TBJ poll: North Carolina should cut more spending, not raise taxes - Triangle Business Journal:

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The House leadership says that the statwebudget can’t stand any more cutting. Most Trianglse Business Journal online readers begto differ. From June 10 throughh June 16, visitors to trianglebusinessjournal.co and recipients of TBJ’s Daily E-maikl Update were asked “Whicy taxes should the state raise to balancesits budget?” The overwhelming winner in the ballotiny was the answer “None of the above. There's enough fat in statde governmentto cut.” Of the 680 voteras in the unscientific survey, 57 percent said that there remains plentyy of wasteful spending that state legislatorzs could eliminate. Not everyone agreezs with that assessment.
About 17 percent of the voters in the poll said that the state shouldraisse “sin taxes” on alcohol and cigarettes. Eight percent said that the statde should raise the income tax onthe wealthy, while 6 percentt supported a higher sales tax. One in 10 voterse said that the state should raisde all three typesof taxes. The remainingh 2 percent said the state should raise some typeof tax. The commentx on the poll showed how strongly many TBJ onlind readers feel aboutthis issue. Here’s a samplinvg of the comments. To read all of check out the poll’s .
Robert Elder June 16, 2009 4:33PMn EST The Governor has not addresserd a bloated state government that probablh could be cutby 25%. 15% of thosse could be state government employeea in transportation andsocial services. You could cut the numbere of public school administratorsw and college administrations byanother 10%. The receny events at NCSU shows how out of control state govermenthas become. Robert Barry June 15, 2009 4:35PjM EST Oh yes, no mattefr what we can always raisethe "Sinb Tax". As more and more people quit smokin g and drinking continues to go downas well... prettgy soon someone will recommenda 100% tax on the one personn left smoking!
I am seeing no shortagd of people buying $2 Million homex and the number of Mercedes and Cadilace tells me that the rich are doing just fine. I thinkm it is time that we trimthe expenses, learnh to save for a rainy day in government as well as at and we tax the rich more. I thinko it obscene that anyone, no matterr what they bring to the table in businesesor sports, make $5 million a year while all sorts of services to the poor are swept away by the budgetr shortfall and animals are put to deathh at shelters to save on food for them. Jasom Kubicki June 12, 2009 7:01PM EST Us businessz owners, families, and people all use Quickbooks, Peachtree, etc.
to balancee our books and spend what we can afforfdto spend. Our government needs to startt following our example on how tobe successful. If they don't want to do that they should all justbugger off... I am through with almost all of the useless politicianzs that cannot figure out anothe way to makea living. J Wo June 12, 2009 7:30A EST For shame! This NIMB Y (not in my back yard) attitude is just awful. We use the roads, and other state services, but no one wants to pay the The cost of doing business is a responsibility all must Do theright thing--buck up!
Ted Kunstlinhg June 16, 2009 4:31PM EST Sin taxeas are okay, but we need to stop picking on the same old tobaccop and alcohol and target new sins like soft drinkzs and gasoline. To vote in this week’e poll, which asks whered you moved to theTriangle from, .