taxes

In this new video (just under 3 minutes in length) made by the Learn Liberty project of the Institute for Humane Studies, economist Antony Davies breaks down the national debt and ... Keep Reading

I was at a Tea Party tax day rally in downtown Raleigh. A couple of hundred people were there on a nice spring afternoon/dusk. Since we don't back candidates, I'll talk about ... Keep Reading

North Carolina is ranked 23rd overall among the states in the new Economic Outlook Ranking from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). That's only a slight improvement ... Keep Reading

This recent Daily Caller article examines some trends of the death tax, both at the federal and state level - and includes a focus on North Carolina. In the Democrat-controlled ... Keep Reading

The N&O editors pen this article about the state death tax, an article so packed with immoral, collectivist appeals to "fairness" that one begins to question their ... Keep Reading

Earlier today I had the opportunity to make a brief presentation to the Revenue Laws Committee, to make a few comments supporting the repeal of North Carolina's death ... Keep Reading

Gov. Perdue has announced that the state Department of Transportation will not collect fees on coastal ferries this year - as legislated in the budget passed last summer. This ... Keep Reading

The far-left N.C. Budget & Tax Center pens this op-ed in today's News & Observer. Reportedly written with a straight face, the author declares that the cure for what ails ... Keep Reading

Just up on the main Civitas website is an analysis I did on Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Bill Faison's (D-Orange) JOBS plan. Here is a sample: Rep. Faison’s much publicized JOBS ... Keep Reading

The Tax Foundation last week unveiled its latest installment of its annual State Business Tax Climate Index for 2012. Unsurprisingly, North Carolina remained far down the list, ... Keep Reading