Government v. Taxpayer

In North Carolina, the lawsuits that pit government against taxpayer continue. Now if there were a truly representative government -- if the government were "of the people, by the people, and for the people," such things couldn't even possibly exist. But this is North Carolina. In North Carolina, the government is the enemy of the people. The government is all-powerful and will stand challenges from the scum people who don't know better. Here, the legislators pick their constituents, rather than the other way around.

Right now, there's some citizens who had the gall to sue the government for openly and blatantly breaking the law. I mean, there's not even any question that the law was broken. However, the government doesn't care. You see, in the minds of the Democrats who rule North Carolina with an iron fist, the government MAKES the rules, but does not have to follow them.

At issue in this case is governor Easley (D) and the legislature (D) who have, in open defiance of written law, taken tens of millions of dollars from a fund where the taxpayers paid money for roads. The money was collected specifically as taxes for building roads. However, the Democrats didn't want roads and wanted social programs, so they simply took the money from the road funds. They have been sued. They have not actually denied that they broke the law -- instead they are arguing that the taxpayers cannot sue them because, basically, they're above the law.

Fortunately, so far, the North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that the Democrats are not above the law. The dissenting opinion in the case actually said that the people do not have standing to challenge any legislation. Better hope she (Chief Justice Sarah Parker) doesn't get some friends on the bench.

Posted by: Ogre at 12:05 PM

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