This article reports that the N.C. state House is planning on balancing their budget plan for FY 2009-10 without any tax increases.
as if they won't be raising taxes to help pay for it.
My response to that opening was a highly skeptical, "yeah, right." The state is facing a whopping $4.6 billion budget hole for the coming year, with about $1.4 billion in federal funds to help close that gap. That leaves $3.2 billion – or about 14% of the anticipated budget obligations – left to cut.
A few lines later in the article, reality sets in:
surfaced yet.
Tax hikes are coming folks, its just a matter of how much and on whom. Also likely are significant cuts to state employee payroll.
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