Previous attempts to raid — sorry, re-route — escheat funds have failed, but new efforts keep springing up. The TBJ article John Hood wrote about this morning has one line that sums up every move to tap government funds. We all owe Sam Taylor, president of the North Carolina Entrepreneurial Association, a debt of gratitude for being honest about the reason for the popularity of escheat fund raiding parties like the current Capital Access Workgroup, controlled by State Treasurer Richard Moore:
He sure has a lot of money over there.
Willie Sutton would be proud.
