Perdue: $1.6 b in taxes only option

Is it too late to being back Governor Hunt to straighten this mess out? We need some leadership here, not one-liners! A true leader can show you more than one path to the destination.

When the road is blocked think in terms of a detour.......especially when the road is littered with broken down families who are already struggling. Think of the whole state rather than a few special interests.

No wonder the Governor,Rand, Basnight and others like them have the need to raise our tax's when they allow approvals like the Director of N C Alcohol Law Enforcement to purchase new weapons(150) @ $1100.00 each with a total of $165,000.00, which where not needed. When will the useless spending stop?

In case you have been living in a cave the last six months, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A HUGE BUDGET DEFICIT AND WE CAN'T BUDGET CUT OUR WAY OUT OF IT. The Governor is doing the right thing for our state by proposing a temporary sales tax increase.

for this budget situation. Over the past eight years, the U.S. Congress, President Bush, and the former chairman of the Federal Reserve all made some really bad economic decisions and foreign policy decisions, and now the states are facing the consequences. It was irresponsible to wage war without authorizing a draft and raising enough revenues to pay for the war, and it was irresponsible of the Federal Reserve to adopt an easy money policy that tempted people into taking on excessive debt. The troops sacrificed while the nation shopped.

Well that settles it then.
The "Can't be done" proclimations begin...

I do not know if the Dome keeps a list of the all time great North Carolina political sayings. If so, this one should rank right up there with: "A cheeseburger and fries costs $60.00 over there."

Any word on those museum exchanges yet?

The dear Governor is quoted as saying:

"This is the only pathway I know.........."

But there is always the "Road Less Traveled".....which is the opposite of "tax & spend." It is called cutting spending, saving money, cuttin' back, tightening your belt, watching every penny.

Raising taxes in these dire economic times is definitely not the only pathway!!!!!!!! You take the high tax road and I'll take the low spending road..........and I may not get there before you but at least I will have gotten there under my own power and a few pennies in my pocket.

And I am saying this "because I am a poor taypayer who, it seems, no one is considering."

But when she was Lt. Governor, temporary taxes were extended and/or made permanent how many times?

"Because I am the governor" is her answer to insuring that the temporary tax increase won't become permanent! I can't think of one thing that Beverly, Mike or the democratic leaders in the legislature have done over the past 16 years to convince us that they have or will spend OUR money wisely.

Beverly, we are not your l'il children and you have a long way to go before North Carolinians will ever trust you.

When asked how North Carolinians could be sure that temporary tax increases would not become permanent, Perdue's answer was simple.

"Because I'm the governor," she said.

Wow. The sheer clucking imbecility of that comment has an almost aesthetic perfection to it. It's breathtaking. It captures the moment. The governor is proposing a huge tax increase, heavily weighted in regressive taxes, and she's doing so while the state suffers from double-digit unemployment. She's already resorted to the "think of the children!" defense. And she tops it off with this. A deft coup de grâce, all things considered.

Is Bev going to resign too?

Oh my god. We have a Tar Heel Sarah Palin.