The N&O yesterday decided to reprint this jaw-droppingly ignorant article about government "creating jobs". It's hard to believe that an actual adult wrote this article. Here ... Keep Reading
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All Jobs Are Not Created Equal
The N&O's Rob Christensen writes this article on the topic of jobs - and tries to confuse the reader by wishing away the difference between government jobs and private sector ... Keep Reading
NC a Leader in Government Growth
This recent USA Today article examined the trends in state and local government workforces across the country for the year Sept. 2009 thru Sept. 2010. In the past year, state and ... Keep Reading
State Government Distrust of Free Market
Government leadership in Raleigh insists that the political allocation of investment is superior to market allocation of investment. Do not mind the words of politicians, but ... Keep Reading
Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly, But Job Numbers Still Bleak
The latest jobs numbers are out for North Carolina, and in spite of a slight drop in the unemployment rate the numbers still don't look very promising. Month-over-month changes ... Keep Reading
Fact-Checking Martin Nesbitt
State Senate Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt (D-Buncombe) made some bold jobs claims in a Tuesday talk to a Democrat group in Charlotte: Nesbitt, an Asheville Democrat, also touted ... Keep Reading
State Government is a Jobs Machine
Governor Perdue claims that “we are a jobs machine” here in North Carolina. She must have meant to say that our state government is a jobs machine. In this year’s budget, in ... Keep Reading