Not a Taxing Problem

By Joseph Coletti
Carolina Journal

Common sense tells us that tax revenues rise and fall with the economy, so we should adapt our spending choices to our resources. The General Assembly has not done this. Every time legislators choose to raise taxes instead of cutting spending in the state budget, they put the burden on taxpayers across the state to cut spending in their family budgets at the very time that family incomes are most threatened. That is why successful tax reform will depend upon spending reform.