{"id":7556,"date":"2024-01-01T21:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T02:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2024-01-01T21:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T02:50:22","slug":"ive-been-robbed-and-so-have-you-taxpayers-bill-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/2024\/01\/01\/ive-been-robbed-and-so-have-you-taxpayers-bill-of-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve Been Robbed!!!\u00a0(And so have YOU!!) & Taxpayers Bill of Rights!!\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Editor\u2019s Note: <\/b><\/u><\/strong>The incumbent County Commissioners and <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>their CCGOP Rogue Republican sycophants and Sign Stealers (SS) don\u2019t want you voters to hear anything about their challengers. They want YOU to believe that <\/b><\/strong>Robert A,<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and others he recommends, don\u2019t know what is going on. <\/b><\/strong>Robert A.<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong> is in the process of republishing some of his relevant election-related articles from years ago. You can clearly see that Robert A has been RIGHT all along.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>I\u2019ve Been Robbed!! <\/strong><\/p>\n

By Frances<\/p>\n

After recently reading information pertaining to our state budget, I came to a stunning realization, I\u2019d been robbed! \u00a0And so, have you. How?<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Our wallets are literally being raided by Governor Mike Easley and by the liberal tax and spend crowd currently in control in Raleigh.<\/p>\n

North Carolina has the highest individual and corporate tax rates in the southeast. \u00a0With an individual tax rate of (8.25 percent) and a corporate tax rate of (6.9 percent) we rank among the most highly taxed states in the nation and are currently listed as number nine for our income tax rates and at number twelve for sales tax.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re also taxed on things we don\u2019t always think about. Such as spirituous liquor, telecommunications services, satellite usage, and cigarettes. \u00a0The cigarette tax alone has increased 600 percent in the last couple of years.<\/p>\n

North Carolina is in a tax and spend crisis mode with the liberals increasing spending by 21 percent in the last few years. \u00a0This year with a $2.4 billion surplus they proposed another nine percent spending increase for next year.<\/p>\n

I wanted to know how much of this tax and spend is truly necessary for our state government, schools, and programs to continue and how much is waste<\/b><\/strong>d? \u00a0Getting a direct answer from any government agency can be difficult. \u00a0But in my search to uncover the truth of the tax and spend frenzy, I ran across some things that absolutely disgusted me.<\/p>\n

Pork Barrel Spending:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pork barrel politics as defined by Wordnet Dictionary \u2013 \u201cA derogatory term used to describe government spending that is intended to enrich constituents of a politician, in return for their political support in the form of campaign contributions or votes. \u00a0Typically, it involves funding for government projects whose, economic or service benefits are concentrated but whose costs are spread among taxpayers. \u00a0The way pork barrel spending usually passes is that an individual will add it onto an Appropriations bill at the last minute\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pork barrel spending is also generally:<\/p>\n