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10.
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Nobody knows how much money the state has or doesn't
have! Inaccurate revenue forecast is an understatement. Excessive
spending endangers the state's AAA bond rating. |
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9.
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Raids the State Employees Retirement Fund and doesn't
even give them a decent raise…an average of 2 percent. |
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8.
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Reduces teachers and state employees with dependents
net pay by drastically increasing their health care plan cost. |
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7.
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Reduces access to physicians for poor North Carolina
children, elderly and disabled adults who depend on Medicaid and endangers
the small rural hospitals that serve them. |
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6.
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Increases the eligibility for prescription drug coverage
for HIV/AIDS patients to 200 % of federal poverty level, costing tens
of millions of dollars, while leaving the elderly, disabled and blind
at a lower income eligibility of 100%. |
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5.
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Transfer 180 million from the Highway Maintenance Fund
to the General Fund for special pet projects. (Usually with Senators
names on them) |
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4.
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Pork…Pork…Pork! Just what is Queen Ann's
Revenge and Where is that Ottoman Empire Art Exhibit? |
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3.
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Creates new programs like "More at Four"
so Gov. Easley can have his own Smart Start! Wasn't this supposed
to be a year of reducing government? |
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2.
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Gives $5.2 million to the indigent defense fund and
only $500,000 to crime victims. |
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1.
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Increases state spending $800 million in 2002 to a
whopping $15.2 BILLION budget. |
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