NC governor recommends suspending
democracy to focus on jobs09/27/2011
By Matthew Boyle - The Daily Caller
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, left, listens to Sondna Ipock-Riggs about the damage Hurricane Irene left behind, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 in Trenton, N.C. North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue said that Irene inflicted significant damage along her state's coast, but that the full extent was unclear because some areas were unreachable because of high water or downed power lines.
As a way to solve the national debt crisis, North Carolina Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue recommends suspending Congressional elections for the next couple of years.
"I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover," Perdue said at a rotary club event in Cary, North Carolina, according to the Raleigh News and Observer. "I really hope that someone can agree with me on that."
Perdue said she thinks that temporarily halting elections would allow members of Congress to focus on the economy. "You have to have more ability from Congress, I think, to work together and to get over the partisan bickering and focus on fixing things," Perdue said.
North Carolina Republicans immediately scoffed at Perdue's proposal, pointing out to her that elections hold politicians accountable for their actions. "Now is a time when politicians need to be held accountable more than ever," North Carolina GOP spokesman Rob Lockwood said in an email to The Daily Caller. "To suspend an election would be removing the surest mechanism that citizens have to hold politicians accountable: The right to vote."
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