The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

@WallStreetMav Why Private Charity and Local Communities are More Effective at Disaster Relief Than Government

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@andrew_dunn @theobserver @newsobserver Plenty of pork & waste to be rooted out. But truly significant budget reform must recognize that 2/3 of General Fund dollars are spent on salaries and benefits for state workers and retirees.

RT @donaldbryson: The protectionist trade delusion: fearing trade while the debt grows via @CarolinaJournal #ncpol…

RT @JohnLockeNC: A new bill in NC would reduce the early voting days to six. Is that enough? - @andyinrok #ncga #ncpol

A DOGE committee coming to NC? Budget Fact: about 2/3 of NC's General Fund spending is devoted to paying active and retired state employee salaries and benefits. #ncga #ncpol

"Housing and healthcare are human rights" Wrong. Nothing that requires the labor of others is a human right. #ncpol

"In the unhampered market economy there are no privileges, no protection of vested interests, no barriers preventing anybody from striving after prizes." -- Ludwig von Mises

Health insurance mandates are a hidden tax, driving up the cost of insurance by requiring you to pay for coverage you don't want or need. Some coverages required in NC for all insurance plans: ➡️Chiropractors ➡️Marriage therapists ➡️Nurse midwives - even for men #ncpol #ncga

"ESG policies burden farmers with excessive costs, stifle innovation, and disrupt supply chains, jeopardizing their livelihoods and food production" @KellyReneeL #ncga #ncpol

@M_A_Cummings it's three years worth of increases, in '24, '25, and '26, which will add up to the 14.6%

➡️Trade embargos against countries like Cuba punish them by restricting their access to foreign goods ➡️Tariffs benefit a country by restricting their access to foreign goods Pick one. #tariffs #ncpol

No, the clawback provisions in corporate welfare programs like JDIG do not make the failed projects costless. #ncga #ncpol

Fortunately, NC legislators' fiscally conservative approach over the past dozen years included setting aside billions into the state's Rainy Day Fund. #ncpol #ncga

RT @JohnHoodNC: Allowing households to spend public funds at the service provider of their choice is not a radical “privatization” idea. It…

@JohnHoodNC and food stamps

@Rchrd_mcr @NCGOP of course they were, but doesn't change the fact that the Cooper admin authorized the grant via the dep't of commerce. Corporate welfare is a bipartisan problem.

It takes muddled thinking to at once think we are punishing countries like Cuba with a trade embargo limiting foreign goods entering their economy, but somehow benefiting our economy by doing the same thing to ourselves through tariffs. #tariffs #ncpol