Posted on 07/10/2013 5:42:47 AM PDT by Zakeet
Every Monday since April, thousands of North Carolina residents have gathered at the State Capitol to protest the grotesque damage that a new Republican majority has been doing to a tradition of caring for the least fortunate. Nearly 700 people have been arrested in the “Moral Monday” demonstrations, as they are known. But the bad news keeps on coming from the Legislature, and pretty soon a single day of the week may not be enough to contain the outrage.
In January, after the election of Pat McCrory as governor, Republicans took control of both the executive and legislative branches for the first time since Reconstruction. Since then, state government has become a demolition derby, tearing down years of progress in public education, tax policy, racial equality in the courtroom and access to the ballot.
The cruelest decision by lawmakers went into effect last week: ending federal unemployment benefits for 70,000 residents. Another 100,000 will lose their checks in a few months. Those still receiving benefits will find that they have been cut by a third, to a maximum of $350 weekly from $535, and the length of time they can receive benefits has been slashed from 26 weeks to as few as 12 weeks.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
To me this sounds like a good thing. Congratulations, North Carolina!
My brother and his wife retired from Minnesota to North Carolina a few years ago. He must be loving this.
What about us conservative Yankees? There are lots of us, you know.
My understanding - NC borrowed 2.5 billion from the feds to pay unemployment benefits after obama was elected in 2008 and the dimocrats controlled NC govt. The NC Republicans inherited the mess in 2012. - compASSionate NC dimocrats usual plan = pay it back via increased taxes and simultaneously borrow more $ from the bankrupt, money printing feds to “extend” the benefits. The NC Republicans decided to get out from under this debt burden by not extending the benefits and increase business taxes that normally fund unemployment.
The better story in Raleigh, which the NYT conveniently avoided, is allegations that the moron mundane arrestees are not being fully processed (like other street criminals) into the jail system. . . unequal treatment under the law. That would have supportd their headline of decline in NC!
*applause*
Republicans repealed the Racial Justice Act, a 2009 law that was the first in the country to give death-row inmates a chance to prove they were victims of discrimination. They have refused to expand Medicaid and want to cut income taxes for the rich while raising sales taxes on everyone else. The Senate passed a bill that would close most of the state’s abortion clinics.
Ah, I see. Threaten the holy sacrament of abortion and the lightning shall smite thee.
By the way, is that tax spin cute or what? Income taxes cut for The Rich and sales taxes raised for "everyone else"? Like the rich never purchase anything?
I'm guessing this one was excreted by a few of their summer interns, myself. Even by the low intellectual standards of the Times it's pretty weak.
Great comment. Sounds like NC is a good state to consider for a move...
please let us know if your comment to the NYSlimes website is allowed.
Bunch of Mormons in NC now?
I reread that after I posted it...and, of course, no edit feature here to fix the dumb things I say...sorta like life, I guess, and, once again, I gave my self another laugh at myself.
Thanks for catching it. I needed that!
Yes, it’s actually out there - took over an hour from submission to appearance, so someone was mulling it over.
If NC wasn’t eating NY’s lunch by poaching its’ businesses, the NYT wouldn’t even deign to comment on one of those southern states...
You would have to go on TV and shake hands with Trey Gowdy, tell the world that you have never disagreed with Thomas Sowell on anything and then swear to never vote for Lindsay Graham and you would be eligible for consideration.
BRAVO
I think the moocher base of North Carolina’s Democrat party should move to New York where they can get plenty of checks and free stuff. The NY Times should extend that invitation in tomorrow’s edition - - if they’re not too busy laying off more people and trying to dump the Boston Globe.
Thanks for providing those details; I believe you are correct. RE: the NYT article, I see today that Gov. McCrory (R) has drafted a response...which of course will never be published by NYT or reported outside of NC.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.