by ol’ Roy and are collecting dust awaiting an override by our veto-proof majority.
Apparently, casino developer cash and appeasement of big donors rank a hell of a lot higher than protecting our kids. Remember that when these weasels come around again, with hat in hand, begging for cash and votes.
NCInnovation looks lime the latest reincarnation of the corrupt Rural Center and the Seven Economic Development zones from the past. Done years ago I served on a review committee for the National Academies helping the state of Ohio grant research funding similar to what NCInnovation wants. While studying the several dozen proposals from universities I was surprised how irrelevant most were to the needs of industry. Many were in PC areas like wind, solar, medicine, etc. Even more surprising were applications from large, profitable corporations such as Scotts fertilizer. They wanted millions to develop organic, non-chemical-based fertilizer, what the Amish in Ohio call manure. At my urging, our committee rejected Scott’s grant request. After we concluded our study, Scotts twisted arms in the Ohio legislature and got what they wanted anyway. If an idea is good, its creator will risk his own money or find private funding willing to do this. Using tax dollars instead removes the consequences of poor decisions from the person making the grants. My own small manufacturing business is 100% self-funded and profitable. We are beholden solely to our customers.
“Apparently…….appeasement of big donors rank a hell of a lot higher than protecting our kids.”
Well of course it does. We’ve been posting child rapes by illegal aliens in NC since 2013, begging the Republicans to enact illegal aliens enforcement measures and what do we have to show for it? An e-verify law that exempts 90% of the employers who hire illegal aliens and a “no sanctuary city policy” law that has no enforcement measures. If that doesn’t say “we” care about the children of NC, I don’t know what does……..