Handful Of NC Counties Asking Voters To Approve Land Transfer Tax

by Staff - September 20the, 2007 - Associated Perss (heraldsun.com)

Fast-paced growth, stress on aging infrastructure and Medicaid costs have led 16 counties across North Carolina to ask voters to approve new land transfer taxes.

The number of counties asking for the referendum is larger than the Associated Press says. As one example, they missed the local county of Washington which is asking their citizens to enact the tax. One of the jokes going around Washington County is a take off on comments by one of the County Commissioners when the referendum was authorized. The "Land Transfer Tax" is not a tax according to this commissioner.

As usual you have to wonder at the arrogance of someone who tries to pass a tax and then lies to the citizens claiming that a tax is not a tax. What does this idiot think it is?