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Today, Spokesman for Governor Cooper, Ford Porter, responded to Senate Republicans' proposed budget

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    RALEIGH: Today, Spokesman for Governor Cooper, Ford Porter, responded to Senate Republicans' proposed budget:

  • "Governor Cooper has offered a clear blueprint to invest in our teachers and schools, create good jobs, and put more money in the pockets of middle class families. It's good that some of the Governor's proposals on teacher pay and other issues are reflected in the Senate budget, but we will reserve judgment until we see the details. Unfortunately, Senate Republicans have prioritized yet another massive tax giveaway for corporations and the wealthiest that would give millionaires a tax cut 60 times larger than middle class families. Their plan blows a $600 million hole in our budget, which wrecks our ability to invest in education, disaster recovery and other priorities. Those are not the right priorities for our state."

    Earlier this year, Governor Cooper proposed a budget that included:

  • A 10% teacher pay raise, larger than the Senate proposal, and multi-year investment to reach the national average in teacher pay
  • An expansion of Smart Start and early childhood education
  • Free community college scholarships
  • Expanded access to broadband internet
  • Childcare tax credits to help working families afford high quality care
  • Governor Cooper's proposed budget invests in education, jobs and middle class families without raising taxes, instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tax giveaways for large corporations and the wealthy.

  • Contact: Ford Porter
  •     govpress@nc.gov

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