Defenders of the broken and destructive welfare state are getting more desperate. Case in point, check out this frightening article in the N&O, entitled "The Science of Lifting ... Keep Reading
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Survey Shows NC Voters Strongly Favor Tax Cuts, Spending Limits
May 19, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org Civitas Polls Show Anti-Spending Beliefs Span a Decade RALEIGH ... Keep Reading
How Savings, Not Consumption Spending, Grows the Economy
One way that progressive liberals argue in favor for higher tax rates on upper income earners is the observation that higher income households save a larger share of their income ... Keep Reading
NC’s Economic Growth on Uptick in Most Recent Years
The folks at Opportunity Ohio have compiled a 50-state analysis of state GDP growth, breaking the growth rates down into 16-year, 4-year, and 2-year periods. You can see the ... Keep Reading
Progressive Policies Increase Inequality
Progressives obsess over income inequality. Part of their obsession is their insistence that their preferred policies - including minimum wage hikes and expanded government welfare ... Keep Reading
Targeted Tax Credits: Enriching Cronies, Crushing the Little Guy
One issue being hotly debated this summer in Raleigh is the issue of film industry tax credits. It seems that R's and D's are fairly united in their support for some sort of ... Keep Reading
UNC Biz Prof. Critiques Gene Nichol
Michael Jacobs, CEO of Jacobs Capital and professor of the Practice of Finance at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Graduate School of Business, wrote this interesting piece in the N&O ... Keep Reading
Art Pope Discusses Benefits of Tax Reform
State budget director Art Pope (whose family foundation is Civitas' primary benefactor) penned an article in the N&O discussing the benefits of last year's tax reform ... Keep Reading
NC Commerce Sec.: Hollywood Cronyism to Continue
From the Charlotte Business Journal: Not to worry, filmmakers and TV commercial producers. North Carolina will have something for you after the state's existing film incentives ... Keep Reading
If I Wanted to Keep Poor People Poor
Advocates for free markets often get smeared with comments like "you just want to keep poor people poor and see the rich get richer!" Such accusations are utter nonsense, of ... Keep Reading
