Monkey Business Alert: The Corporation for Travel Promotion
Our Monkey Business correspondents have got their eyes on our elected officials in Washington, as well. A doozy of a bill is coming up by the end of the week
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Plenty of money for statist nonsense. Not enough for stuff govt is actually supposed to pay for.
In Charlotte and Raleigh, leaders are trying to raise property taxes in order to finance teacher pay raises. There is NO money available right now to pay for those raises,
Continue readingNCGOP waters down 2014 platform
In this case, we hate being right. Some time back, we posted about efforts in the NCGOP platform drafting commitee to remove a lot of the issues important to Tea
Continue readingGov. Pat & the DOT budget: ‘Bev did it, too’ is NOT an excuse
Republicans took over in Raleigh promising to change the culture — No More Business As Usual. Now we have our Republican governor defending a questionable practice by claiming he’s only doing
Continue reading#NCGOP: Convention pre-game show
State Republicans are headed off to the furthest western regions of our state this weekend to hold their convention and plot a course for the next year. Observers are worried
Continue reading#NCGA: Even MORE surrender on taxes?
This week the Republican majority on Jones Street slapped an excise tax on the sale of e-cigarettes. (That’s ON TOP of the sales tax already collected.) In the Senate, the
Continue reading#NCGA: “Hey! Who put this horse head in my bed?”
Well, it appears Robert Brawley’s political career on Jones Street — and his relationship with the NCGOP powers that be — swims with the fishes. Just like Luca Brasi. He
Continue reading#NCGA #NCGOP: Has the O-Care sellout begun?
A few weeks ago, a leader of congressional Republicans told us we need to get over our ObamaCare angst because that monstrosity is here to stay. We’ve received word out
Continue readingFrustrated Tea Partier? Look across the pond to the UKIP for inspiration.
In 1776, we showed the British a few things about the concept of revolution against a tyrannical government. In 2014, American Tea Partiers could learn a few things from the growing
Continue reading#NCGA: Lights, camera — Cronyism !!!
Um, BOHICA, We’ve got a $445 million revenue shortfall at the state level. The honorables on Jones Street are getting ready to hit us with toll roads on top of
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