TO THE EDITOR
The DTH would be hard-pressed to find a worse defender of the state GOP’s efforts to dismantle public education in our state than Nate Harrison.
Mr. Harrison’s column from June 9 displays a disheartening deficit of knowledge and understanding concerning state politics and basic economic concepts.
While a simple letter to the editor does not provide nearly enough space to respond to each individual fallacy and delusion, a response of some sort is certainly necessary. Mr. Harrison’s letter echoes the same tired GOP talking points about the Laffer Curve and austerity, only in a less articulate and convincing manner.
Someone should inform Mr. Harrison that Governor Perdue’s veto is not merely symbolic, as there is a significant chance that the Democratic caucus in the state House could sustain a veto.
Budgeting is not in fact a zero-sum game. Investing now in education reaps multiplied benefits for years to come.
Mr. Harrison claims that this budget should be passed for the sake of future generations, but he forgets that these are precisely the people that this budget hurts the most.
Nathan Westmoreland
President
UNC Young Democrats
