Every month, those seated in local elective office waste their breath trying to justify odd uses of taxpayer dollars. Trying to be compassionate, they might embrace a topsy-turvy cause, like the obesity crisis (Heroin-chic is still in.), the hunger crisis (1/3 of the population still isn’t obese.), or women’s health (Rush may have recanted, but his initial point was correct.) Meanwhile, a cause embraced by liberals yet far from everyday political speech, is human trafficking. According to the News & Observer’s web site, North Carolina is eighth in the nation for human trafficking.

Cumberland County served 595 youth that were sexually abused last year, many of which were trafficked and prostituted, [NCSU researcher Becca] Bishopric said.

And people want to call the Founding Fathers obsolete, misogynist racists for defending the right to liberty.