What can you say about a budget that is adopted with over a billion dollars in mystery tax hikes that needs to be said?
This is no way to run a state. In fact, I fail to see how it is constitutional to adopt a budget that does not specify sources of revenue.
Now comes the general blood-letting in Raleigh to see which lobbies are strong enough to carve themselves out of the mystery revenue pool. Donations to lawmakers are sure to be part of the give-and-take — wink wink.
