Oh poor Gov. Perdue. After President Obama announced that he was allowing offshore drilling to begin to proceed off the east coast (including North Carolina), she has the audacity to say that it is happening “with or without us.” Well, Governor, who do you think has drug her feet on making a decision on offshore [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
- Mar31
DHIP:Big government comes to your neighborhood
Yesterday’s News & Observer had a short story on the U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin’s appearance in Durham to praise that city’s Durham Health Initiative Project (DHIP). DHIP is project between Duke Medicine and local government which attempts to map the health maladies of all of Durham — neighborhood by neighborhood –and then convince individuals to get care. The [...]
- Mar31
After $1 billion Tax Hike, Perdue Still Doling Out Corporate Welfare
During North Carolina’s ”budget crisis” last summer, taxpayers were told that they need to fork over an additional $1 billion of their money in order to allegedly preserve the “bare essentials” of state government. It was one of the largest state tax hikes in the nation. Families across the state struggling to pay their bills were asked forced [...]
- Mar31
Patient, Doctor, and Government – Who Decides?
What is comparative effectiveness research and how will it affect the future of America’s health care? Did you know… Government funding for comparative effectiveness research has increased nearly seven-fold in the last two years? North Carolina will receive more than $30 million dollars this year for comparative effectiveness research? The North Carolina Legislature has already [...]
- Mar31
Come Fly With Me, Let’s Fly Away
Gov. Perdue recently said that her campaign made a mistake by not reporting 31 flights, which took place over the course of several years. Interestingly enough, these flights were reported around the time that the Easley Campaign began to come under fire for failing to report campaign flights that put donors over their state mandated contribution limits. [...]
- 2Mar31
Will The Good Year Raid Affect Their Incentives?
After months of undercover work, 14 employees at the Goodyear plant got busted for various drug related activity. That’s 14 additional employees that probably won’t have jobs. Since last August, undercover narcotics agents have been able to purchase marijuana, cocaine and numerous prescription drugs from employees inside the Ramsey Street plant, investigators said. The unions [...]
- Mar30
Animals Crying Out Against Obamacare
It seems conservatives are not the only ones upset about the latest healthcare bill. This goat was so distraught over the new laws that he started screaming like a human! (Is he trying to call out Obama?)
- Mar30
When The Ugly Truth On Global Warming Just Gets Worse
Ok, long title. BUT, what is happening in the left leaning movement to destroy the free market via Climate Change just gets worse. ClimateGate was bad, GlacierGate made things worse, but now our own tax dollars have been the undoing at NASA. The sheer volume of information coming out about the prevalence of falsified, withheld or [...]
- Mar30
Tax Freedom Day is Coming Soon!
The Tax Foundation today release its annual “Tax Freedom Day” study – which calculates, on average, how many days Americans must work to pay their total local, state and federal tax burdens. A couple of key findings include Tax Freedom Day will arrive on April 9 this year, the 99th day of 2010, according to [...]
- Mar30
State Pier Revenue to Benefit Non-Profit, Not Taxpayers
The saga with the $25 million taxpayer funded fishing pier at Nags Head continues to drag on… Not only have we seen overblown job creation numbers, the secret plans for additional taxpayer-funded piers, and a company owned by Sen. Marc Basnight (D-Dare) receiving a state contract to build a portion of the pier. Now we [...]