Ogre’s Politics and Views

The editorial staff at the Winston Salem Journal have published their opinion on the current economy: you should give government more. Yeah, that’s about it. Oh, they’ll print lies, but that doesn’t matter. Oh, they’ll play on your feelings and make you feel bad while they’re lying, but they don’t care — they just want more and more and biggest government at any cost.

They claim that it’s bad that gas taxes are capped in North Carolina. They applaud the system that used to be in place in North Carolina that increased the rate of taxes on gasoline when the price went up. They are very upset that government might get a few dollars less to spend. Then they really start in with the lies. Here’s the biggest whopper of them all:

We pay gas taxes so we can have good roads.

Worse, some people who read that actually believe that. That’s a complete and total lie. Each year the Democrats in the General Assembly take the majority of the money collected in the form of gas taxes and throw it in the general fund. Then there is no money for roads. And funny, that’s what they campaign on each year. Over time, they have taken literally billions of dollars collected in gas taxes and spent them on their personal salaries, perks, and other things they just happen to want. It’s a total lie that gas taxes are used for road.

And yes, I understand that the North Carolina Constitution requires that gas taxes be used for roads. But when Democrats rule the state for over 100 years, they just ignore what the Constitution requires of them. They ensure massive gerrymandering so they can continue to easily retain control of the state so no one can stop them. And now when they have the editors of the Winston-Salem Journal spreading blatant lies supporting them, how can they be stopped?

No, this is not about not having enough money. It’s what it has always been — a statement on priorities. The ONLY reason North Carolina has crappy roads and not enough roads is because the Democrats who run North Carolina think it’s more important to give themselves raises and spend cash on their own projects. But don’t worry, this year the Democrats will put a $1 or $2 billion bond on the ballot this year — borrowing from Peter to pay Paul — and to put the burden of paying back for their mistakes on someone else. Welcome to today’s Democrat Party — forcing your children to pay for their parties.

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