The House will hold budget-focused meetings this afternoon and throughout the week. Speaker Tillis stated during a press conference today that the analysis process is almost ... Keep Reading
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About Those “Tough Choices” Being Made in D.C.
George Mason economist Donald Boudreax applies a little "kitchen table" budget perspective to the negotiations over the federal budget. Suppose that in a mere three years your ... Keep Reading
Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
Today's Durham Herald-Sun includes my piece discussing two items I believe should be at the top of state lawmakers' priority list. A slice: If the new majority is serious about ... 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
How Much Does a Tax Cut “Cost”?
Today's N&O features this ridiculous oped article (originally published by the Washington Post) about how "we can't afford" to extend the Bush-era tax cuts. The underlying ... Keep Reading
Gov’t Stimulus Boosts Gov’t Power at Everyone Else’s Expense
Today's Greensboro News & Record included my letter to the editor discussing government stimulus schemes: A recent editorial discussing the federal government’s stimulus funds ... Keep Reading
Hold the Bacon
Want to get NC state lawmakers as excited as a kid on Christmas morning? Tell them that some "free" federal government money is coming to the state. We've also seen how excited ... Keep Reading
Deficit Neutral or Fiscal Nightmare?
The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell talks about the real cost of government run health care… ... Keep Reading
