The News & Observer reports that lobbyists are complaining that they shouldn’t have to file monthly expenditure reports, as proposed in a new bill, because “the state can’t handle the limited paperwork that is already required.”

They can’t handle two reports a year,” said Christie Barbee, president of the N.C. Professional Lobbyists Association. “How are they going to handle monthly reports?”

Let’s apply that logic to other governmental responsibilities.

The State Highway Patrol doesn’t have enough resources to enforce truck weight limits, so let’s do away with the weight limits!

The state can’t scrutinize all the annual reports from nonprofits that it gives money to, so let’s scrap the nonprofit reporting!

The University of North Carolina at Cuts Hurt…oh, nevermind.