Odd Couple, United: A Republican and Democrat Sound the Alarm on NC Tax Amendments
In this episode, hosts Samantha Cline, Ardis Watkins and Suzanne Beasley sit down with former Representative Paul "Skip" Stam and Senator Graig Meyer to discuss two constitutional amendments on the ballot: a proposed income tax cap and a property tax limit. The guests, a Republican and a Democrat, explain their shared concerns about long-term revenue loss, regressive tax shifts, and threats to state services and employee pay.
The conversation covers how the amendments could force governments to rely on sales, fees, and other regressive taxes, weaken local control, reduce reserves and…
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