Governor Perdue today accused the state house of being irresponsible in passing a tax reform ammendment. The tax cut amendment would leave the state 800 million dollars short in a few years if approved by voters.
That's the tally from the budget and policy institute and Governor Perdue Agrees.
The state house this week just barely passed the amendemnt which would cut car taxes and the state income tax portion of property taxes.
Governor Perdue says the state house actions were wreckless. "This is major tax policy of the state done on the fly" Perdue says, "I liken it to the Wright brothers jumping out of Kiddy Hawk and designing and airplane on the way down."
Perdue accuses house members of being motivated by election year politics and not the best interest of the state.
"We're gonna need resources to fund education, growth and transportation in the future, " Perdue said.
The ammenment is now in the State Senate. Today the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute called on Senators to halt the measure.
Because this is a constitutional ammendment, the Governor has no veto control.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Perdue calls state house action irresponsible
