Happy Birthday to NC native Thomas Sowell!
Who wisely said:
"I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money."
Thinking of the sweet and fierce soul of Representative Linda Johnson today. She passed away one year ago today. Linda Johnson always had your back, if she was on your side. Her character was second to none. Her laugh was infectious. She was a fighter until the end.
#ncpol
Also note that a second part of the pledge calls for ending
the paying of "court costs" which in North Carolina would also mean defunding police training and police retirement systems
.@DaleFolwell is a great steward of the people's money. He has two super powers: he does the math and he speaks the truth. He tells us what we NEED to hear not what we want to hear. #ncpol#ncga
You may have heard about the recent @BethWoodNC audit finding @NCDOT overspent $39M in illegal salaries. It gets worse. @DaleFolwell finds those salary increases mean $179M in added pension liability. Taxpayers should be asking, will it ever end?
Details:
https://t.co/RtOm5rqsDN
There is absolutely no difference in parents choosing church daycares and using state child care vouchers to fund - which we have done for decades, and parents choosing private k-12 schools that are religious. It’s exactly the same thing #nced#ncpol
My 16-year-old just now, with the best how-the-pandemic-will-change-society insight I've heard yet:
"We'll never get off school for snow days anymore, now that they have Zoom."
Kudos to the amazing LabCorp. Also great that @realDonaldTrump pushed the vaunted CDC/FDA the hell out of the way so that the private sector could save their bacon. Lessons right in our faces if we will learn them. Note to geniuses: DPA not used.
Let’s be clear about what’s happening right now: We had a bipartisan deal to deliver critical relief to hardworking families until Nancy Pelosi blew it up so she could play politics.
Enough already! We’re in the middle of a national emergency. Drop the partisan demands.
We also want to say thank you to all of the retail workers on the front lines, distribution center workers going round the clock & commercial truck drivers who are getting products to the store level - #ncga#ncpol
Today is the best Valentines yet. I’ve spent the day with my healthy 14 lb twins. One is passed out on me, the other passed out next to me. When you’re always on the go, sometimes it’s good to just live in the moment and count your blessings. #nicugrads