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
Cooper’s Corporate Tax Hypocrisy
Roy Cooper, the candidate, boldly declared: “Corporate giveaways and tax cuts for the wealthiest come at a high cost for middle-class families.” Indeed, railing against corporate tax breaks and giveaways has…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports the latest developments in the dispute over Gov. Roy Cooper’s top environmental official. David Bass reports on the state House’s vote to cut off expanded federal…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index for the Week Ending May 31 — Plus a Herd Immunity Update
All things considered, 99.9% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. The estimate is now 69.8% of adult North Carolinians with immunity. This is…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. Senate’s vote to give unemployed workers a $1,500 bonus to return to work. John Hood’s CJ Opinion asks whether hybrid…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Plummet in North Carolina
Counter to popular belief, North Carolina's greenhouse emissions have been falling all century — dramatically. The United States leads the world in reducing CO2 emissions. When people don't know these…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Using User Fees for Infrastructure
If you watched last week’s Shaftesbury Society meeting, you heard Cato Institute transportation expert Randal O’Toole’s recommendation that North Carolina rely more on user fees to meet its transportation needs.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Biden’s Spending, Debt, Taxes Mortgage Our Future
Brian Riedl writes for the New York Post about the potential negative impact of President Biden’s sweeping proposals. Two distressing facts to remember about President Biden’s new 10-year budget proposal.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Two Weeks Later, NC Covid Numbers Are Way Down
Two weeks ago, on May 14, Gov. Roy Cooper surprised himself and the rest of us by lifting nearly all of his personal and business restrictions. True to form, he…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Right AOC on Point: Senate Plan Would Create Billions in Savings for N.C. Taxpayers
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” describes the benefits of the N.C. Senate’s latest tax reform plan. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her at https://www.facebook.com/TheRightAOC and https://twitter.com/TheRightAOC.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Inflation Nation
If you’re someone who carefully monitors your monthly spending, you’ve witnessed prices going up on a variety of goods, from gas and lumber to staple products like corn and coffee.…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Corporate Tax Elimination Means Relief for Workers
The Senate tax plan would continue to build upon the past decade of successful tax reforms. Critics say corporate tax elimination only benefits “wealthy corporations.” Research shows, however, that workers…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Why North Carolina Is Very Likely At Herd Immunity Now
Adding the 53% of those adults partially vaccinated to the 16.5% with natural immunity alone would put North Carolina at 69.5% with active immunity. That proportion is obviously past Cooper's…