North Carolina State Senate Fails Taxpayer’s Test
If yesterday’s budget vote in the State Senate was scored by the taxpayers, a majority of the Senators would have to repeat their grade. Twenty-eight Senators not only voted to repeal the promised “sunset” of income and sales tax ($857 million over two years) but also to postpone tax relief ( the child tax credit and the elimination of the marriage penalty tax) which was passed by the State House.
Common sense amendments by conservatives to make the budget process more efficient for taxpayers were quickly rebuffed by the Senate leadership. Amendments to set a cap on government spending and to require more accountability for hundreds of millions of tax dollars that fund non-governmental agencies were immediately tabled in favor of more taxes and a spending increase of $726 million next fiscal year.
North Carolina Citizens for a Sound Economy would like to thank the twenty-two Senators who voted for the taxpayers and voted “NO” to House Bill 397.
Listing of NC Senators and how they voted on HB 397:
Albertson-yes
Allran-no
Apodaca-no
Ballantine-no
Basnight-yes
Berger-no
Bingham-no
Blake-no
Brock-no
Carpenter-no
Carrington-no
Clodfelter-yes
Dalton-yes
Dannelly-yes
Dorsett-yes
Forrester-no
Foxx-no
Garrou-yes
Garwood-no
Gulley-yes
Hagan-yes
Hargett-yes
Hartsell-no
Holloman-yes
Horton-no
Hoyle-yes
Jenkins-yes
Kerr-yes
Kinnaird-yes
Lucas-yes
Malone-yes
Metcalf-yes
Moore-yes
Pittenger-no
Purcell-yes
Queen-yes
Rand-yes
Reeves-yes
Rucho-no
Shaw-yes
Shubert-no
Sloan-no
Smith-no
Soles-yes
Stevens-no
Swindell-yes
Thomas-yes
Tillman-no
Webster-no
Weinstein-yes