North Carolina: Democratic Trend Slowing Down?

[Blue3]

It will very likely speed up now that the Republicans are about to blow up the state.

Yeah it's quite crazy. Talk about overreach.

It will very likely speed up now that the Republicans are about to blow up the state.

Ha, you mean what their doing at the state level? I haven't been following it much, but what from I hear is that they're actually doing pretty ridiculous things that could have an affect on the 2014 Senate seat which as of now is considered a Toss-Up. I'll check the other thread to see what's actually going on.

Here's a brief overview, article was written quite recently in the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/opinion/the-decline-of-north-carolina.html?_r=1&

[Blue3]

I see, a lot of this is actually for the better (My Opinion)

1. Unemployment Benefits: Better

2. Tax Overhaul: Better

3. Racial Justice Repeal: Worse

4. Fracking: Better

5. Medicaid Expansion: Better

6. Voting Laws: Better

7. Gun Laws: Worse

8. Education: Better

9. State Religion: Worse

If you want to know why I feel this way on any of these just ask.

How is it "better" that they are:


*slashing unemployment benefits
"ending federal unemployment benefits for 70,000 residents. Another 100,000 will lose their checks in a few months. Those still receiving benefits will find that they have been cut by a third, to a maximum of $350 weekly from $535, and the length of time they can receive benefits has been slashed from 26 weeks to as few as 12 weeks. "

*cutting education
"cutting back sharply on spending for public schools. Though North Carolina has been growing rapidly, it is spending less on schools now than it did in 2007, ranking 46th in the nation in per-capita education dollars. Teacher pay is falling, 10,000 prekindergarten slots are scheduled to be removed, and even services to disabled children are being chopped.
“We are losing ground,” Superintendent June Atkinson said recently, warning of a teacher exodus after lawmakers proposed ending extra pay for teachers with master’s degrees, cutting teacher assistants and removing limits on class sizes. "

*not expanding Medicaid

*cutting income taxes for rich while raising sales taxes on everyone else

*cutting back on early voting and Sunday voting

*ending a tax deduction for dependents if students vote at college instead of their hometowns

[Blue3]

California is doing great since they sacked their joke GOP Governor, and got a stronger legislative majority.

[Blue3]

Slashing Unemployment Benefits: This should motivate you to get a job. The only people that should be receiving benefits are the people looking for jobs.

To qualify for unemployment benefits, you have to prove that you're applying to so many jobs a month. I think it's 30-50 job applications required a month to qualify for unemployment benefits.