There are many glaring examples of extreme intentional contradictions within in this new budget for the state of North Carolina.

Using a public narrative of “Kids First!” and fiscal responsibility, people like Phil Berger and Tim Moore have tried to divert attention away from the more subtle and nefarious that strengthen a very few rather than benefit the state as a whole.

Here are two.

Take the new “Parents’ Bill of Rights” just passed this summer.

Moore claims:

He wants transparency for parents.

Transparency that was already there.

Yet, within the crevices of the 600+ page budget written in secret without any debate, there is this:

and…

To seem transparent rather than to be? Seems to be the case.

Here’s another.

So charter schools are public, except when they are not public.

To seem rather than to be? Seems to be the case.