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Editorial ignores Democratic monopoly

TO THE EDITOR:

I write in response to the editorial ""Be helpful"" GOP: Republicans should act like a respectable minority."" Those of you responsible for writing this editorial are either blissfully ignorant or naive about the monopoly on political power that the Democrats have in Raleigh.

GOP bills or amendments are often laughed off by Democrat General Assembly kingpins Marc Basnight or Tony Rand; that is" if those bills or amendments even make it out of committee.

Make no mistake the Democrats are in control in this state. They have a monopoly on political power and they have had a monopoly on political power in this state for over 100 years.

Also it is important to keep in mind that these Democrats who are raising taxes are planning to spend $25 million on a luxury fishing pier in Mr. Basnight's district. There is plenty of pork barrel fat that could be cut out of the budget that would make the cuts to education significantly less painful even without raising taxes.

Also please remember that it was only a few short years ago that these same Democrats had more than $1 billion in revenue surplus and instead of being fiscally prudent and putting that money away for tough fiscal times like these the legislature found some unnecessary project to spend the money on.

So DTH editorial board please stop being so naive. I guess that revealing how things actually work in Raleigh would be too damaging to your beloved Democratic Party.


Jason Sutton
Junior
Political Science


 


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