Richard Moore and Beverly Perdue each took a quick jab.
At the UNC-TV debate tonight, Moore argued that the Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission has a spotty record, especially on teen smoking.
"It's been a hit and miss on a lot of different small programs," he said. "It's kind of hard to say that we really have made any substantive improvement."
That echoes Moore's recent attacks on government commissions, which he says are wasteful.
Perdue serves on the commission and chaired a task force on health run in part by it.
Later, Perdue turned the tables, noting that Moore said during his unsuccessful 1994 Congressional run that he would consider cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid funding to balance the budget.
"If you do that, then the seniors who are moving into this state, certainly have many more challenges than they would otherwise have," she said.
After the jump, what Moore said in 1994.
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"How to cut the budget"
The News & Observer, Oct. 10, 1994
Question: The 10 largest entitlement programs are Social Security, Medicare, deposit insurance, Medicaid, federal civilian retirement, unemployment compensation, federal military retirement, food stamps, Supplemental Security Income and Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Which, if any, of those programs, would you support cutting to help reduce the federal budget deficit?
Richard Moore
"I think that I would support on a case by case basis cuts in any and all of those programs. If the way those programs were implemented does not make common sense and are not achieving the goals that they were specifically set up for, they should be changed.
"As an example, food stamps do not seem to be achieving—at least to a certain percentage of our population—the goals they were set up for. As a former federal prosecutor, I know there is a tremendous amount of fraud. In today's computerization, the concept of a coupon or a stamp may be obsolete and could result in tremendous cost savings."
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