Advocates in Charlotte and the Triangle for expensive light-rail transit projects like to argue that one reason to build transit is that it helps low-income individuals. ... Keep Reading
Welfare & Poverty
Welfare
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Do You Want Fries With That EITC?
From today's Finance Committee meeting comes approval of HB2642. The bill slightly increases the size of the state's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The state tax credit will be ... Keep Reading
$22K? How would you spend it?
A beautiful piece in the N&O that will get you thinking about our "social safety net" -- such as it is.-Max Borders ... Keep Reading
Government Doesn’t Create Jobs
...it creates poverty. According to (yet another) editorial in the Raleigh News & Observer, government should do what it can to help the poor. The Good Book famously says ... Keep Reading
Beneath the Surface of “Inequality” Data
In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, American University economics professor Brad Schiller takes a closer look at some recent Census Bureau data regarding income inequality. Perhaps ... Keep Reading
NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY TO HELP FIGHT RECESSION
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: (877) 9NC-PLAY EDUCATION LOTTERY TO HELP FIGHT RECESSION ANNOUNCES "INSTANT TAX REBATE" ... Keep Reading
Subsidized Poverty and “the Children”
Progressive Pulse has another "children" post that, I suppose, is designed to divine more crocodile tears for North Carolinia's poor population. Gregg Flynn concludes - ... Keep Reading
Free Markets Save Lives
This article reminds us of why free markets are so important. "Wealthy populations live longer and are healthier than poor populations because higher incomes open the door to ... Keep Reading
Progressive “Realism”
Here we have a leftish type at NC Policy Watch demanding more aid so that low income can afford to pay for heating -- what with energy being so costly. Here we have a leftish type ... Keep Reading
