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
Biden’s Climate Goals Require Higher Taxes, Killing Off Natural Gas
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights one little-reported aspect of the Biden administration’s climate goals. President Joe Biden would need to implement a massive tax on emissions and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Show Me the Crypto
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to oversee it and China has outlawed it. But North Carolina and a handful of other states might just pave the way for it to…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Editors’ feeble complaints against the Opportunity Scholarship Program say more about them than the vouchers
News & Observer editors write frequently about their concern for the poor and the need to provide North Carolinians access to quality educational opportunities — which the Opportunity Scholarship Program…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Understanding Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan
David Ditch delves into details of congressional Democrats’ massive spending plan for the Daily Signal. Most legislation focuses on specific issues, which makes it possible to have constructive debate. However,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Another Casualty of the Labor Shortage: Retirement Plans
Kylee Zempel of the Federalist explores one impact of the ongoing labor shortage: some small business owners can’t retire. Aside from not being able to find someone to take over…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Plotting the Democratic Agenda’s Path
Yuval Levin asks at National Review Online where congressional Democrats are heading with their policy agenda. I think the Democrats are going to end up raising the debt ceiling on…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
NC Supreme Court at a Crossroads?
The NAACP has asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to overturn the results of the 2018 election as they pertain to two constitutional amendments approved by the voters. It has…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Energy Crossroads, Part 2: Reliable, Cost-Effective Alternatives to Cooper’s Disastrous Plan
By favoring wind and solar generation with battery storage to the exclusion of viable, dependable sources, Gov. Cooper's "Clean Energy Plan" would be extremely expensive, costing consumers an average of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online about a regulatory sandbox bill moving through the N.C. General Assembly. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains why North Carolina’s labor force shouldn’t be…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending September 20
This past week 99.3% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and more than four out of five (81.8%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Energy Crossroads, Part 1: Cooper’s Plan Is Unnecessary and Fraught with Costs to Consumers and the Environment
Cooper's "Clean Energy Plan" has a very definite preference for extremely expensive, intermittent, and unreliable electricity resources, to the exclusion of viable, dependable resources. A report for Locke by energy…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Democrats’ Curious Plan for Taxing the ‘Rich’
Christopher Jacobs writes at the Federalist about a little-known element of congressional Democrats’ tax plans. For a party that purportedly wants to “tax the rich,” Democrats sure have a funny…