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Monday, August 31, 2009
News Mecklenburg County, time to go shopping in South Carolina
Posted By Cheris Hodges on Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Say what you want to say about South Carolina's poor choice of governor, but come tomorrow, it's going to be a lot cheaper to go shop at Wal-Mart in Fort Mill or Rock Hill than any of the 500 locations in Mecklenburg County or anywhere else in North Carolina.
Thanks to Gov. Bev Perdue, our poor choice of a governor, and the General Assembly, there is a new sales tax going into effect Sept. 1.
According to the Charlotte Observer, this is supposed to be a temporary fix for the state's poor economy.
The tax hike, passed by the N.C. legislature this summer, is expected to raise $803.5 million.It is supposed to expire in 2011. However, a 2001 sales tax increase characterized as “temporary” is still in effect.
Basically, Mecklenburg County is now overtaxed. And with all of the job loss in this area, people running out of unemployment benefits, this is something we can't afford.
The drinkers and smokers are going to pay too. But guess who drinks and smokes more than anyone else -- poor, stressed out people who are worried about their money. Lawmakers seem to forget that you can't collect sales tax if people aren't buying things and that's what we should start doing around the state, stop buying things -- especially here in the great state of Mecklenburg.
It would be different if the state gave Charlotte its due. But drive down (or up) any road the state is supposed to upkeep and your car tires will tell you that the state is holding out on us. So this "temporary" sales tax is supposed to do what? Break those of us who are already broke?
Maybe it's time skip the N.C. sales tax racket and head to South Carolina to buy groceries, clothes and other items that are just too much here and see how well this increased sales tax works for the state then.
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