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Marcus Henry: Booming economy should adequately fund schools

Regarding Sen. Bob Rucho’s Oct. 29 letter “Historic tax reforms jumpstarted economy”: North Carolina’s economy is booming. A booming economy has the money to fully support N.C. public schools and the UNC System.

So why do Rucho and other Republicans keep cutting school funding?

Marcus Henry

Reidsville

This story was originally published November 1, 2016 at 8:35 PM with the headline "Marcus Henry: Booming economy should adequately fund schools."

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