GOP candidate for NC governor blasts public spending as his family nonprofit rakes in taxpayer funds

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/robinson-government-spending-balanced-nutrition-388251303ac98c6edbf52e5b3c43d554

GOP candidate for NC governor blasts public spending as his family nonprofit rakes in taxpayer funds
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and BILL BARROW
Updated 6:45 AM CDT, May 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that has mired generations of Black people in “dependency” and poverty.

But the lieutenant governor’s political rise wouldn’t have been possible without it.

Over the past decade, Robinson’s household has relied on income from Balanced Nutrition Inc., a nonprofit founded by his wife, Yolanda Hill, that administered a free lunch program for North Carolina children. The organization, funded entirely by taxpayers, has collected roughly $7 million in government funding since 2017, while paying out at least $830,000 in salaries to Hill, Robinson and other members of their family, tax filings and state documents show.

The income offered the Robinsons a degree of stability after decades of struggle that included multiple bankruptcies, home foreclosure and misdemeanor charges — later dropped — for writing bad checks. In Robinson’s telling, the financial turnaround provided by the organization also allowed for his ascent into the North Carolina government.

“Yolanda’s nonprofit was providing a salary for her that was enough to support us,” Robinson wrote in his 2022 memoir, noting its growth gave him the freedom to quit his furniture manufacturing job in 2018 and begin a career in populist conservative politics.

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[BoRaGard]

1. Typical repube

Gravy for me, doodley squat for thee.

[jimfields33]

2. I've always said non profits need to be taxed as companies.

We need the revenue and nonprofits are loaded. Let’s share some of it.

[Skittles]

3. multiple bankruptcies

with all due respect, he has zero right to give any kind of financial advice

[Old Crank]

4. Slimy is a feature

Not a bug.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Public spending for me but not for thee