Taxachussetts of the South

Hey, at least Tucker tried to give your statement some actual meaning; it sounds like you - in retrospect - would prefer that it mean nothing.

Nice try, but you blew it just as badly as Tucker did.

I know you would love to be able to claim that a qualitative statement has no meaning in this case, but you should be careful with that line of reasoning. Following that logic, 75% of what you argue crumbles into dust.

North Carolina's tax intake, as compared to other states surrounding us are higher and climbing. Our gas tax is much higher than any of the states bordering us and I believe our income tax is higher as well. North Carolina just instituted its tax on stupidity last month. Citing nationwide per-capita tax expenditures or even rates is silly since a dollar in Massachusettsts isn't worth the same as a dollar in North Carolina, in real terms. Since the Democrats pretty much own this state and they drop to their knees every time the communists from Chapel Hill whisper in their ears, we can expect this trend to continue for the near term, at least. This is further reinforced by the fact that there is a rancorous civil war going on in the NCGOP and they will be unable to mount an effective opposition until that is settled, one way or the other.

Hopefully, you're now going to pop over to infoplease.com and look up the difference between a qualitative and a quantitative statement.