Perdue: GOP playing politics with jobless
Gov. Perdue says House Bill 383, linking extended jobless benefits to a budget power play, is "extortion."
Posted — UpdatedGovernor Bev Perdue was asked this afternoon for her reaction to H383, a measure that links an extension of jobless benefits to a spending resolution intended to reduce the governor's bargaining power in the budget process.
"Sounds like extortion to me, dereliction of duty, all those words," Perdue said.
"You’ve got about 37,000 families today worried about getting that extension of unemployment. I mean these are real people who need milk and bread and stuff to pay their light bill and their gas bill," said Perdue. "And you’ve got a bunch of politicians – leaders, they’re supposed to be - who’re sworn to take an oath – I mean they took an oath on the bible – to do what they need to do, and their core responsibility is passing the budget?”
"These are real people. You can't do this. It just makes me sick for North Carolina," Perdue said.
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