Posted on 06/08/2015 11:21:45 AM PDT by AT7Saluki
In an interview at the governors mansion, Gov. Pat McCrory tells me that when he took office in January 2013 he looked at the data and knew we couldnt stay on the course we were on. We had the highest unemployment benefits and yet at the same time businesses were routinely complaining they couldnt find workers until benefits ran out. We heard a lot of stories of workers waiting until benefits ran out before going back to work. In sum, the state was paying people not to work.
While these measures were passing the legislature, the state capital boiled over with rancorous political rallies, called Moral Mondays, designed to block the cruel GOP agenda. Rev. William Barber II, one of the protest organizers, lambasted Republicans for making the Tar Heel State a crucible of extremism and injustice. The national media piled on with claims that the Republican agenda cut taxes for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.
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Until we as a country regain our “Work” Ethic, we will continue to go the way of Socialist Europe. Of course that is what the left wing wants.
Of course the same thing is said about Minnesota who raised taxes and raised minimum wage so who knows.
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