North Carolina public schools CEO has told the News & Observer he wants state legislators to hike taxes. In other words, the status quo mindset remains firmly entrenched at the top of the bureaucracy Mr. Harrison now leads.

But today, you and I have the opportunity to show legislators that not everyone is on board with Mr. Harrison’s tired, old “solution” which, by the way, has contributed mightily to the state’s current budget hole. Locke Foundation Fiscal Policy Analyst Joe Coletti describes the pattern as “spend and tax.”

Remember, you can voice your objection to this spend and tax cycle at today’s Take Back Our State Tea Party in Raleigh. Dallas Woodhouse of Americans for Prosperity previews today’s event below.