Jonawan@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoA constitutional amendment will appear on the ballot in North Carolina to ban the state from raising the income tax rate above 3.49 percentwww.newsobserver.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down13
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkA constitutional amendment will appear on the ballot in North Carolina to ban the state from raising the income tax rate above 3.49 percentwww.newsobserver.comJonawan@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIt’s gotten to the point if the GOP wants it, there is some underlying nefarious reason so I should hate it. I mean if they suddenly wanted UBI, universal health care, and 3 day work weeks I’d start to wonder what’s up.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI can think of a few reasons. “We can’t do UBI or universal health care because it’s not in the budget and we’d have to raise income tax, which is constitutionally disallowed.” Granted this is at the state level, but still.
It’s gotten to the point if the GOP wants it, there is some underlying nefarious reason so I should hate it. I mean if they suddenly wanted UBI, universal health care, and 3 day work weeks I’d start to wonder what’s up.
I can think of a few reasons.
“We can’t do UBI or universal health care because it’s not in the budget and we’d have to raise income tax, which is constitutionally disallowed.”
Granted this is at the state level, but still.