You are surely used to the stories about local governments getting federal money through a state grant for a wetlands study, a nondescript gang prevention program, or a multicultural center. Maybe your competition got federal money through the state to capture market share, or maybe your company received federal stimulus leaving you with the choice of cooperating as a socialist or going on the federal dole. Many local governments are projecting shortfalls for next year and are in need of additional partnerships, revenue streams, or other euphemisms for taxes. The state is looking at another shortfall, which it likes to fix by putting teachers on the chopping block so taxpayers can feel good about paying ransom.
Americans for Prosperity has been roving the state in a new loud bus that is not as ugly as the last one. This bus is even hauling a trailer. The purpose is to raise awareness that you are not the only person who finds government’s excuses for spending revolting. That’s why the tour is called the Spending Revolt. Actually, the R is backward. You may be fed up with paying for sweet nothings government dangles before you as they grab more and more power, but you are probably not as infuriated as AFP’s state director Dallas Woodhouse. Maybe you’d like to catch up with the tour and commiserate with fellow Americans who don’t want to feign a disability to collect free shelter and victuals – and then get excited when government announces it will put a monument on your street to give your community an identity.
Rallies are being held in several NC cities. Unfortunately, the bus came no closer than Charlotte. I was going to post something earlier, but the web page chokes my computer.
