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August 17, 2007 at 10:51 am
This is a great post Barry. It’s always driven me crazy when NC governors brag about giving huge tax incentives to their personally selected large companies, often to bring them to NC or motivate them to stay. It’s such an illogical policy. It assumes that the governor knows better than the market. It says that the governor knows better than customers.
I wonder how many businesses would move to NC if the governor made a simple announcement, “There is no state in the United States with lower corporate and personal income taxes than North Carolina.”
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Amen to that! Or how many businesses would start here, or expand… gosh, a guy can dream, can’t he?
BD
August 20, 2007 at 11:59 am
NC Governor Mike Easley is NOT up for re-election in 2008; he is currently completing his second term and is prohibited by state law from running for a third consecutive term. Lieutenant Governor Beverly Perdue and State Treasurer Richard Moore are the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination for governor in ‘08.
September 29, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Look to LP NC Gov. candidate Mike Munger for free trade low tax policies in ‘08.
November 1, 2007 at 2:14 pm
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