Early reports indicate that there is yet another "surplus" for the Democrats of the North Carolina General Assembly to spend. Democrat lawmakers are licking their lips at the prospects of spending all this unexpected money -- and still are going to raise taxes.

Last year the Democrat-ruled legislature collected $1.1 BILLION more than they were supposed to get. With a budget of $18 Billion, that's a LOT of money. Know what they did? If you know Democrats, you do. They raised taxes a billion dollars and spent literally every single dime of the "extra" money. If they were honorable legislators, they'd have returned the money to the people who earned it. But they are Democrats.

This year they started the year expecting to be short a billion dollars or so. The newest figures show that they may actually have collected $285 million more than was "projected." So what do they plan? Of course. They're considering a tax increase in the range of $300 million and spending increases in the range of $1.5 billion more.

I don't know how legislative "leaders" can actually claim to be fiscally responsible with a straight face. Maybe in the la-la land of Democrats, "fiscally responsible" means "spending as much money as you can in the shortest amount of time no matter how you get the money."

What priorities are there for the Democrats who rule North Carolina with an iron fist? Well, their newly elected leader wants:

Massive spending increases for government employees for no production. In other words, those who "work" for government should be rewarded with huge cash increases for doing exactly the same job they're doing now. This will cost billions in new or increased taxes.

Socialized, state-run health care. This will crush freedom completely and cost tens of billions in expenditures and increased taxes.

Billions in environmental spending so the state can obtain more land from private people. This will cost money both to purchase the land and in the lost property tax revenue.

Freedom, you are not welcome in North Carolina. Workers, you are welcome, businesses, you are welcome; but you must spend the majority of your time working and providing for others in the state who refuse to work.

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