Final Vote Set Today on Irresponsible Senate Budget
RALEIGH (Carolina Journal Online) — North Carolina lawmakers should reject many ideas now included in the state Senate's budget plan, if they want a responsible blueprint for state government spending. That's the assessment of the John Locke Foundation's top budget expert.
The Senate voted 32-16 Wednesday to approve its budget plan, Senate Bill 202. A second vote is scheduled today before the budget debate shifts to the N.C. House. The Democrats who run the Senate voted for the bill. Most Republicans voted against it.
"The Senate leadership has taken a new lead in irresponsible budgeting by proposing nearly $1.2 billion in mystery tax hikes over the next two years," said Joseph Coletti, JLF Fiscal and Health Care Policy Analyst. "While Senate leaders remain mum on the tax issue, that dollar figure represents the same amount of revenue raised by Gov. Beverly Perdue's proposed regressive taxes on cigarettes and alcohol."
The Senate voted 32-16 Wednesday to approve its budget plan, Senate Bill 202. A second vote is scheduled today before the budget debate shifts to the N.C. House. The Democrats who run the Senate voted for the bill. Most Republicans voted against it.
"The Senate leadership has taken a new lead in irresponsible budgeting by proposing nearly $1.2 billion in mystery tax hikes over the next two years," said Joseph Coletti, JLF Fiscal and Health Care Policy Analyst. "While Senate leaders remain mum on the tax issue, that dollar figure represents the same amount of revenue raised by Gov. Beverly Perdue's proposed regressive taxes on cigarettes and alcohol."
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