#ncga: A budget surplus ??? (GIVE IT BACK)
Guess what? They shook more money out of us than they needed: North Carolina government revenues are projected to exceed expectations by more than a half-billion dollars this fiscal year,
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#ncga: *Sniff, sniff.* I smell PORK.
The drivebys are trumpeting a great agreement on the budget between the two chambers on Jones Street. This agreement is loaded with the same kind of pork-flavored crap we’ve grown to
Continue reading#ncga: Trying to make cents of all those budget dollars
Well, the honorables on Jones Street have killed A LOT of trees to try and explain their spending plan for 2016-2017. Republicans will tout it as fiscal responsibility, while Democrats
Continue reading#ncga: “De plane. De Plane.” (…ain’t gettin’a dime.)
Fresh off of getting his spending spree card punched for two more years by his low-information Wake County constituents, “Little Lord” Nelson Dollar one again failed to, um, disappoint. The N&O’s
Continue reading#ncga: Driving to Raleigh to spend other people’s money is HARD.
That’s the pitiful plea that we’re hearing from Jones Street: Describing themselves as being in a “Catch 22” over their compensation, a committee of state lawmakers on Monday approved a
Continue reading#ncga: The big fight for the short session? Tax reform vs. MORE SPENDING & PAY RAISES
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
Continue reading#ncga: A conservative direction? (THAT is not what the numbers tell us.)
If you believe the GOPe campaign rhetoric, they’ve got our state headed in a “conservative direction.” *Wow. That sounds great. We must be cutting taxes and the size of government
Continue reading#ncpol NCGOPe: Delay of Game
The riffraff with the pitchforks and flaming torches are at the front door. What, oh what, is a good elitist to do? The answer — at least for Saturday’s NCGOP
Continue readingPaul & Renee’s big FAT Lie
In the real world, if you mislead people in order to get them to hand over their money to you — It’s a crime. In Raleigh and DC, it’s
Continue reading#ncpol: Tillis comes to aid of Democrats on Boehner-Obama budget deal
And why not? He’s got five years before he faces the voters again. *Forget those silly campaign promises!* Our US Senate delegation split on the vote to jack up federal
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