“A constitutional amendment preventing the income tax rate from exceeding 5 percent provides a strong protection to the paychecks of hard-working North Carolinians,” said Brian Balfour, Senior VP of Research at the John Locke Foundation.
A few decades ago, there were 16 workers paying taxes into Social Security for every retiree; now it's 2.5 per retiree. The next generation can not bear this burden.
Sossamon requests recount, trails Cohn.
The final tally in a machine recount of North Carolina’s recent state Supreme Court election showed both candidates losing a total of 110 votes statewide. The recount preserved Democrat Allison Riggs’ 734-vote margin over Republican Jefferson Griffin out of 5.5 million votes cast statewide.