The Take Back Our State tea party in Raleigh yesterday drew thousands. Protesters came on buses from the surrounding cities and counties. Here is more information about some of the proposed taxes:

As you read this The North Carolina General Assembly is considering over $1 billion in new taxes. If that makes you mad I need you to take action.

The spending and tax plans presented by Gov. Perdue and Senate Democrats would repeat the pattern with up to $1 per pack more for cigarettes, a 280 percent increase in taxes on other kinds of tobacco, higher taxes on beer and alcohol, higher and more complicated income taxes, higher taxes for businesses, and a new six-percent sales tax on everything I do online, plus home repairs, car repairs, extended warranties, or even a haircut.