Following in Greece’s footsteps?
The drivebys and the “wise men” in DC and on Wall Street are tut-tutting about the mess in Greece. (Thom Tillis says his “ancestral homeland” could learn something from North
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NC’s Jones, SC’s Mulvaney stand strong on spending, while rest of US House GOP folds like cheap suit
“And the beat goes on … ” — Sonny & Cher ——————————- The drive-bys have been calling last week’s vote on the 2016 federal budget in the GOP-controlled US House
Continue readingCharlotte, NASCAR & P3s: Big dreams paid for with other people’s money.
Amid the excitement of the recent election results — and the recovery from the smothering audio-visual assault on our senses — yet another example of crony capitalism and P3 monkey
Continue reading#NCGA: HOW MUCH ?????
$107 Billion, 580 Million, 297 Thousand dollars. ($107,580,297,000.00) THAT is how much debt North Carolina state government had racked up by January 2014. And how has the “conservative revolution”
Continue readingUnfunded liabilities and North Carolina’s public debt shell game
Some observers though the GOP establishment in Raleigh might have bought off The John Locke Foundation when Gov. McCrory named Art Pope as his budget director. But, apparently, nobody told
Continue readingSpending, more spending AND debt. Oh, My!
A new study reveals that North Carolina state government’s total spending on debt service — since 2003 — has grown 165 percent. Sarah Curry of The John Locke Foundation gives
Continue readingOOPS. Those pesky facts are back again …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers prides herself on being quite savvy with social media. She’s frequently on Twitter and Facebook touting her work and her alleged conservative bona fides. People
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Things that make you go HMMMM: The Council of State and THAT ‘indebtedness’ vote
Most of the news about the Council of State meeting this week focused on the Dorothea Dix hullaballoo. But if you read a
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The Pilot’s county govt coverage: All Timmy, All the Time
By reading the work of staff writer John Lentz in our Bavarian Goat Farmer Association Award-winning thrice weekly local newspaper, you might think that Tim Lea is the only
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GOP-controlled US House AGAIN kicks the debt can down the road
The GOP-led US House, this week, passed ANOTHER short term funding measure for the federal government: Several freshmen Republicans in the House of Representatives who came
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