Edgecombe County, NC
In case you were wondering how socialism was progressing in NC, Edgecombe County has weighed in with their end of year report. In case you don't want to follow the link, I'll provide the summary for you.
First, they're making progress in punishing people who work elsewhere in the state. They're celebrating that $27 million extra dollars from people outside their county will flow into their county so they can give it to people who do not work. Of course, $27 million isn't enough, and they're hoping the counties of NC can work together to force other counties to give them even more. The more they punish those who work so they can give money to those who don't, the happier they are. Next, they're happy to have started construction on a new water district, despite not having enough money to actually build it, or even enough customers to actually USE the system. But they're happy because they're spending money. And they're sure some more people will sign up to use the new water district. And if the people don't, they'll just pass some laws and force people to use it -- they'll just claim some crap about safety and cram it down everyone's throat. They're also considering taking away any freedom of choice for emergency services and are considering raising taxes more to force everyone to use a county-wide system, whether they want it or not. They're afraid that there might be someone who is more than 10 seconds away from a fire station, so they might need to force everyone to use a county system, no matter what anyone wants. They're also making plans to bribe at least one more business to come to the county at the expense of the taxpayers. They're trying to decide how much money to take now from people who work and produce to give to a private business that has done absolutely nothing to actually earn, well, anything. So in Edgecombe County for last year, the score is socialism 4, freedom 0.
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