The people of North Carolina have spoken. If Obama has a mandate in the United States then our new governor certainly has a mandate in NC. The fact that our great party won NC is the only thing keeping me from moving to Mexico. Viva McCrory

"Oh yeh? Well, I guess I'm be making most of MY big ticket purchases out of state from now on. Think of the money I'll save, especially if I'm no longer paying income tax!"

davidk_at_unc

If that includes you buying a house out of state all the more reason to be for it.

pbjbeach - you don't believe all the decades of democrat rule in this state produced cronyism amongst democrats? Really? What color is your sky?

"Let's get rid of the income tax and go to a consumption tax, it's the most fair tax there is." -- unrecreb

If the state income tax is eliminated, the sales tax rate will have to increase in order to make up for the lost revenue. A tax on income pretty much determines how much people will have to pay. I don't know anyone who'd be willing to take a lower paying job in order to reduce their taxes. A consumption tax is going to give everyone the option of spending less in order to save more. One of the side effects of this is that state tax revenue will drop. People will have the option of making their purchases outside the state if they can find better deals, further diminishing the state tax revenue. Pretty soon the state government will be living on a shoestring, making Mississippi actually look pretty good!

"Let's get rid of the income tax and go to a consumption tax, it's the most fair tax there is." -- unrecreb

Oh yeh? Well, I guess I'm be making most of MY big ticket purchases out of state from now on. Think of the money I'll save, especially if I'm no longer paying income tax!

ccsmith1902: you are 1000% correct with your postin on here forall these repbulcians want is someone that will listen to a belive ever word out of their lying mouths as being the truth. they do not like people in this state that are capably of thinking for themselves they only want someone that were it will be a case of the blind leading the blind. there is no diversity within ther party nor any form of caring for the indivsuals rights freedoms or even constituional rights an surely not fo ranyones work place right with the supporting of the right to work laws in this stae they are toatly responsible for in the first place just so as to be able for their coporate buddys to be able to work the hell out of people an then not pay them correctly or fairly they have mangaed to strip out any form of diginity from the working class in this state/ anyone that votes to reelect pat mccory in this state as governor just is not a thinking person to start with thank you

these typical republican appointments to the various boards an chairmanships an an state agencys that will follow will only serve to demonstrate just how partisan mccory will be an i personal feel sorry of the state employees in this state an that they will continue to be attack by privatization an deregualtions to the points thatthey arent being allowed to do their jobs dutys as that both shannan an art pope both will only continue to attck the public sector in the nam of privatization an they will be the elitist for the elitiest an the coporate an specila instrest groups in this state with continued letting of contracts to contractors an private enitys that disavow any rightsor protections for state employees most especially within the areana of the NCDOT IN THIS STATE they will not care one whit for the average citizens in this state . in all probablity they will continue to attacking the education sysytem an the tearhers in this stae until they have wholely privatized the educa

i think nc needs 4 more yrs of QUEEN PERDUE as punishment for the citizens not demanding better service of the political elite.

"I think this is a great appointment. I'm tired of watered-down conservatives making decisions based on how they think the media and leftists(democrats) will react. Don't get wobbly-kneed Pat. Let's get rid of the income tax and go to a consumption tax, it's the most fair tax there is."--unrecreb

Sales taxes are the least fair because they disproportionately affect the poor and middle class. The sales tax is extremely regressive because (a) you pay it even if your income is tiny and get no break whatsoever even on your first dollars and (b) a lot of what the rich buys or uses would not be subject to a sales tax, and what little they do that would be subject to the sales tax is taxed at the exact same rate as what the poor pays. That's only fair if you are naive enough to believe that the first $40,000 or so of a paycheck is not more important to the well-being of an average citizen than dollar amounts greater than that.

http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-art-pope-empire-media-outlets-think-tanks-and-election-machines/

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