Certainly, the most disappointing part of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address was that there was no mention of the federal spending crisis or our $23 trillion ... Keep Reading
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Newspaper: Judicial activism continues to plague North Carolina
Judicial activism continues to threaten the principles of self-government in North Carolina. However, despite a desperate ruling in an attempt to stop voter ID from being ... Keep Reading
Strong families and parental involvement will always be key to educational success
An article titled "The Secret of a Charter School Success? Parents" in the Wall Street Journal reinforces something most everybody knows: parents are the key to success for ... Keep Reading
23 trillion reasons to question any loyalty to either political party
Here is the federal debt clock. Twenty-two trillion-plus and rising is the current federal debt. Government spending is in the news again because of a recent agreement reached by ... Keep Reading
3 guiding principles on the budget impasse
North Carolina is nearing three weeks into the new fiscal year without a new state budget. An inconvenience for some, but in no ways devastating or a crisis. Spending levels revert ... Keep Reading
Medicaid: A playground for scammers and fraud
10 percent of Medicaid payments are lost to fraud or incompetence Medicaid expansion will likely exacerbate fraud in the program Taxpayers should be leery of ... Keep Reading
Walter Jones and Politics as a Principled Endeavor
This morning I spoke briefly with Joe Catenacci about the legacy of North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones (1943- 2019). When I first moved to this state somebody asked me who I ... Keep Reading
Two Charts NC Progressives Don’t Want You to See
• The state’s General Fund gets most of the attention, but doesn’t tell the whole story • Total state spending has increased nearly four-fold since 1984 – even after adjusting for ... Keep Reading
Why the Lower Tax Cap Amendment is Good for North Carolina
In a newly released Civitas poll, 66 percent of North Carolinians support a constitutional amendment to cap the state income tax rate at 5.5 percent, compared to only 13 percent ... Keep Reading
Mapping the Earmarks
Last week, we identified $30 million worth of additions in the FY 2018-19 budget that has been earmarked for special projects – known as pork spending. This is the use of state ... Keep Reading
