NC Drug Courts
Yet another NC newspaper is whining about the lack of spending on behalf of the North Carolina Senate, despite them raising taxes on everything including the kitchen sink (and even creating a brand-new sales tax on the labor of the installation of kitchen sinks).
In this case, they are complaining about a $1 million appropriation that will cut funding for directors of state drug courts. I have searched, but actual budgetary figures are notoriously hard to find on the internet. Therefore, I cannot tell if this is an actual reduction of $1 million, or, much more likely, a reduction in an expected increase of $1 million, with a real increase in spending. The newspaper also complains this $1 million reduction will result in only enough money to "employ 2 state drug court directors." So it sounds like there's no change in the actual "drug courts," but instead there will simply be less overhead to the drug courts. But, of course, it's for the children. The newspaper even complains that the cuts are affecting drug courts, forcing Forsyth's court to stop taking new application A MONTH AGO. I guess their director was psychic and knew the Senate was going to make the reduction. Folks, we've lost the "war on drugs." Give it up. Stop wasting money on it. Spend money punishing real crimes, real actions, and not just intentions. If someone doesn't pose an imminent threat and danger, leave them alone, would you?
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Thankfully, I am no longer paying North Carolina State taxes. I don't make a tremendous amount of money, but I actually owed the state money this year (ridiculous, because I paid them almost half of what I paid in Federal Taxes throughout the year).
Posted by: michael at June 13, 2005 07:27 AM (eqaaP)
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While I was in the military, I alternated between being a resident of New Hampshire and Florida. And no, it's no coincidence that there's no state taxes in either of those states. 
Posted by: Ogre at June 13, 2005 07:31 AM (/k+l4)
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