Gov. Roy Cooper Snubs NC Job Creators | Eastern North Carolina Now

Press Release:

    Raleigh, NC     According to ABC 11, Governor Roy Cooper is willing to snub North Carolina small businesses, the job creation engine of North Carolina, to pick winners and losers by demanding more tax dollars for corporate recruiting.

    Cooper spokesman Ford Porter criticized the plan because he said it does not spend enough on public education and recruiting company and agrees on a tax plan with more "giveaways" to corporations...

    Instead of endorsing and signing a budget that offers income tax relief for existing North Carolina small businesses, he is threatening to veto a bipartisan budget demanding more money to recruit companies.

    This unreasonable demand not only picks out-of-state companies, it attempts to lure them to North Carolina over businesses that have been an integral part of our robust economy.

    Governor Cooper's statements are a prime example of political doublespeak.

    North Carolina taxpayers deserve in-depth questions and answers from the North Carolina media.

    Suggested Questions:

• Governor Cooper, can you please explain how your demand to have more taxpayer dollars for corporate recruitment is different from that corporate "giveaway" notion that would lower the tax burden for existing North Carolina companies that create jobs in North Carolina?
• Governor Cooper, on the campaign trail you championed ending corporate tax giveaways, yet so far you have stood at the ribbon cutting where tax dollars were used to recruit companies to North Carolina. Critics have accused you of breaking your campaign promises, can you explain your definition of corporate tax giveaway for clarification purposes?

• Contact: Emily Weeks
•     Emily.Weeks@ncgop.org