Due to this year’s substantial budget deficit, North Carolina House and Senate earmark requests are down from recent years, but many of the proposed uses of taxpayer money ... Keep Reading
Fiscal Policy
Are More Taxes the Only Option to Save Teacher Jobs and Balance the State Budget?
Since the 1999-2000 school year, North Carolina has hired 16,680 new teachers. In addition, 9,867 new non-teaching positions have been created. Are more taxes the only option ... Keep Reading
N.C. Shouldn’t Repeat Tax Hike Mistake
Albert Einstein once famously defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” In that context, what results are North ... Keep Reading
Tax Increases Harm Economic Recovery
Legislators Choosing Taxes of Least Resistance Raleigh, N.C. – If history is any judge, the current tax package soon to be approved by the Governor and General Assembly ... Keep Reading
Perdue’s Plan to Save Education: More Options than Higher Taxes and Teacher Layoffs
For Gov. Beverly Perdue, the equation is quite simple: any further education cuts are cuts that harm the classroom. The Governor remains firmly opposed to any budget proposal to ... Keep Reading
North Carolina’s High Speed Effort to Spend Taxpayer’s Money
North Carolina State Transportation Secretary Gene Conti defended the recent Southeast High-Speed Rail Corridor proposal by claiming that North Carolina has a “good chance ... Keep Reading
Shameful Budget Theatrics from N.C. House
Did you see the major theatrical presentation put on by state leaders in Raleigh over the last several weeks? The script was brilliantly followed, but the plot was a bit ... Keep Reading
The Damage of HB 88/ S221—An Unhealthy Youth
The highly debated Healthy Youth Act, House Bill 88 and Senate Bill 221, will force 104 of the state’s 115 school districts to teach a more contraception-focused ... Keep Reading
N.C. Senator Speaks Out Against Obama Health Care Reform Option
In spite of the inefficiency and costliness of government provided healthcare projects to date (think HMOs and Medicaid part D), the Democrats in Congress are pushing for a ... Keep Reading
Local Business Owners Unite to Fight “Amazon” Tax in N.C.
Small business owners from across the state gathered Monday for a roundtable discussion in Cary to discuss ways to fight the so-called “Amazon” tax from being ... Keep Reading
