The glitz and glamour of movie and television production in North Carolina apparently is just too tempting for several North Carolina legislators to pass up. Unfortunately, they ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week
Bad Bill of the Week: Restoring Early Voting Days
They say “timing is everything”, but it’s hard to understand the timing behind this week’s “Bad Bill of the Week”; House Bill 239, Restore Early Voting Days. HB 239’s primary ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Paging George Orwell, Medicaid Expansion Edition
This week’s Bad Bill has a title only George Orwell would love. Senate Bill 354, sponsored by Angela Bryant (D-Nash) and Ben Clark (D-Cumberland) is titled “North Carolina ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: More Nanny State Nonsense
There’s an old saying that says “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” The phrase is used to emphasize the fact that simply making something easy to do does ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Pork is on the Menu
Wikipedia defines “pork barrel” spending as “the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Minimum Wage = Compulsory Unemployment
The laws of supply and demand can’t be suspended. Someone should tell that to the sponsors of Senate Bill 39, State Minimum Wage/Inflation Increases. Sponsored by Sens. Don ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Corporate Welfare is a Bipartisan Problem
Proving yet again that corporate welfare is a bipartisan problem, four Republican legislators last week introduced House Bill 117, NC Competes Act. The primary sponsors of the bill ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Billion Dollar Gas Tax Hike
Significantly lower gas prices at the pump the last several months have put more money in the pockets of NC motorists. But because of the adjustable portion of the state gas tax, ... Keep Reading
Bad Bill of the Week: Restore Teaching Fellows Program
Facing a $2.5 billion budget shortfall in 2011, the new Republican legislative majority eliminated $13.5 million in annual funding to the NC Teaching Fellows program. Now several ... Keep Reading
Waste of the Week: Museum of Natural Sciences
The Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh excitedly touts that “General Admission to all facilities is FREE!” But as the economist Milton Friedman famously taught us: there’s no ... Keep Reading
