Dec 01 2008
Joe Hackney Thinks You Should Pay More Taxes
Right now, if you order a gourmet gift basket as a holiday present over the Internet or through a catalog from the Oregon-based retailer or other out-of-state companies, you don’t pay North Carolina sales tax.
House Speaker Joe Hackney would like to change that.
Hackney said he will talk to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this afternoon about granting states the rights to interstate sales tax collection. He said it would bring in an additional $400 to $500 million a year for North Carolina’s state budget, especially helpful given the current budget crunch.
If I have to repeat this every day until the end of 2009 to get my point across, I will: North Carolina has the highest taxes of any state in the Southeast.
And Joe Hackney thinks you should pay more.
