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Is NC Really Undertaxed? Release of Progress Board Report Spreads Myths

posted on in Spending & Taxes

A report released last week by the North Carolina Progress Board contained hundreds of long-term goals for the state. But the text was overshadowed by the comments of board member and UNC-W Chancellor James Leutze, who said the report showed North Carolina would never make it to the top tier of states without tax increases. Leutze’s remarks were ill-timed and ill-informed but reflect the conventional wisdom about taxes and social progress. It’s wrong.

John Hood is president of the John William Pope Foundation, a Raleigh-based grantmaker that supports public policy organizations, educational institutions, arts and cultural programs, and humanitarian relief in North Carolina and beyond. Hood is also chairman of the board at… ...

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