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Using tax dollars to raise more tax dollars

Monday, March 31st, 2008

By Staff

Guest Column

Most of us are familiar with the old saying "It takes money to make money." But for government officials across North Carolina, it "takes money to take money."

What do I mean by that? It seems that government officials have grown quite fond of using tax dollars to convince voters to approve tax or spending increases. In other words, they are spending our tax dollars to convince us to hand over even more tax dollars. (more…)

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