Senate Republican Leader Published in Wall Street Journal

Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) had a letter to the editor published in the Wall Street Journal critiquing Democratic proposals to levy sales taxes on internet sales.

Your editorial notes that North Carolina legislators favored a new, and most likely illegal, tax on Internet sales.

North Carolina Democratic legislators are in favor of this job-destroying new tax. Republicans, on the other hand, have opposed this tax increase from the beginning. Actions have consequences. Amazon.com’s decision to pull out of our state proves the point North Carolina Republicans have been making for months: Raising taxes on small businesses destroys North Carolina’s jobs, slows our economic recovery, and makes us uncompetitive with other states.

Like their brethren who control the federal government, North Carolina Democrats have an unquenchable thirst for wasteful spending. Unlike their colleagues at the federal level, North Carolina Democrats, lacking the ability to print money, have resorted to a job-destroying billion-dollar tax increase to balance the budget. As Amazon’s decision illustrates, this tax increase will only make the recession in North Carolina worse.

What North Carolina needs is a budget that jumpstarts job creation, revives existing businesses, and encourages the creation of new businesses.

Phil Berger
Eden, N.C.
Mr. Berger is the Republican leader in the North Carolina Senate.

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