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04/06/2001 To: Members of the Senate From: Jack Kemp Re: African American Business Support for Repealing the Death Tax Date: April 5, 2001

In a letter to the North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina CSE Director Jonathan Hill said the following: As you are aware, North Carolina Citizens for a Sound Economy (NCCSE) and its over 17,000 active members statewide are very concerned with the spiraling tax burden that is consuming their hard earned income. While North Carolina’s families are struggling to meet the needs of their families, the government is determined to find ways to capture more and more of their hard earned money.

Raleigh - NC CSE held their monthly Raleigh CSE meeting around the subject of “Will Wake County Raise our Taxes,” relating to a request from the local school board asking for a 10 percent tax increase (5-cents per $100 of valuation) in property taxes for educational spending. Over 120 NC CSE activists, supporters, and concerned citizens crowded in a meeting room with standing room only at the Velvet Cloak Inn in Raleigh to challenge and plea with three Wake County Commissioners to not raise their taxes unnecessarily.

Copley News Service, 04/05/2001 The Internet is changing civilization as we know it, for the better in my opinion. However, like any revolutionary new technology, there are potential dangers associated with the Internet that cannot be ignored.

It is no surprise that Senator Albertson is losing support of other Senators for his proposed sales tax increase for school programs for at-risk children. Senator Albertson, an opponent of the lottery, but a supporter of raising taxes is obviously looking for a substitute for the controversial and doomed lottery proposal, but raising sales taxes is not the answer.

Thank you, Dick. It was three years ago, here at the National Press Club, that I announced the formation of the Children’s Scholarship Fund. It has exceeded our fondest hopes as we have been able to help 40,000 low income children escape failing public schools and seek a quality education in the school of their choice. Personally, I have evolved from a person with simple charitable objectives into someone who has become painfully aware of the real facts of the education system in America.