Expansion Would Cost Tens of Thousands of Jobs, Drive Up Healthcare Costs and Trap More in Poverty In Part 1 of this article, we explored several of the negative consequences ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion: Cruel, Not Compassionate; Part 1
Coverage Does Not Equal Access to Care The Left would lead you to believe that Medicaid expansion would provide low-income North Carolinians with top-notch medical care, create ... Keep Reading
House GOP Tax Reform Encourages Growth While Simplifying the Code
House Republicans today unveiled its tax reform plan, touted as perhaps the most significant tax reform since the 1986 Tax Reform Act. The plan includes several significant ... Keep Reading
The Left’s Transportation Vision: Unlimited Light Rail Funding; Fraud and Waste
North Carolina leftists continue their light-rail fetish If they had their way, the state’s Highway Trust Fund would be raided to pay for such boondoggles Light rail is a ... Keep Reading
Is This What a Bubble Economy Looks Like?
According to government statistics, the economy has seen 96 months in a row of positive economic growth. Since the depths of the great recession, more than 12 million jobs have ... Keep Reading
Overview of State Budget Proposal
Budget Plan Includes Tax Cuts for 2019, Raises for Teachers, Other State Employees and Retirees Representatives from the North Carolina House and Senate released their ... Keep Reading
Why Private Property Is So Beneficial for Society
Socialism vs. Capitalism. State-owned means of production vs. private property rights. Free market exchanges vs. “from each according to his ability, to each according to his ... Keep Reading
House Budget Includes More Modest Tax Cuts, Same Spending Amount as Senate Plan
The state House approved early Friday morning its proposed budget, which totals $22.9 billion in General Fund spending, the same amount included in the Senate’s proposal. Recall ... Keep Reading
Let’s Look at Who Really Benefits from Tax Cuts
The true impact of tax changes cannot be determined merely by looking at the changes in the legal tax liability Tax changes alter people’s behavior Who is impacted by these ... Keep Reading
What the Left Doesn’t Want You to Know About K-12 Spending in North Carolina
• Education establishment apologists use pre-recession highs for comparisons to claim K-12 is underfunded • But they purposefully ignore long-term trends in order to mislead • ... Keep Reading
