Brian Balfour

Big government “progressives” love telling other people what to do (and spending other people’s money). It’s all about control, as a central tenet of progressivism is a strong ... Keep Reading

This week’s Bad Bill of the Week features the resurrection of a Bad Bill feature from two years ago. House Bill 609, The Healthy and High Performing Schools Act, is sponsored by ... Keep Reading

Late last week the North Carolina House passed its FY 2015-17 budget proposal. The spending plan would appropriate $22.16 billion in the coming year, an increase of 6.3 percent ... Keep Reading

North Carolina requires occupational licensing for more than 700 professions, which generates an absurd amount of bureaucracy and red tape. Occupational licensing forces people to ... Keep Reading

Two months ago, we featured as a Bad Bill of the Week HB 245, which was a bill that would funnel state taxpayer funds to a local children’s museum in the bill sponsor’s ... Keep Reading

Exposing the Hypocrisy of the Left’s Budget Surplus Spin The news that North Carolina’s state General Fund budget revenue is now predicted to come in $400 million above original ... Keep Reading

Would it be okay if citizens were forced to vote for a candidate against their will? Of course not. So why do certain NC legislators think it okay to force citizens to ... Keep Reading

In a free society, employers and employees voluntarily agree to the terms of their relationship. Unfortunately, government has for generations forcibly inserted itself into that ... Keep Reading

Should North Carolina be more reliant on the federal government, or work to be more independent from D.C.? To answer that question, we need to understand how much the state ... Keep Reading

Imagine a piece of state legislation that could both lower your utility bill and make North Carolina more competitive for jobs. House Bill 681, the NC Energy Ratepayers ... Keep Reading