by Thomas Mills | Mar 1, 2016 | Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Today, North Carolina institutes its tax hike on the lower middle class. The Republicans in the legislature decided that we need to tax services to fix things like flat tires and plumbing problems. They say these taxes are fairer than the income taxes because everyone...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 21, 2015 | Budget, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Well, now we know what’s holding back North Carolina’s economy. It’s those damn poor people hoarding all that money and demanding too many services. Thank goodness the Republicans in the General Assembly are there to make sure they pry it loose and get it back its...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 25, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, NCGOP, Tax Reform |
Back in the late 1990s, before North Carolina had a lottery, I asked a conservative friend in Virginia what he thought about his state’s lottery. “It’s fine with me,” he said. “Mostly poor people play it and they’re the ones who use government money anyhow.” That’s...
by Holly Jones | Aug 21, 2015 | Ads, Tax Reform
Earlier this week, I launched a petition to ask the North Carolina House of Representatives and Governor Pat McCrory to oppose the so-called Taxpayers Bill of Rights, or TABOR, that was passed by the Senate and would be put on the ballot during the presidential...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 18, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
When Republicans took control of the General Assembly in 2010, North Carolina was struggling in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression. We got hit harder and were recovering slower than much of the rest of the nation. The recession compounded...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 16, 2015 | NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, Tax Reform |
At what point does the Senate finally get sick of itself? After four years of putting up with them, even their erstwhile allies in the House have tired of the Upper Chamber’s pointless, chest-thumping gestures. It must be exhausting to blast another doomed bill...
