Fiscal Policy

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a nearly 2,000 page health reform bill. Looking past the clear party line divide, the bill passed by a two member margin ... Keep Reading

Greensboro residents face a staggering state and local government true debt burden equivalent to $11,200 for every man, woman and child -- or roughly $44,800 for a family of ... Keep Reading

Lincolnton residents face a staggering state and local government true debt burden equivalent to $9,900 for every man, woman and child – or roughly $39,700 for a family of ... Keep Reading

While many North Carolina voters were heading to the ballot box on November 3 to elect new local government officials, a select group of N.C. House and Senate Finance committee ... Keep Reading

The October announcement that the Dell plant in Forsyth County would close by January 2010 should serve as a reminder about the folly and arrogance of government-created ... Keep Reading

Do people in Saudi Arabia and Costa Rica really get better medical care than Americans do? Is the federal government truly a model of administrative efficiency? Such statements ... Keep Reading

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Your Dell Job Unemployment Check is in the Mail; The Politics of Promoting Permanent Unemployment  In his comments on the Dell deal gone bad in North Carolina, Bob Orr, ... Keep Reading

State and local governments across North Carolina have accumulated nearly $85 billion in debt and unfunded liabilities. That's equivalent to more than $9,200 for every man, woman, ... Keep Reading

In a recent USA Today article summarizing how states balanced their budgets this summer, Vice President of the National Taxpayers Union Pete Sepp declared, "With a few ... Keep Reading