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.
Targeted tax incentives still represent bad policy
Over the weekend, a reporter asked me to comment on Senate Bill 493. It’s the latest effort to tweak North Carolina’s Job Development Investment Grant, the state’s primary targeted tax…
Biden has no choice but to short-circuit economic growth
Rick Moran writes at PJMedia.com about the president’s mystifying approach to American economic policy. Joe Biden is not a stupid man. He may believe crazy stuff but he certainly knows…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Johnny Kampis reports for Carolina Journal Online on a sports betting bill in the N.C. General Assembly. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains how tax policy affects migration between states.
A year ago today, Cooper broke his trust with North Carolinians
On April 23, 2020, Gov. Roy Cooper was expected to announce reopening plans at the end of his "thirty days … to slow the spread." As you know, he didn't.
The pandemic’s silver lining: the growing popularity of school choice, Part 1
Support for school choice is strong nationally and resulted in new programs and expansions in many states. North Carolina legislation to expand choice programs and grant a tax credit to…
American bars, restaurants help build an ‘oligarchy’
Christopher Bedford of the Federalist explains why American bars and restaurants are playing along with bizarre COVID-19 restrictions. In big cities across America, we have seen some laugh-out-loud-ridiculous “COVID-prevention” measures…
Regulatory sandboxes: Test runs with lighter regulation for innovative products
Innovators move fast, but bureaucracies are slow, and regulations to protect consumers can make them worse off by protecting old ways from new products and services. Legislation would bring regulatory…
Small businesses dislike corporate swing to the left
James Antle of the Washington Examiner highlights recent concerns from small business owners. As corporate America’s embrace of social liberalism has complicated its relationship with the Republican Party, small-business owners…
New Carolina Journal Online features
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on a letter signed by Gov. Roy Cooper urging businesses to oppose new election safeguards. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion explains why Lt. Gov.…
AIER: 35 studies, no evidence lockdowns control the virus
The studies upend the foolish assumptions behind this deadly and costly "science experiment in real time, with most of the human population used as lab rats."
What is in the Taxpayer Bill of Rights
The current version of Senate Bill 717 would add a Taxpayer Bill of Rights to the state constitution and provide two conforming amendments to carry it out. You can compare…
Global minimum tax would cause much more harm than good
Tom Spencer writes at National Review Online about a particularly bad tax idea: the global minimum tax. Over the past 30 years, corporate-tax rates have fallen across the developed world.…