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.
After Release of Senate Budget, Teachers Begin Talking About a Strike
Yesterday, budget writers in the North Carolina Senate proposed that educators receive a bonus and a 3% increase in average pay over the next two years. Naturally, teachers hit social…
Exposing a ‘Green Jobs’ Fallacy
Editors at the Washington Examiner are tired of hearing about benefits from “green jobs.” Everyone is at it — Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, the G-7, the United Nations. All are…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Dallas Woodhouse reports for Carolina Journal Online on the state Senate’s new budget plan. A new CJ Opinion explores a 4-3 state Supreme Court decision involving a speeding driver relying…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports that the state Senate’s budget will feature a 10-year, $12 billion plan to use cash for capital and infrastructure projects. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explores timeless…
Cooper has pledged over $1.5 billion to corporations since vetoing the 2019 budget for ‘corporate tax breaks’
The total count is $1,522,891,600 in state money pledged to 97 corporations.
NC Covid-19 Numbers Continue to Cliff-Dive
If the Perpetual Lockdown computer modeling was at all accurate, these results couldn't be. If anything, the rapid decline in Covid numbers accelerated the more freedom was restored to people.
Cooper’s Baffling Hypocrisy on Corporate Welfare
So far this year, Cooper has pledged $930.7 million to just 22 corporations. But he denounces cutting the tax burden on all NC businesses, over 930,000 of which are small…
Experts Share Concerns about Fed’s Role
National Review Online highlights a letter from more than 40 economics experts. It raises concerns about an apparent change in the Federal Reserve’s role. The Fed is among the nation’s…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Jeff Moore reports for Carolina Journal Online on the Crystal Coast’s post-COVID Big Rock fishing tournament. Joshua Peters’ CJ Opinion examines false claims about race and poverty.
Cooper’s Corporate Welfare Hypocrisy Hits New Lows
So far this year, Gov. Cooper has pledged over $930.7 million in tax incentives to just 22 corporations, including $845.8 million over four decades to Apple. At the same time,…
Biden Fails to See Government Waste
Tom Schatz writes at National Review Online that President Biden doesn’t appear to see evidence of government waste. Since the beginning of the Reagan administration, the federal-budget submission to Congress…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the N.C. House vote to exempt military retiree pay from the state income tax. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion explains why a state tax cut is…