Posted on 02/18/2006 5:40:06 AM PST by TaxRelief
(snip).... Under the proposal, the state would absorb the counties' Medicaid expenses. In return, the state would take all revenue from a 1-cent sales tax known as the Article 39 sales tax. Revenue from that tax currently goes to counties and municipalities.
Forsyth County, and other large counties with substantial retail bases, oppose the proposal because the revenue they get from the 1-cent sales tax is greater than the amount they pay for Medicaid. In the 2005-06 fiscal year, Forsyth County budgeted $32 million in revenue from the sales tax and $15 million in Medicaid expenses.
Because there was no consensus at the NCACC meeting, the group took no position on the proposal. That lack of support from the association will effectively kill the proposal, Whisenhunt said. "The only way it would ever be successful is if the association supported it," she said.
She said she was pleasantly surprised that so many counties opposed Rand's proposal. If the proposal became law, Whisenhunt said, Forsyth County would have to raise the sales tax another cent to recoup the lost revenue. She said that it is important that the counties and state look for other measures to ease the Medicaid burden on counties....
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In New York, the entire population of the state bears the tremendous welfare burden of the Big Apple slums.
Last I knew most of our county's budget, I'm in Upstate NY, was going to pay for our Medicaid burden.
More NC money shell games.
Shell games. Yes, indeed. Take the money from the taxpayers. Hire government agents to help distribute the money to those who apply. Pay for their health care with the tax money. Buy them vehicles to drive around in with the money. Rent big, expensive buildings to house the government agents with the money. Pay them handsomely with the money. Buy them all computers and other office equipment and supplies.
Skim off a lot of the money and redirect it to help pay the expenses of other government agencies.
Lucky if a nickle on a tax dollar actually winds up helping anyone.
Thanks for the ping, TR. Maybe NC should be the first state to enact a "state version" of the Fair Tax?
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