James J. Carrino: Election reminder

I am a senior citizen who has lived in North Carolina for the past 46 years. After reviewing the N.C. tax code for 2014, I want to thank our “enlightened” state legislators for eliminating the medical deductions for North Carolina taxpayers. (This, in a year when our family incurred the expense of open-heart surgery and its incidental costs.)

Under federal tax law, even the clinical IRS allows for such medical deductions.

Bottom line: More tax revenues for the state and more pain for the taxpayers who can least afford it.

I sincerely hope our residents will remember this ignorance or ineptitude by some of our legislators when election time comes around. Our family and friends certainly will.

This story was originally published April 25, 2015 at 4:00 PM with the headline "James J. Carrino: Election reminder."