School funding: The never-ending sob story
In Moore County, as I am sure it is in your county, THIS story is getting way too old: With Moore County Schools’ dire budgetary straits and ever-stricter state mandates
Continue readingTag: spending
NCGOP congressional Cojones Check: Jones? Yep. Walker? Yep. Anyone else? (*Crickets*)
My that tough talk against “government waste” fades away fast once the polls close, doesn’t it? Once again, the, um, “honorables” in DC shirked their constitutional duty to PASS
Continue readingAnother day, another spending bill (*SIGH*)
Once again, Congress has kicked their budgeting and fiscal management duties down the road. The House passed another continuing resolution — keeping the government funded fully through December
Continue readingGuess what? Spending more money makes NO DIFFERENCE on student performance
Once again, heads will be exploding over in Blinky and Scowly’s offices in Jim Goodmon’s special little socialist fantasy world. Blinky and Scowly are ALL over the place trying to
Continue readingNorth Carolina state taxing and spending by the numbers
As the election season gears up, the phony statistics and the excrement are really going to be flying. We decided to head some of that off by injecting some interesting,
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: 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: smoke, mirrors, Jones Street and the treasurer’s office
There is an eye-opening report out from the highly-respected, free market-oriented Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Apparently, something may be rotten in Princess Janet’s kingdom: […] Real state spending per
Continue reading#ncpol NC-02: Child Abuse.
Renee Ellmers’s team put out the word long ago that they would not be debating ANY of their girl’s FOUR primary opponents. But, a circumstance has developed causing them to
Continue readingOpen Up and say Aah-mnibus !!!
There’s been a lot of anger about these year-end omnibus bills that keep getting shoved down our throats by the *conservative revolution* in Congress. A lot of those *honorables* —
Continue reading
Recent Comments