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 early impact on gas prices
Chris Donaldson writes at Trending Politics about rising gas prices in the early days of a new presidential administration. After four years of stable gas prices under President Donald J.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
States don’t need another federal bailout
Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute explains why the feds should not throw more money at state governments. President Biden and the Democrats are including $350 billion in aid for…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak and John Trump of Carolina Journal Online profile new members of the N.C. House. Dallas Woodhouse reports on tonight’s likely vote among N.C. Republican Party leaders to censure…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
All you need is love
Since we're forbidden to credit seasonality, I think I've come up with a better spurious explanation for falling cases than the masks and other restrictions. The more people are spending…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Consensus revenue forecast
General Fund revenue from state taxes should reach $27.6 billion by the end of June, which would be 16% higher than in FY2019-20, according to the consensus revenue forecast from…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
NYT columnist Friedman’s love of communism shines through
David Harsanyi writes for National Review Online about the latest disappointing commentary from high-profile newspaper columnist Thomas Friedman. Like many left-wingers fixated on the “climate crisis,” Friedman suffers from an…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Hey, wait a minute. Didn’t Gov. Cooper VETO teacher raises?
Yes, Gov. Roy Cooper did, in fact, veto raises for North Carolina teachers. Now his budget priorities include giving teachers bonuses of $2,500. Hmm. So what’s up with this? An…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
How long will Zuckerberg be on top?
One of the most fascinating developments in the digital age is the advent of social media. Nearly 80% of Americans have at least one social and according to Pew Research, 90% of 18-29…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Cooper is Steering North Carolina Towards Electricity Blackouts
North Carolinians should know that many of the energy policies Gov. Roy Cooper has advocated for here in North Carolina follow the mistakes identified as the cause of California's blackouts.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index for the week ending February 8
All considered, about 99.4% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone — a virus most had never had and the rest had recovered from.
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New research warns: the death toll from lockdowns will far exceed that of COVID-19
Cooper has continued to ignore research on the long-term severe health consequences from lockdowns. New research from professors at Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard Medical School warns that…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Left focuses its rage on Dolly Parton
Monica Showalter of the American Thinker highlights a new high-profile target for the loony left. Dolly Parton. How is this for obnoxious? Leftists, one after another, have put a target…