Recent media reports have unveiled some of the state government agency spending reductions submitted to Gov. Perdue at her request. Predictably, the revelations prompted ... Keep Reading
Fiscal Policy
Trim the Budget: Your Answers
Civitas has been busy looking for ways to cut the budget, and last week we asked you for your suggestions. Here's some of what we received. Require immediate 5% reduction in ... Keep Reading
Public Fishing Piers Perceived as Job Creators
Five goals that spell out the purpose of three North Carolina Aquarium fishing piers do not mention the word jobs. The three piers are Jennette’s Pier – currently ... Keep Reading
The Shoe Fits, Now Wear It
The late Nobel-prize winning economist Milton Friedman once famously observed: “Nobody spends someone else’s money as carefully as he spends his own. Nobody uses somebody else’s ... Keep Reading
Help North Carolina Escape The Budget Crisis
On November 2 North Carolinians voted for a complete change in legislative leadership for the first time in over a century. Yet the fiscal problems facing North Carolina are huge. ... Keep Reading
Creating Jobs a Risky Business
In the recently completed election season, every candidate promised to be the one to trust to "create jobs." Indeed, in spite of some pretty heated rhetoric, jobs remained the ... Keep Reading
The Medicaid Saga: From Stimulus to Obamacare
The crushing weight of North Carolina's Medicaid costs continue to encumber state finances amidst an historic fiscal crisis, and sources say it is about to get much worse. With ... Keep Reading
10 Ways to Trim Government Spending
North Carolina's $3 billion budget shortfall awaiting the winners of November's elections is sure to dampen many a victory party. Those lucky legislators will be inheriting a ... Keep Reading
Ranking North Carolina’s 21st Century Job Growth
North Carolina’s Private Sector Job Losses Among Worst in U.S Since 2000; Adds Third Highest Number of State Government Workers in the Nation North Carolina’s private ... Keep Reading
Taxpayer Dollars Finance “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy”
Debate over expanding North Carolina’s film incentive program prompted the Civitas Institute to investigate the types of movies produced here. Roughly $700,000 taxpayer ... Keep Reading
