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A PETITION TO JOE HACKNEY, SPEAKER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Speaker Hackney:
As citizens of North Carolina, we demand that state legislators tell the truth about our proposed state budget.
The truth is that tax increases are not needed to fund over one billion dollars of essential state services because federal stimulus money already fully funds these services.
The truth is that Liberal Democrat politicians have for too long refused to set spending priorities and for the past four years state spending has risen by a whopping 8% each year.
The truth is that North Carolina taxpayers are already taxed too much and that the massive tax increases which you propose will weaken our State and greatly diminish its competitiveness.
Mr. Speaker, it is within in your power to make our state budget process more honest and transparent, and we request that you publicly dispel and denounce the Billion Dollar Lie as an important first step in this process.
Finally, all who sign this petition oppose the false claims being used by Liberal Democrats as a reason to massively raise taxes and oppose the proposed tax increases themselves.