NC Money Priorities
The roads in North Carolina are bad. Few people will disagree with that statement. We have roads in disrepair and a backlog of road upgrades and widening that the state allegedly cannot afford. The Democrat-led General Assembly continues to tell the peons people that there's just not enough money. They threaten to raise taxes to pay for roads because they just don't have the money.
They're blatant liars.
The Democrat's own state Department of Transportation estimates that this year there was a $40 million shortfall in roads spending (not including the shortfalls of every other year in the past 2 decades). At the same time, THIS YEAR, the Democrats in the Legislature
voted to GIVE Goodyear $40 million. Seriously. The Democrats just told Goodyear, "Gee, we like you. If you stay open, we'll give you $40 million in cash."
Again, Democrats give $40 million to Goodyear and we're $40 million short on roads this year.
It's completely and totally wrong. This is the opposite of what a free government does. The people who support such a move claim it's an "investment" in jobs. They will point to the two thousand jobs that Goodyear provides and talk about how that's money given to "the community." Those people are anti-freedom socialists, whether they even know it or not. Government should NEVER be "investing" in, well, anything. That's not the function of a free society's government.
If Goodyear wants to move, let them move. Government should NEVER be in the business of determining which businesses they want to stay or which they want to go. That's NOT freedom, that's pure socialism. If this were a government based on freedom, the proper response would be, "I'm sorry, we don't have the authority to pick and choose which companies get huge piles of cash, so no one gets any. And besides, we need that money to provide government services -- like ROADS."
Remember when you vote -- Democrats in North Carolina honestly and seriously do NOT want to build roads. Instead, they want to control the means of production and decide which companies they will favor and which ones they dislike.
Posted by: Ogre at
12:15 PM
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Good grief--it's bad enough for legislators to squander money or stuff bills with pork projects. It's far worse to reallocate money that was originally designated to meet a real need, then to turn around and throw the money away. The Democrats in the general assembly are a disgrace--time for voters to give 'em the pink slip.
Posted by: Nathan Tabor at August 23, 2007 05:48 AM (Vrju/)
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Indeed, this is what the Democrats in North Carolina are doing and have done for DECADES. I post information like this in the hopes that someone will read it and understand what is really going on in Raleigh -- because few others are letting people know.
Posted by: Ogre at August 23, 2007 11:24 AM (oifEm)
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I agree--in fact, Ogre, would you consider writing up a column or something on this? I'd be happy to put it up on theconservativevoice.com. We get a good amount of NC traffic, and I'd really like other North Carolinians to hear about this. If you're interested, email my editor (editor@theconservativevoice.com). Thanks for getting the word out.
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