The state budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2019-20 – passed by the legislature and vetoed by the governor – contains a staggering $125 million in inappropriate spending for local ... Keep Reading
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Why Should Taxpayers Forego More Important Financial Priorities to Fund Government Pork?
Tax increases force taxpayers to forego household financial priorities of increasing importance to them Meanwhile, the additional revenue funds political priorities of ... Keep Reading
NC Dems Taking Hypocrisy to New Heights
Well, this is rich. Apparently some Democratic House members are criticizing the state's compromise budget plan for containing pork spending. While I agree with their ... Keep Reading
Cut This, Go Home: Eliminate Local, “Pork” Projects From State Budget
This series, entitled “Cut This, Go Home,” will include several budget items that should no longer receive taxpayer funding because they fall well outside the legitimate, core ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: A Second Helping of Pork
Two months ago, we featured as a Bad Bill of the Week HB 245, which was a bill that would funnel state taxpayer funds to a local children’s museum in the bill sponsor’s ... Keep Reading
