At his last post-Council of State press conference, outgoing Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper had plenty of criticism about the North Carolina Senate’s override of his veto of Senate Bill 382 yesterday.
“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.