Nov 11 2008
Perdue Makes the Budget Her Top Priority
RALEIGH - Governor-elect Bev Perdue says O. Max Gardner, a governor and Democratic power broker in the first half of the 20th century, is one of her favorite political figures in Tar Heel history. Gardner was in office at the beginning of the Great Depression, and Perdue said he set an example relevant to the current economic crisis.
“He used the time as a transformational period for the state of North Carolina,” Perdue said. Instead of simply cutting the state’s budget, Gardner invested in roads and universities so the state would be positioned to prosper when the economy turned around.
And even as North Carolina faces a budget shortfall that could be as large as $1.6 billion this year, according to state economists, Perdue says the state needs to invest in education, transportation and other pillars of economic development.
No, it’s not as simple as just cutting the budget. LOL! It never is to bureaucrats. The state faces a potential deficit of $1.6 billion but she won’t cut the budget, instead she’ll throw money away on the already over funded education system. If Perdue does not responsibly trim back the government then either the state’s deficit will continue to grow or the already high taxes will increase or both. But hey, this is apparently what residents of North Carolina because that’s what they voted for.
