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More lies from the Speaker of the House

Submitted by scharrison on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 6:56pm

When the truth simply won't do:

Tillis gets credit for steering the legislation through the Statehouse as well as garnering enough bipartisan support to override Gov. Bev Perdue’s vetoes five times. Perdue proposed a budget that would have made a temporary tax hike permanent.

Not that you deserve the honor, Thom, but your name is right up there at the top of the "addressed to" list on the Governor's Budget Proposal (fat pdf):

The gap is closed by utilizing $300 million in prior and current year reductions already implemented; $2.9 billion in additional spending reductions ($1.35 billion in 2011-12; $1.54 billion in 2012-13); and targeted revenue changes totaling $1.4 billion over two years, designed to protect education and job creation programs.

These targeted revenue changes sunset at the end of FY 2012-13 and may be phased down or eliminated earlier if our economy and revenue collections exceed baseline expectations.

I know the truth isn't all that sexy, Thom, but it's sort of important when you're not only an elected official, but the leader of the majority party's elected Representatives, as well. You make them all liars by default every time you do this.

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9.2 on the nausea scale

Submitted by scharrison on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 7:19pm.

Just an extra bonus, in case you aren't already rushing to the bathroom:

UPDATE: Tillis was named "Legislator of the Year" at the American Legislative Exchange Council annual meeting in New Orleans on Aug. 5. ALEC is a non-partisan public-private "state legislative organization with the goal of promoting Thomas Jefferson’s principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism through sound policy solutions." ALEC brings corporate executives together with lawmakers, facilitating business-friendly legislative efforts around the U.S. Tillis is apparently the first Speaker to get the award in the 38 year history of ALEC. Rep. Fred Steen of Rowan County is the statewide ALEC chair in North Carolina.

o>-<

That's me jumping off my roof. Unfortunately, my house is not very big, so...just a little skinned up. No release.

Awarded by ALEC

Submitted by loftT on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 7:31pm.

there's got to be a down side to that somewhere. That could turn out to be a liability if we make enough noise over the usurpation* of democracy.

* I've never typed nor used that word out loud but it sure fits.

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