Holiday from sales tax should be a vacation
I wrote two years ago, ''This tax-free weekend is a grand idea, but it needs to be expanded.'' I have asked members of the legislature to examine expanding the program. Our current members in the House from Greensboro and Guilford County think it's not worth looking at.
I read your editorial, ''Weekend tax break deserves longer run'' (Aug. 13, 2004), and said, ''I hope they mean it.''
I am pleased the editorial staff agrees with me about extending our annual tax-free holiday. We know that the taxpayers deserve a tax-free vacation, not just a holiday. Three days isn't enough.
I propose a three- to six-week tax vacation on the items listed. I suggest it start on Aug. 1 so it is before schools start. Then end a week after the start of school. This allows parents and students to know if there are items they need to purchase after school starts, saving them money and time. Retailers would enjoy a prolonged opportunity to boost their sales, while the state helps working families get critical school supplies.
We can get bipartisan support in the N.C. House for the tax-free vacation. It offers everyone a vacation from taxes.
Jim Rumley
Browns Summit
The writer is running for the N.C. House of Representatives in District 59.
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Mr. Rumley,
At least your campaign letter didn't propose using the gallows to kill convicted killers. Other than that, your letter is just self serving campaign rhetoric. Your party has caused enough red ink on the national level, so please don't work your "magic" on the state level too!
Posted on August 4, 2006 9:32 AM
I don't agree with a tax holiday, period. It's nothing but some feel-good legislation that doesn't mean much of anything to most folks. If you want to help folks out, cut spending and lower the sales-tax percentage on all goods every day.
Posted on August 4, 2006 10:51 AM
3 days is fine, I just need to remember when its coming and then I'll go out and pick up some odds and ends as far as clothing goes. no biggie. Its 3 days. enjoy it while it lasts and wait for next year.
Posted on August 4, 2006 11:06 AM
Hey DD, This state has been under democratic rule for years, is this why we are one of the highest tax states in the country. We have to pass bonds to get schools built which is nothing more than another tax. The great Jim Hunt left such a mess that I actually felt sorry for Easley the Measley when he discovered he was gov. of a bankrupt state. Of course he still rides the taxpayers chopper to Southport and refuses to eliminate the "temporary" taxes.
Posted on August 4, 2006 1:09 PM