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Tom Cadwallader: Progressive GOP?

I’m delighted to see that our state representatives have jumped onto the progressive bandwagon by their proposal to redistribute wealth (in the form of sales taxes) from the more affluent to poorer counties in our state.

If they follow through with the next logical step – raising taxes on corporate windfall profits and capital gains to further serve the needs of less fortunate North Carolinians – I might even start voting Republican.

Tom Cadwallader

Durham

This story was originally published March 28, 2015 at 4:00 PM with the headline "Tom Cadwallader: Progressive GOP?."

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