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
Democratic Plans Could Force Entrepreneurs to Dump Businesses
Zachary Halaschak of the Washington Examiner highlights one likely consequence of a disturbing Democratic tax proposal. A Democratic plan to counter inequality by taxing unrealized capital gains of billionaires could…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the General Assembly finalizing a bill to create a “regulatory sandbox” in the financial and insurance industries. Joshua Peters’ CJ Opinion argues that the political…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Estimating the breadth of Covid immunity in NC
With 87.15% of adult North Carolinians with immunity, it would leave only 12.15% of adult North Carolinians estimated to lack either vaccine-induced or natural immunity. Fewer than one in eight.
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Widespread Natural Immunity Underscores Why Vaccine Mandates Must End, Now
While natural immunity is stronger than vaccine-induced immunity, proving natural immunity is difficult because fewer than one-fourth of infections are documented and antibodies testing is hit-or-miss. Vaccine mandates would affect…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Billion Versus Trillion: There’s a Big Difference
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online ponders a recent error from a major mainstream media outlet. An amusing correction in the New York Times, where ace reporter Reid Epstein was…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the General Assembly finalizing the No Patient Left Alone Act. CJ also reports on the N.C. Revenue Department’s recent courtroom loss in a dispute involving…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
DHHS Data Show Strength of Natural Immunity in North Carolina
DHHS data show that North Carolinians with natural immunity are much less likely to contract Covid than even vaccinated individuals. Data show the reinfection rate (a measure of the strength…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Talking Taxes in a Way That Makes Sense
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online ponders the current tax debate. “We are going to tax the rich and make them pay their fair share!” Senator Manchin thunders the sentiment…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending October 4
This past week nearly 99.5% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and over five out of six (83.5%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Behavioral Economics Has Its Problems
Brian Albrecht writes at National Review Online about a problem plaguing a particular branch of economics. While universities exist to teach knowledge that stands the test of time, professors invariably…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Dallas Woodhouse reports for Carolina Journal Online on the young entrepreneurs who took part in this weekend’s Raleigh Children’s Business Fair. A new CJ Opinion explains why economic liberty depends…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Cooper Must Decide If the Leandro Plan Is a State Budget Deal-Breaker
The $1.9 billion Leandro school funding plan will be the focus of budget negotiations between Gov. Cooper and lawmakers. Cooper wants a state budget that funds every dollar of the…