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Columbia, SC -- Today State Senator Vincent Sheheen, candidate for governor, called on House budget writers not to cut critical funding for education in the state budget and to raise the cigarette tax to the national average. Sheheen issued the following statement:
"These are tough budget times, but we need to make necessary cuts to the budget without sacrificing things that are critical investments for our future -- and education is one of those things," said Senator Sheheen. "We owe it to our children to keep teachers in the classroom."
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