But the political difficulties are most acute for states that do not yet have an income or sales tax.
North Carolina raised income and sales taxes last year, but it is an exception.
Tax collection revenues from income and sales taxes are expected to produce a $115 million surplus this year.
Simultaneously, the states increasingly used their power to levy income and sales taxes.
The state that she governs has no income or sales tax.
It is one of only two states without an income or sales tax.
But that might have meant increasing the income or sales tax, which is dangerous in an election year.
But he has promised not to raise income or sales taxes.
More recently, however, the governor has limited his pledge, saying only that he will not raise income or sales taxes.
Why not tax cigarettes and hold down income and sales taxes?
But the political difficulties are most acute for states that do not yet have an income or sales tax.
North Carolina raised income and sales taxes last year, but it is an exception.
Tax collection revenues from income and sales taxes are expected to produce a $115 million surplus this year.
Simultaneously, the states increasingly used their power to levy income and sales taxes.
The state that she governs has no income or sales tax.
It is one of only two states without an income or sales tax.
But that might have meant increasing the income or sales tax, which is dangerous in an election year.
But he has promised not to raise income or sales taxes.
More recently, however, the governor has limited his pledge, saying only that he will not raise income or sales taxes.
Why not tax cigarettes and hold down income and sales taxes?
