“Not all illegal aliens are crossing into the United States to find work. Law enforcement officials indicate that there are individuals coming across the border who are forced to ... Keep Reading
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Commissioners Taking Our Money to Change Our Minds
Did you know your tax dollars are being used to, well, convince you to raise your own taxes? If your county is one that has the land transfer tax referendum on the ballot ... Keep Reading
Help Middle Class Children: Light Up a Smoke
If we want to help middle class kids get healthcare, we'd better start puffing. ... Keep Reading
All About Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) – the Future of American Healthcare?
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Government Health Insurance Crowding Out Private Insurance
What is Crowd Out? Crowd out refers to a phenomenon in which government expenditures or programs crowd out private initiatives. In the case of healthcare, we find that ... Keep Reading
Statewide Poll Continues to Find Healthcare a Major Concern of Voters
The Civitas Institute has been involved in conducting surveys in North Carolina for more than two years. Every month the voters are asked to pick the issue or program that needs ... Keep Reading
Cost of Green Subsidies – Texas (Coming Soon to N.C.)
North Carolina just passed legislation (SB 3) that would require taxpayers to fund the subsidy of wind farms just like this in our state. ... Keep Reading
N.C. Support for Expansion of SCHIP Questionable
A slim-majority of 51 percent of North Carolina voters support the $35 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that passed Congress ... Keep Reading
Charter Schools: Why More Study Is Needed
The debate over raising the cap on charter schools has prompted legislation (HB 30) for a study of charter schools. A recent report by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy ... Keep Reading
Overrated Economic Diversity
This article was originally published in the Raleigh News and Observer on September 28, 2007. Misplaced confidence. That’s the best way to describe the Wake County school ... Keep Reading
