The Opposite Direction...
North Carolina considers abolishing income tax.
Former North Carolina congressman Mark Sanford has made it into a run-off election to be the Republican nominee for governor. Sanford, once considered a long-shot, is running on a platform that includes the abolition of the state income tax and the promotion of educational choice. He also favors school choice and even has commented he might home-school his kids in the governor's mansion, according to National Review.

The Club for Growth is backing Sanford. Stephen Moore, head of The Club for Growth, says, "Sanford is a potential superstar and we don't have a lot of them in the governor's offices right now." We Tennesseans know exactly what he means. The Club for Growth, incidentally, recently named Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist its award winner for the RINO Award, ("Republican in Name Only"), for his repeated attempt to impose a state income tax. "There is nothing that hurts the pro-economic growth cause more than Republicans who promise to hold the line on taxes during the campaign, then get in office and try to raise taxes," the organization said.

For more on Sanford and his plan to abolish the state income tax, which has been endorsed by dozens of economists, Click Here to read my March 28 column in the Nashville City Paper. Some 53 economists, including two who teach at state universities in Tennessee, endorsed Sanford's income tax-elimination plan, saying: "while all types of taxes harm economic growth, the income tax causes the most economic damage per-dollar-collected."

To read the full report on South Carolina Republican candidate for governor Mark Sanford's plan to abolish the state's income tax, Plan to abolish state income tax earns applause from 53 economists, Click Here.