NC's Governor Bev Perdue spemds Federal Stimulus

[GunnyFreedom]

http://www.nccivitas.org/media/publ...-bugs-and-cocaine-monkeys-10-worst-federal-st

1. Study of monkeys using cocaine: $71,623

2. North Carolina Dance Theatre: $50,000

3. Reducing hot flashes through yoga: $147,694

4. Collecting, researching and reporting on the stimulus act: $115,000; $150,000; $227,940 Total: $492,940

5. Create interactive dance performance technology: $762,372

6. American Dance Festival, Inc.: $50,000

7. Construction of a new Town Hall in Bladenboro: $200,000; $100,000 Total: $300,000

8. North Carolina Folk Life Institute: $25,000

9. Preservation of an insect collection at North Carolina State: $253,123

10. Greensboro Symphony Orchestra: $50,000

 

[RM918]

Stealing money from taxpayers and paying a bunch of guys to watch monkeys get high: Priceless.

 

[sluggo]

Down here in Wilmington they are using stimulus money to create a bike trail.

 

[Southron]

I hope we have our "Debra Medina" when it's time for her reelection.

 

[LittleLightShining]

An awful lot of money going to dance...

 

[GunnyFreedom]

An awful lot of money going to dance...

NC Results of Federal stimulus: Dancing crack-monkeys.

I have no doubt that this will be the "interpretive" sort of dance that seems to attract the radical left.

 

[BenIsForRon]

Business as usual. Perdue obviously thinks we're still in the middle of the housing bubble, and NC has so much money we can just throw it anywhere and no one will give a damn.

Down here in Wilmington they are using stimulus money to create a bike trail.

That's better than all the stuff Perdue's doing. Bike trails can actually be used to get people to work and school.

 

[Jdreiner]

Can't say that I'm the least bit surprised. :|

 

[lx43]

Gunny: name some programs or departments you would you like to see cut from NC's state budget. Your webpage didn't mention anything really from what I can see.

 

[sluggo]

That's better than all the stuff Perdue's doing. Bike trails can actually be used to get people to work and school.

It ain't that kind of trail.

This one takes people to the beach.

 

[devil21]

Im sure this is par for the course across the country. NC is in pretty bad shape but it's not like we own the patent on stupid spending.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Gunny: name some programs or departments you would you like to see cut from NC's state budget. Your webpage didn't mention anything really from what I can see.

Well, the biggest hit is in salaries. There is (by my reckoning) $403.8 Million in salaries alone projected for 2010-2011, in just 1 of the 5 separate segments. I am working the budget right now, but as you can imagine it's a nightmare. The Governor's proposed budget lists each and every single post-it note in an attempt to obfuscate spending. I am currently working with an accountant to make sense of it to better tell you what should be cut and what should be reduced.

Hopefully I can get a specific answer to you on that soonest. I plan on having an answer to Perdue's budget proposal by Monday.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

By the way, the complete proposed budget (including the Governor's "spun" budget summary) can be found at the webpage here. It is absolutely an exercise in frustration to even try and go through this.

 

[dgr]

NC's claim to fame on recovery.org money to 6 districts that don't exist.
Don't forget the NC Budget more money to the Tea Pot Musuem ,more money to the Randy Partin Theartor, Railroads again got another $250,000 for improvements and still got their $15 million gas tax emption again. And wait until you find out about the P21 education plan that is linked to all this funding for internet, computers, and the Dell deal

 

[TCE]

Gunny: name some programs or departments you would you like to see cut from NC's state budget. Your webpage didn't mention anything really from what I can see.

He has to be very careful about that. I would recommend just vaguely stating that he'd cut some programs, otherwise some people are going to get angry. It is a traditional trick used by politicians, don't claim what you're going to cut until the election is over. Unfortunately, most politicians end up cutting nothing and actually spending more, but we know Gunny is better than that.

Gunny: If you make this You vs. Bev Perdue, you stand a great chance. You obviously have a higher approval rating than 30%. I like the counter-budget strategy. Using Rick Perry's strategy of You vs. Washington could also work. Have fun with it.

 

[BenIsForRon]

It ain't that kind of trail.

This one takes people to the beach.

I'd be pretty excited about that if I lived in Wilmington. It'd be nice if they found a way to spend their own money on that, but at the stimulus cash isn't going to more of Perdue's pet projects.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I'd be pretty excited about that if I lived in Wilmington. It'd be nice if they found a way to spend their own money on that, but at the stimulus cash isn't going to more of Perdue's pet projects.

No, but it does enable her to spend general fund money on her own pet projects.

 

[Southron]

I remember all the tax break bribes we gave Dell and the plant will probably be closed by this summer.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

He has to be very careful about that. I would recommend just vaguely stating that he'd cut some programs, otherwise some people are going to get angry. It is a traditional trick used by politicians, don't claim what you're going to cut until the election is over. Unfortunately, most politicians end up cutting nothing and actually spending more, but we know Gunny is better than that.

Well, we're looking for obvious egregious examples, pork, and corruption. That way I can be specific without angering people. For instance, if I can say something like, "The NC Department of Education spent $1.5 Million on paper during 2009, which if they switched to this company offering 100% post-consumer recycled paper at $X price, we could have saved $500,000." It appeals to both sides of the aisle, you see? If, on the other hand, I said, "We should cut the NCDOE by half a million dollars" it WOULD piss people off, but the two statements actually amount to the same thing.

As to the larger cuts, indeed, some departments and programs need to be cut wholesale, but they are not as obvious on the State level as they are on the Federal level, given that most of the powers co-opted by the Federal Government are in fact reserved to the States.

Gunny: If you make this You vs. Bev Perdue, you stand a great chance. You obviously have a higher approval rating than 30%. I like the counter-budget strategy. Using Rick Perry's strategy of You vs. Washington could also work. Have fun with it.

That is a pretty large part of the strategy,yes. My general opponent seems to lap-dog after Perdue, so it should be an easy tie in.

 

[BillyDkid]

Hey, it's all "stimulus" right??? Isn't that the argument? It doesn't matter what you spend it on, just as long as you spend it - even if you don't have it.