Our state has been suffering with high unemployment and sluggish economic growth since the 2008 financial crisis primarily because of an inadequate educational system, high taxes ... Keep Reading
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Famed Economist: NC Can Get Ahead of the Curve
Famed economist Arthur Laffer provided real-world economic solutions at the Civitas Institute’s legislative training session recently in Raleigh. First, though he is best known ... Keep Reading
Critics of Tax Modernization Plan Need to Explain Flaws in Data
Critics of Tax Modernization Plan Need to Explain Flaws in Data Reporters, legislators, analysts and the public should all be advised to be leery of the statistics in a new ... Keep Reading
Why All U.S. States Should Eliminate The Income Tax
This article originally appeared in Forbes Magazine. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, and Kansas Governor Sam Brownback have all called for ... Keep Reading
A Tale of Two Bridges
This article originally appeared in the Fayetteville Observer. Many scandals are about crimes and money, but equally destructive are scandals that corrode our sense of ... Keep Reading
Lobbyist Bob Hall and Gary Bartlett Planned Attack on Republican Legislature
By now you may have heard about the letter Civitas received from a law firm on behalf of the NC NAACP. As part of its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law they sent us ... Keep Reading
NC SBE – Who is really in charge and who do they work for?
By now you may have heard about the letter Civitas received from a law firm on behalf of the NC NAACP. As part of its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law they sent us ... Keep Reading
Make Your Representative Work for You
What would the ideal job look like for you? Would it be one in which you had free rein to do whatever your heart desired and were paid regardless of your productivity? Or would you ... Keep Reading
“Raise the Age” Raises Tough Questions
“The Devil is in the details” should be the theme of the Legislative Research Commission’s Age of Juvenile Offender Committee. This committee is meeting to discuss what to do about ... Keep Reading
Why should North Carolina modernize its tax code, and why should state lawmakers consider state income tax elimination?
Why should North Carolina modernize its tax code, and why should state lawmakers consider state income tax elimination? How would eliminating the state income tax benefit North ... Keep Reading
