Once again, to illustrate the total uselessness and incompetency of North Carolina Democrat Party-led government:

State lawmakers this week demanded Gov. Mike Easley give more money to energy assistance programs, and a spokeswoman for Easley said the governor would work with them.

So the government needs more money to give away to it's subjects so those subjects can pay more taxes to the government, who doesn't have enough money to give to the peons to give to the government.

Welcome to the U.S.A. today.