After years of spending by the General Assembly at twice the rate of inflation and population growth.. After doing so and borrowing millions from trust funds across the board. . After doing so for years and even stealing money from cities and counties . . . After passing the buck on Medicaid expenditures to counties. . After spending $1billion more than they take in. . Rep. Luebke still doesn’t get it.
“It just underscores the fact that we are in a revenue pinch,” bill sponsor Rep. Paul Luebke, D-Durham said during the hourlong debate.
After asking myself what color the sky is in Rep. Luebke’s world, I had to wonder what political reality would have to occur for Rep. Luebke to figure out that growing government faster than the ability to pay for it might have something to do with the state’s SPENDING problem.
