At the Civitas Institute's main webpage, we have just concluded posting a four-part series examining options for meaningful budget reform for North Carolina. Here's a sample of ... Keep Reading
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N&O and Perdue: Next Guv Should Continue Failed Spend and Tax Policies
The cheerleaders for expanding government power at the N&O offer this pat on the back for Gov. Perdue's recent empty rhetoric "advice" for the next governor. Her words of ... Keep Reading
Radical Left Group Calls for More State Taxes
The far-left N.C. Budget & Tax Center pens this op-ed in today's News & Observer. Reportedly written with a straight face, the author declares that the cure for what ails ... Keep Reading
Time to Jump off the “Spend and Tax” Roller Coaster
This new Civitas article discusses more reasons why North Carolina needs a Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). In short, long-term state budget trends look like a roller coaster: ... Keep Reading
More Small-Minded Fear Mongering From the N&O
The N&O today gives its readers another thoughtless, fear-mongering piece about the state budget. For such a brief article, it contains many small-minded and ridiculous ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll: Voters Trust Legislature to Handle Issues over Perdue
Raleigh, N.C. – As the General Assembly and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue spar over a proposed budget, a new Civitas Institute poll reveals North Carolina voters trust the state ... Keep Reading
N.C. House Unveils Budget Options
Yesterday the appropriations committees in the General Assembly unveiled their prelimanary spending reduction "options" for the upcoming 2011-12 budget year. The N&O provides ... Keep Reading
Second Attempt at Budget Savings Reaches Perdue’s Desk
Gov. Perdue vetoed SB 13, a measure to help close next year's budget gap by hundreds of millions of dollars, under the guise of protecting "economic development" funds. That, of ... Keep Reading
House Bill Introduces Meaningful Spending Reform
House Bill 188 - Taxpayer Bill of Rights - filed yesterday in the House would create a much-needed measure to reform state spending. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (or TABOR) would ... Keep Reading
Does NC Have a Revenue Problem?
The N&O editors offer up this hard-left spin on the Governor's state of the state speech. A few items in particular jump out at me. When discussing the proposal to reduce the ... Keep Reading
