Budget, Taxation & Economy
Budget, Taxation & Economy
At the state legislature, Locke advocates for limiting the expenditure of tax dollars and strictly limiting its tax burdens on families and businesses.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
What the N&O Leaves Out of Its ‘Revenue Cliff’ Warning
How the N&O could leave this vital information out of an article discussing a potential revenue cliff in the future is beyond explanation.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
November Jobs Report
North Carolina’s unemployment rate dropped in November to 3.9% and still remained below the national average of 4.2%. Jobs in Leisure & Hospitality and Professional & Business Services continued to grow and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina, a State Leader for Tax Reform
Today the Tax Foundation released its annual State Business Tax Climate Index that highlights which states best structure their tax systems and provides a roadmap for improvement for others. This year, North Carolina slipped…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Elephant in the Room on Teacher Pay
The new state budget provides an increase of 1.3 percent for each step of the salary schedule. In addition to several bonuses the budget also gives teachers an average 5…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Tax the Rich: When Envy Trumps Economics
Democrats continue to wrangle the Build Back Better Act into a passable piece of legislation and will do “everything” they can to accomplish this before Christmas. The latest CBO score of the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
What is Gene Nichol Hiding About Poverty in NC?
Young children in single-mother homes are more than 8 times as likely to live in poverty. It is professional negligence to speak about poverty in North Carolina and ignore these…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Corporate Income Tax Revenue, Do We Need It?
The Left insists government is better poised than you to spend more of your hard-earned money. Arguing against tax cuts, North Carolina Justice Center claims the tax cuts in the state’s new…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Left Wants to Blunt School Choice By Warning About Privatization, But It Doesn’t Work
Decrying privatization is the new weapon progressives and other members of the left are using to blunt the advance of school choice. Critics decrying supposed corporate influence in the schools…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Consumer Price Inflation Hits 39-Year High
Progressives claim to be champions of the poor, but unfortunately they don't care enough to put in the effort to understand how their policies make the poor worse off.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
How Will North Carolina Spend Federal Covid Relief?
Tucked into the new state budget are billions of dollars from Washington for Covid relief. The American Rescue Plan Act, for example, sent $5.4 billion to the state. These funds…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina’s Favorable Tax Climate Entices Toyota
Since the release of North Carolina’s conference budget on November 15th, there has been much speculation over the budget’s promise of a large grant award to a qualifying company that will invest…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Court of Appeals Defends Constitutional Principles in Leandro Case
A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to block Judge David Lee’s order to withdraw approximately $1.7 billion from the General Fund without the necessary…