> I'm all for not playing favorites
The real way to not play favourites is to reduce the tax rate. Then everyone is getting a rebate.
Everything else is just playing favourites.
The real way to not play favourites is to reduce the tax rate. Then everyone is getting a rebate.
Everything else is just playing favourites.
By reducing the tax rate you have negatively impacted the services those folk may require and given them no direct benefits.
Some folks chant "taxes are theft" and others chant "austerity is theft", both deeply convinced that the other side just can't see the whole picture.
Much easier to give a discount to get something you don't have, then to give a discount to your existing base. Ask your revenue teams in whatever company you're at. No different for state taxes.
This actually looks like a pretty good deal for NC, unlike when Amazon went about it in a distinctly Amazon way and pissed everyone off.
Then all companies, both big and small can take advantage.
Obviously there are loopholes that would need to be closed before such a plan would work... But it's better than lawmakers striking deals with only their friends.