North Carolina is nearing three weeks into the new fiscal year without a new state budget. An inconvenience for some, but in no ways devastating or a crisis. Spending levels revert ... Keep Reading
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A memorial day for those who died from lack of government healthcare?
One of the big phenomenons in our culture today is that everything is being politicized. About five years ago I wrote about how death has even become politicized. This is largely ... Keep Reading
Editor’s article picks: government not the answer and other selections
There is a lot of discussion going on nationally about the future of conservatism and what that means. This is not new but has been energized by the emergence of President Donald ... Keep Reading
A state Earned Income Tax Credit: The idea that won’t die
Since its elimination at the end of 2013, North Carolina progressives have endlessly advocated to bring back a state version of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). North ... Keep Reading
Americans continue their march to low-tax states
That's the headline of this article from The Hill. Why is it some states continue to attract new residents, while others, year after year, lose residents? While people move for ... Keep Reading
Medicaid expansion and the mythical pot o’ gold
I remember all those Lucky Charms commercials from the 1980s. Most of them probably aired during the Saturday morning cartoons. I do recall Lucky occasionally sliding down the ... Keep Reading
Cooper would be wrong to reverse corporate tax cuts
Cooper is likely to call for an increase of NC’s corporate tax Corporate taxes, however, harm workers though job loss and declining wages State legislators should work toward ... Keep Reading
Make sure you cut all ties when fleeing a high tax blue state
Bloomberg has an interesting piece on blue states going after taxes of fleeing wealthy residents who move on to states with no or low-income taxes. This is nothing new, of course. ... Keep Reading
On the Never-Ending Obsession for More and Higher Taxes
House Democrats and some presidential candidates are currently engaging in some kind of wild competition on who can call for the highest marginal tax rates. This from a story ... Keep Reading
Did North Carolina Political Leaders Dodge Blowback on Amazon?
It appears some of North Carolina's corporate subsidy supporters dodged a bullet by not securing the Amazon HQ. New York and Virginia handed out some $2 billion in handouts to land ... Keep Reading
