北卡州长斯坦批房产税上限修宪案是“骗局”：11月3日选民投票定夺
美东时间10月23日，房地产媒体 Realtor.com 报道，北卡罗来纳州民主党州长 Josh Stein 公开批评将于11月3日中期选举中交由选民表决的两项修宪案，称其为“骗局”（con jobs），会把更重的税负转嫁给工薪阶层。
两项修正案分别为：房产税上限案——要求州议会立法限制房产税涨幅，但不规定具体上限数字，留待议会决定；所得税上限案——将州宪法对个人与企业所得税率的上限从7%降至3.5%。支持者认为可遏制房产税“失控上涨”，众议院议长 Destin Hall 是该案主要支持者；约翰·洛克基金会研究称，过去十年北卡房产税征收额超出通胀与人口增长之和26亿美元。埃隆大学民调显示72%的选民支持限制房产税涨幅。
反对者阵营包括妇女选民联盟、北卡住房联盟和北卡预算与税务中心，后者测算：2%的房产税征收上限平均每户每年仅省税84美元，却会让州政府损失约9.5亿美元资金，影响学校、急救服务和公园经费。按税收基金会数据，北卡实际房产税率0.66%，在全美50州加特区中排名第33，中位价房屋年缴房产税1896美元。
来源：GSM·美国
North Carolina Governor Stein Calls Property Tax Cap Amendment a 'Con Job'; Voters Decide November 3
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein, a Democrat, has publicly criticized two constitutional amendments that voters will decide in the November 3 midterm election, calling them "con jobs" that would shift a heavier tax burden onto working people, Realtor.com reported on October 23.
One amendment would require the state legislature to pass laws limiting property tax increases, without establishing what the cap would be. The other would lower the constitutional ceiling on personal and corporate income tax rates from 7 percent to 3.5 percent. Supporters say the property tax cap would stop "runaway property tax hikes"; House Speaker Destin Hall is a leading backer, and a John Locke Foundation study said property tax collections exceeded inflation plus population growth by $2.6 billion over a decade. An Elon University poll found 72 percent of voters backed limiting property tax increases.
Opponents include the League of Women Voters, the North Carolina Housing Coalition and the NC Budget & Tax Center, which calculated that a 2 percent property tax levy limit would save the average home just $84 per year while costing the state about $950 million, affecting schools, emergency services and parks. North Carolina's effective real-estate tax rate is 0.66 percent, ranking 33rd among the 50 states plus D.C., according to the Tax Foundation, with annual taxes of $1,896 on a median-value home.
Source: GSM·America
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图片来源：图：罗利北卡罗来纳州议会大厦。摄影：Jim Bowen，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, by Jim Bowen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
