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Jump to full article: News 14 Carolina (Raleigh, NC), 2009-06-16
Author: Adrianne Flores
Intro: Hundreds of Reynolds American employees reported for duty early Tuesday to protest Gov. Bev Perdue’s proposal to raise the cigarette excise tax $1 per pack to help close the state’s $4 billion budget deficit.
More than 400 workers gathered in the Deacon Stadium Parking lot by dawn for the hour long trip ahead. The crowd shouted, “No more taxes. No more taxes," as they prepared to board the buses.
Employee Randy Thompson said he went to support his company.
"The state is in trouble – a big budget deficit I understand and certainly steps have to be taken to close that deficit one way or another. But I think to add a tax on one group of people just because they consume a legal product is not the right way to go," he said.
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