More on Governor Bev Perdue’s veto of SB 13, from JLF president John Hood:
I’ll shed employees, cut services, and raise taxes, Perdue is telling the voters of North Carolina, but I refuse to cut corporate welfare.
This is a strategy for political recovery? Add in the fact that the giveaway programs Perdue used her veto to protect – such as Golden LEAF and Job Development Investment Grants (JDIG) – were set up by a disgraced former governor, Mike Easley, from whom Perdue needs to be running away as fast as possible, and you have a political mess.
The irony, Hood notes, is while Perdue is sticking up for big business, Democrats in other states —– not to mention President Obama —– are sticking up for labor unions. Problem is, Hood concludes, is both institutions are suffering image problems with your average voter.
