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From Ima Ghast in Washington

Incoming freshman legislators of all parties stunned their leadership by unanimously petitioning for revisions in the federal employee’s pension system as applied to members of Congress. Rand Paul, Senator-elect from Kentucky, said “if we’re going to look at raising the retirement age for Social Security and reducing benefits, Congress needs to share in that pain.”

North Carolina should assert its sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and refuse to enforce laws or comply with Federal mandates that violate the Constitution, the Libertarian Party of North Carolina said Sunday.