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.
Election Results Should Help Kill Democrats’ Spending Plan
Charles Cooke of National Review Online sees one way in which Tuesday’s election results should affect your wallet. These developments raise some important questions. Such as: Why on earth would…
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending November 1
This past week about 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and about eight out of nine (88.7%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Democratic Spending Bills Prove Polling ‘Duds’
Charles Cooke of National Review Online ponders new polling about congressional Democrats’ proposed spending plans. A new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows that, far from being “wildly popular,” as their apologists…
Dealing With a Blue-Collar Work Force ‘Crisis’
Kristin Tate writes for The Hill about a common element uniting multiple American problems today. The nation’s bare store shelves, exorbitantly inflated prices for essential goods and services, packages arriving…
Americans’ Disconnection from Work
Scott Winship of the American Enterprise Institute explores the factors driving many Americans away from work. Why are fewer prime-age Americans in the workforce? Many popular explanations attribute Americans’ declining…
Biden Admin Already Taxing Those Making Under $400k
As negotiations continue on President Biden’s budget-busting infrastructure (and more) spending plan, one thing has remained constant: Biden’s promise to not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000. But as…
Democrats’ Spending Plan Would Reach $7.5 Trillion
Brian Riedl writes at the New York Post that the spending plan moving through Congress would cost much more than its advertised price. After months of criticizing Sens. Joe Manchin…
Biden’s Proposed ‘Zillow Tax’ Panned
Ryan Ellis uses a National Review Online column to pick apart a particularly bad element of President Biden’s tax proposals. The year 2021 has seen President Biden and congressional Democrats…
Tax Cuts Are Coming! We Hope.
Are you on the edge of your seat waiting for the North Carolina budget? Likely not. According to the October Civitas Poll, 49.6% of North Carolinians do not believe their…
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending October 25
This past week over 99.7% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and about eight out of nine (88.7%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Businesses at Home Pressure Sinema on Global Tax
Patrick Hauf of the Washington Free Beacon highlights another source of pressure for a high-profile Arizona senator. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) is facing pressure to oppose an international corporate…
Both Carrot and Stick Vaccine Pushes Do Not Work
Last week the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) wrote a letter to President Biden calling attention to his vaccine mandate and the looming threat this imposes on already-strained supply chains this…