Who is Governor Perdue looking out for?

Gov. Beverly Perdue today vetoed the Balanced Budget Act of 2011 (SB 13), which would give her the authority she requested to cut $400 million in the current fiscal year and target another $400 million in immediate savings to help tackle next year’s budget.

Below is a statement from Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham):

“Last week, Gov. Perdue claimed she wanted to protect the jobs of our school teachers, teaching assistants and rank-and-file state employees.  And two months ago, she declared she did not know how to spell ‘tax increase.’

“Gov. Perdue’s veto makes it more difficult to balance the state’s budget without cutting teachers’ jobs and negatively impacting our classrooms.  And while her solution is to raise taxes that destroy private sector jobs, Senate Republicans refuse to reach further into North Carolinians’ pockets.

“If Gov. Perdue’s veto is truly about jobs as she says, then why would she keep unused extra tax money in these special funds she controls instead of using it to protect teachers’ jobs or to avoid a job destroying tax increase on the private sector?”

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