Friday 25 September 2015

Friday News: Taxing the poor edition

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An N.C. tax plan that's an exercise in villainy (Raleigh News & Observer column) -- Extending the sales tax to some services, but not others, is a particularly useful tool for politicians out to crush those at the bottom. Wealthy people have new cars and warranties. Economically strapped North Carolinians struggle mightily to keep an automobile on the road. Paying for repairs is not a choice. No attempt was made, of course, to tax fees for the services of lawyers, accountants, architects, psychotherapists and interior designers – benefits reserved for those at the top.
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