In the "put your money where your mouth is" category:

For NC, "staying the course" means tax cuts over public investments that promote broadly shared prosperity https://t.co/v8mjs5r7Ky #ncpol

— Budget & Tax Center (@ncbudgetandtax) June 12, 2017

When you try to do something good and some idiot sticks his leg out to trip you:

Since the NC House Budget is about to hit the floor:

.#ncga - a day late and certainly a dollar short. Legislators, take care of your retirees. Add cost of living increase. #ncpol

— @NCRetirees (@NCRGEA) May 30, 2017

Just because they served the citizens yesterday, it doesn't mean we should forget them today.

Because hungry children should always be at the top of our list:

Shameful. Senate budget would cut off food aid to 55,000 children. #ncpol #ncga @ncgop https://t.co/hEy2vLMPEz

— Karen (@KareninRaleigh) May 16, 2017

And Ralph Hise has the gall to try and justify this:

NC's national notoriety is growing like kudzu:

Slate magazine rips North Carolina General Assembly for a ‘descent into madness’ - https://t.co/fyCdRTd0Ma #ncpol @markprice_obs pic.twitter.com/N3rgACKetP

— Dana Hall (@DanaHall825) May 1, 2017

This is what a "truth bomb" looks like:

The curse of the unfunded mandate:

New NC class-size rules could cost schools $388 million more a year, report says: https://t.co/UHcshQfGdR #ncpol #ncga

— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) April 17, 2017

Pretty sure one requirement of whether something is a "good idea" or not is that it won't cripple the system you're trying to enhance: