North Carolinians already pay taxes three times on the same money:
Income tax is when we earn it.
Sales tax on what's left when we spend it.
Property tax — every single year — on the home or land we bought with those post-tax dollars.
Yet when the General Assembly proposes a constitutional amendment to require reasonable limits on property tax levy growth (with local voter-approved exceptions), critics cry “stripping local control!”
Again, counties are political subdivisions created, organized, and empowered by the General Assembly under Article VII of the NC Constitution.
The proposed amendment doesn’t eliminate local government’s ability to provide core services. It simply prevents unchecked levy creep that has seen North Carolina’s 10 largest counties grow property tax collections by 63% over the past decade, while inflation + population growth would have allowed only 51% (an excess of roughly $2.7 billion).
Limited government means limits at every level — including the local level that hits families hardest. Protecting taxpayers from perpetual extraction isn’t undermining local control. It’s responsible governance.
What do you think — should we give the General Assembly a clear directive to set sensible guardrails? #ncpol #NCGA
Roads are in disrepair. Schools are failing. Healthcare is broken. Crime is out of control. Food costs too much. Housing is becoming impossible for many.
Yet, we are being taxed to death while politicians are getting richer than ever before.
What are we really paying for?