Brian Balfour

In Part 1 of Toxic Agenda: Poverty in North Carolina, we focused on the Left’s failed policies, and the increased toll they would take if the Left were to once again regain control ... Keep Reading

The Left’s policies to fight poverty have failed Welfare programs subsidize poverty and create vicious poverty traps Over the last two-and-a-half decades, North Carolina has ... Keep Reading

Utopian visions of planned societies excite the imagination of intellectuals A leviathan state is the only vehicle for academics to fulfill their desired roles as social ... Keep Reading

“Laws” and “legislation,” when properly understood, are not the same; and are often in conflict Laws are to be discovered — not designed or created — by jurists or legislators ... Keep Reading

When you tax something, you get less of it. When you subsidize something, you get more of it The Left recognizes this – but only selectively The Left’s goal isn’t logical ... Keep Reading

“In politics, the great non-sequitur of our time is that 1) things are not right and that 2) the government should make them right. Where right all too often means cosmic justice, ... Keep Reading

‘First come, first served’ allocation of scarce resources incentivizes waiting in line How a society allocates scarce resources determines how people compete for those ... Keep Reading

Far too many rural North Carolinians lack adequate access to medical care Physician shortages in rural counties is a primary cause Eliminating restrictions on Advanced ... Keep Reading

As focus turns to the state budget this spring, liberals will predictably claim that the state budget has been “slashed” or “cut to the bone” Reality, however, shows that the ... Keep Reading

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will reduce income taxes for 80 percent of taxpayers Lowering the corporate tax rate will benefit workers – mostly middle class President Trump is ... Keep Reading