$2 Billion "Extra?" Not Enough for Larry Shaw.
The Democrat-run North Carolina Legislature is a cesspool of corruption. The Democrats have run the state into the ground. However, the only answer they have to any problem they create is to demand more from the citizens. Unfortunately, the citizens of the state just keep on giving them more and more.
This year, the state collected $2 BILLION more than they anticipated. They took $2 billion from citizens more than they planned to. That's $2 billion that people worked for an earned, but were not permitted to actually spend on things like homes, food, and medicine. So now the still-corrupt legislators meet in Raleigh to determine how they will spend this entire new $2 billion they "found." With a budget of $17.3 billion, $2 billion is a really huge amount. But to some legislators, an extra 11 percent is STILL not enough! State Senator Larry Shaw, Democrat, part of the Democrats who rule the Senate with an iron fist (Republicans have NEVER, EVER had a majority in the NC Senate), is demanding even more money from citizens. He wants to make I-95 a toll road so he can collect even MORE money from working people. Even with a $2 BILLION surplus, this guy actually has the nerve to say:It's the only option we've got.
Mr. Shaw, you are a moron. There are dozens upon dozens of other options if you'd open your eyes. If you would consider, even for a moment, how freedom, capitalism, and a representative republic should work, you'd see an infinite number of options. However, I do realize that Mr. Shaw is a Democrat. He feels that he is entitled to any and all of my labor that he deems that he wants. He feels that it is his job to take money from people who work and spend it wherever he wants. He is, at least in his mind, all-knowing about what is good and what is best for me -- no matter what I think. This is the state and the view of the Democrat party in North Carolina. I cannot understand why anyone who actually works for a living would even consider supporting this group of thieves, socialists, and redistributionists.
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Well, that's a typical Democrat. Unfortunately, it's also getting to be a typical Republican.
"Squeeze them until their shoes squeak! Kings alone should have the use of money; it's much too good for the common people." -- King Aillas, in Jack Vance's novel "The Green Pearl."
It's getting harder and harder to name a politician who doesn't act as if he believes exactly that.
"Squeeze them until their shoes squeak! Kings alone should have the use of money; it's much too good for the common people." -- King Aillas, in Jack Vance's novel "The Green Pearl."
It's getting harder and harder to name a politician who doesn't act as if he believes exactly that.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at May 13, 2006 01:49 PM (PzL/5)
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There are nearly zero statesmen left in politics.
Posted by: Ogre at May 14, 2006 03:25 PM (blszc)
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I am not from North Carolina and do not know of Mr. Shaw. I do, however, know about politicians take our hard-earned money and spend it on whatever they please. As someone who enjoys drinking clean water, beathing clean air, and eating safe foods, I am disgusted at our nation's single party insistence on giving the largest of all tax breaks to those corporations and mega-industries that do the most to pollute our air and water and to turn a blind eye to the increasing levels of filth entering our food supply. Oh, and just so you know... democrats are not socialists. If you want to resort to name calling, you are ahead of the game with the use of the name, "moron." Be cool.
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Posted by: Satiric Phenomenologist at May 15, 2006 07:32 PM (8Vs+5)
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I'm not sure where "moron" came from as I didn't call anyone a moron -- at least not in this post.
And yes, Democrats in North Carolina ARE socialists. They have supported and continue to support any and all programs they can implement in which they, the state, obtain and control the means of production in the state. Go ahead, try and do or sell anything in the state without asking their permission -- they'll lock you up.
And yes, Democrats in North Carolina ARE socialists. They have supported and continue to support any and all programs they can implement in which they, the state, obtain and control the means of production in the state. Go ahead, try and do or sell anything in the state without asking their permission -- they'll lock you up.
Posted by: Ogre at May 15, 2006 07:39 PM (/k+l4)
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