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.
The pandemic’s silver lining: the growing popularity of school choice, Part 2
Learning Loss Education Savings Accounts can remedy the damaging impacts of students being out of the classroom and empower parents to find the educational option that best fits their child’s…
Corporate activism overtakes duty to shareholders
Zachary Halaschak writes for the Washington Examiner about a disturbing development in corporate America. Increasing corporate involvement in political and social justice initiatives has led some investors to worry they…
National Review calls Biden capital-gains tax hike vindictive
Editors at National Review Online tackle the president’s misguided approach to capital-gains taxes. That the Biden administration has enormous confidence in the government’s ability to invest wisely is no secret,…
FDR. Obama. Biden.
Anyone left who wants to argue that our new president, Joe Biden, is a centrist? That myth has disintegrated in just 100 days of this administration. On Wednesday night, President…
The boom and the short; NC’s growing chasm between population and affordable housing
Americans are voting with their feet and many have chosen to migrate to North Carolina thanks to her beautiful economic climate. We have grown so much that we’ve even added…
ICYMI: Governor Cooper’s State of the State Recap
On Monday, April 26, Governor Roy Cooper gave his biennial State of the State address at the General Assembly. If you would like to watch the full broadcast, below is…
The NC Threat-Free Index for the week ending April 26, plus a note about reopening metrics
Still about 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and the media and Cooper need to stop pretending "reopening metrics" the governor made…
Seven rotten aspects of North Carolina’s Apple deal
Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID lockdown orders forcibly closed down thousands of small businesses across North Carolina – many of which will have to close their doors forever. So imagine their…
Debunking the top 5 misleading claims about Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights experience
Debate over North Carolina’s recently proposed Taxpayer Bill of Rights will begin heating up soon. Opponents will likely try to portray Colorado’s experience in a negative light, but their major…
Inflation fears return for some
John Cochrane and Kevin Hassett write at National Review Online about the possible return of the dreaded “I” word. Many people today have little memory of the dangers associated with…
Gov. Cooper shouldn’t pick business winners and losers
Apple receiving $875 million in tax incentives is a bad deal for taxpayers and small businesses RALEIGH – North Carolina continues to show itself as a business-friendly state. Apple’s decision…
“Lowest cost generation available”: legislators seek to help NC’s electricity consumers
NC's standard in law for electricity provision is least-cost, reliable electricity at the flip of a switch. State electricity policy, however, is too often directed by "stakeholders" whose desires clash…