Tax fight is likely for Easley
He wants to raise taxes to pay for programs; legislators oppose idea
RALEIGH (Winston-Salem Journal) - Gov. Mike Easley is proposing tax increases on cigarettes and alcohol, but he has stiff opposition from state legislators as they return to Raleigh today.
With the state facing a tight budget year, Easley said yesterday that the new taxes are needed to pay for teachers' salary increases and improvements to the state's troubled mental-health system.
But Democratic leaders in the N.C. General Assembly said they hope to pass a 2008-09 budget without raising any taxes. Easley is a Democrat in his final year in office. All 170 state legislative seats are up for re-election this fall.
RALEIGH (Winston-Salem Journal) - Gov. Mike Easley is proposing tax increases on cigarettes and alcohol, but he has stiff opposition from state legislators as they return to Raleigh today.
With the state facing a tight budget year, Easley said yesterday that the new taxes are needed to pay for teachers' salary increases and improvements to the state's troubled mental-health system.
But Democratic leaders in the N.C. General Assembly said they hope to pass a 2008-09 budget without raising any taxes. Easley is a Democrat in his final year in office. All 170 state legislative seats are up for re-election this fall.
posted by BP News Bureau | 12:30 PM
1 Comments:
I see that "Tax hike Mike" is at it again. It seems he has proposed raising taxes every year that he's been governor.
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