According to Dateline Alabama, over 25% of lobbyists in North Carolina are breaking the law. Most groups who lobby lawmakers are required to file two reports each year showing their activities. In 2003 and 2004, it was revealed that at least 201 organizations with lobbyists did not file at least one of the two required reports. There were also apparently 27 groups that filed NO reports for the year.

The solution? It's the same solution as requested by all liberals, the formerly mainstream media (FMSM), Democrats, and socialists the world around: more government!

The Secretary of State's office simply claimed that they needed more money to enforce these laws and fine those who have not filed reports. They claim the "system's computer" doesn't create a report of those who haven't filed. I'll help them out if they need the SQL to create the report -- it's very, very, very basic.

Then again, the Secretary of State's office gets their funding from the legislature, who gets their funding from the lobbyists...hence there will be no more money, and there will be no fines, nor enforcement of the laws in this case. How much money is at issue here? According to some reports, as much as $18.6 million changed hands in 2003-4.

People of North Carolina, something really stinks in Raleigh, and the smell is not coming from the fish market.

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