NC tax modernization

The Charlotte Observer's Jim Morrill has written an excellent article about the mess that is North Carolina's tax system. Go read the whole story - it's well worth the trouble - and keep your eyes open for some lively quotes from NC State Senator David Hoyle.

GASTONIA - N.C. officials have talked for years about modernizing a tax system that dates from the Great Depression. David Hoyle wants to get on with it.

"We've done some tinkering around the edges, but never really dug into the problem," says Hoyle, a Democratic state senator from Gaston County. "We didn't take on the tough things."