Citizens urged to TAKE ACTION to keep the tea party going 

Thousands of grassroots activists from all across the state converged on the North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh Wednesday to send a simple message: "No Increase in North Carolina Taxes!!!"

Activists signed letters to Gov. Bev Perdue and members of the General Assembly stating their principled opposition to the $1 billion in new taxes already proposed by Gov. Perdue and the North Carolina State Senate.

Activists are encouraged to take action and send send e-mail messages to lawmakers asking them to protect the family budget first.

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“People all across North Carolina a suffering with 25-percent, 50-percent and 100-percent reductions in their incomes. Taxpayers simply do not have the money to send more of their paychecks to Raleigh,” said Americans for Prosperity State Director Dallas Woodhouse. “Our legislators need to know that citizens are taxed enough already and will not stand for a $1-billion tax increase.”

The event was aimed at exposing the attempts by both Gov. Perdue and the State Senate to increase taxes on everything from automotive repairs to downloading music. Other activities under serious consideration for dramatically increased taxation include digital properties, warranties, alcohol, cigarettes, as well as tangible personal property services such as plumbing repairs. 

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Special guest speakers included Mary Katharine Ham of FOX News and Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher, but the real stars of the rally were the grassroots activists of Americans for Prosperity who spoke about the hardship these new taxes will put on their family budgets.

Raleigh activist David Newberry spoke about the hardship higher taxes put on young working families.

Cary activist Cathy Heath spoke about the rising tax burden on everything from tobacco to personal services.

AFP activist Katie Bethune, a recent UNC-Chapel Hill graduate and Wilson native, spoke about how she may soon be moving out of state to find work because of a slow job market, and how higher taxes will make things worse for young folks like her.

Activists from all across the state attended the rally, with busses picking people up from Asheville, Charlotte, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Jacksonville, New Bern, Pinehurst, Sanford, Statesville, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem.

AFP also offered solutions to lawmakers who are attempting to craft a spending plan. AFP suggested ending the Golden Leaf Foundation, ending corporate welfare, reducing duplicative early childhood programs, and adopting a taxpayer protection amendment.

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