Article attempts to scare people into voting against the tax cap amendment Author gets even the most basic facts wrong Recommendation to “tax the rich” is based on faulty ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week
Bad Bill of the Week: Another Health Insurance Mandate to Drive up Premiums
North Carolina has a hidden tax, and it’s probably the most expensive one you’ve never heard of: It’s called health insurance mandates. Health insurance mandates are laws that ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Raiding School Choice Funds
North Carolina families are hungry for school choice. To wit: the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program has had more than 15,000 eligible applicants since its inception just two ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Raiding the Transportation Fund
Legislature threatens to remove a cap on light-rail spending Light-rail is far more costly per passenger than highways Rail projects typically cost twice the original ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Expansion of Government Control (Healthcare Edition)
Politics is about control. The more areas of society that are politicized, the more control the political class lords over its citizens. Everything from education, to healthcare, ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Outlawing Employment
The laws of economics, much like gravity, are not subject to a vote. Nor do they change based upon popular opinion. Unfortunately, the sponsors of HB 1046, Constitutional ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Attempt to Repeal HB 2
If you are reading this, there is little chance you don’t already know all about House Bill 2 – the Public Facilities Privacy & Securities Act. The bill was passed in ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Central Planners Never Learn
With the economic collapse of the last decade brought on largely due to the bursting of the housing bubble, does anybody still think it a good idea for government to encourage ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Welfare in the Tax Code
According to recent reports, the federal government administers 126 separate programs directed at low-income households. Many of these programs are administered in partnership with ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: ‘Soak the Rich,’ Drown the Poor
North Carolina’s historic 2013 tax reform drastically improved our state’s tax climate, making the Tar Heel State far more competitive for job and investment growth. The Tax ... Keep Reading
