Maybe a sales tax would chase away the illegals, drug dealers, under-the-table "disabled" who collect AND work for cash, prostitutes, "yard salers" who do it for a living and don't report, people who buy junk and resell it on Craigslist for a living. Would that be so bad?

What did The POPE say. He said the proposed sales tax is regressive and would hurt people like you and me. That is it. What are you fusing about!

No, but apparently republicans are. goldenosprey

how so? they are trying to create a business friendly climate where people can find work and make a good living. Every democrat policy costs businesses money and attempts to push them out of the country whether its income taxes, forced benefits, regulations, controlled profits, or a number of other ideas they support. Democrats also support programs that make it more appealing to stay home because entitlements pay better than entry level jobs. Why would someone hire an entry level worker and pay them $100k? That makes no sense but it is what democrats think should happen. You have no clue how a business operates and more than that no knowledge of basic economics. When the government incentivises laziness and punishes success, you are on the road to collapse. (51% of Americans will pay no net federal income tax this year, who do you think they will vote for in 2014?)

" so you're ok with only 0.5% of America being successful? "-arfamr1007

No, but apparently republicans are.

So should you have to pay more taxes? IMHO yes. Graduating from middle-income to disproportionately wealthy SHOULD become progressively more difficult (not impossible of course, but difficult) in order to avoid the current obscene disparities in America. ILoveDowntownRaleigh

so you're ok with only 0.5% of America being successful? You sir or ma'am are unamerican to even suggest it should be difficult to be successful by way of taxation

"you have no evidence or facts supporting this." - lrfarms27572

It's called math and common sense. You should give it a try sometime. Unfortunately Republicans are terrible at math.

"True but a lot of people complaining live off of free money so to me they have no voice. They are already living off the working man." - ncouterbanks69

I'm not sure what country you live in but here in the United States, all citizens have a voice. We have this pesky thing called the Constitution that you conservatives only believe in when it benefits you.

"And pray tell, just how is an increase or decrease in the overall sales tax going to give Pope's stores a competitive advantage or disadvantage when every other store collects the identical same tax???" - JoCo50 at MXR

I guess math was your worst subject. All of Art Pope's stores target the poor with cheap junk from China. Have you been to a Roses or Maxway lately? If these people with already tight budgets have to pay more for all of their goods and services, they are going to have less money left over to shop at Roses and Maxway. So while someone was correct that the tax is collected from the consumer with no direct impact on the companies bottom line, you are incorrect because it will cause this indirect effect on the bottom line described above. Shifting the tax burden to the poor means less money for the poor to by his cheap junk from China.

"It's interesting that WRAL would describe Pope as a "divisive figure" for being a Republican." - JoCo50 at MXR

This shows your ignorance in the matter. It has nothing to do with being a Republican. Perdue and Barber never spent $40 million dollars over a decade to buy the entire state government. Do you have that kind of money to buy influence? One person should not have total control over the government. This is what we call a dictatorship. All three branches of NC government are now filled with puppets of Pope. McCrory is governor in title only. If he or any legislator crosses Art Pope they will find a primary opponent and a fierce negative campaign against them at the next election. This is how you buy a democracy.

The funny thing will be to watch you people when you finally realize that you've been had and you aren't getting the change you hoped for. Enjoy your grocery bill next year.

"Art Pope's companies are downmarket retail stores. He doesn't want a sales tax increase because it impacts his bottom line." - bill15

Bill wins. Not too many with six figure incomes shopping at Super Dollar. Pope knows his customer base can't absorb a sales tax increase. He's been robbing from the poor for a long time and doesn't need government competition.

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