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Tax reform

From today's paper:

RALEIGH — The good news: Sales taxes and income tax rates would drop under a finance package state senators started examining Wednesday.

The bad news: North Carolinians would end up paying the state more anyway.

“We’ve got a short-term fiscal crisis on us and it has run smack-dab into the long-term problems we’ve got with the state revenue system,” said Sen. Dan Clodfelter, a Charlotte Democrat.

Click here for the full story.

More, including documents outlining more about the plan and audio of Wednesday's briefing, at this blog post.

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We all ways have a crisis.
All ways will, we elect IDIOTS!

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