This is, unfortunately, my local representative's quote and another sign that North Carolina really IS becoming North "Taxolina." That Joe Hackney can be so condescending is not a surprise either. For someone who attends so few sessions and actually casts so few votes, he should really just continue to be seen and not heard. Hearing him does not help his image.
The budget proposal includes a one-cent increase in the state sales tax rate, raising it to 7.75 cents in most locations. It also would impose a 2 to 3 percent surcharge on the income tax liability owed by individuals with a state taxable income of $60,000 or more and couples with a state taxable income of $100,000 or more.
This is a tax on taxes.
They can call it a surcharge if they want but a tax it is. Just as all those illegals in North Carolina costing taxpayers millions if not billions per annum can be called "undocumented" - they're still illegal and still sucking funds from the State. This is how the State plans to pay for it all.
For those who don't read the full article, Health and Human Services is to be cut 29% and education, 10%...so the old "for the children" is nothing more than a lie....
Will have to dig deeper in the paperwork to see if the tax on affiliate sales - which cost many micro businesses their income a month ago - was left in this budget. My guess, based on North Carolina's money-grabbing, is "Yes."
