Senate leaders punctuated a week of tax policy talk by introducing a $1 billion tax cut of their own.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2015 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement on the gas tax compromise announced by House and Senate leaders today...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 9:13 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown (R-Onslow) introduced legislation on Monday to reform the state sales tax system. The state levies a 4.75 percent sales tax, while counties levy an additional two percent. The two percent is the focus of the bill, and is currently composed of three different...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 3:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Apparently, General Maximus has unleashed hell upon the powers-that-be within the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, March 19th, 2015 @ 8:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Now that Gov. Pat McCrory has released his budget proposal for the 2015-17 biennium, there are at least two fiscal issues dividing North Carolina Republicans this year.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 4:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House speaker Tim Moore and the rest of the GOP leadership in Raleigh are crowing about how much better off we’ll be now that they’ve approved an increase in the gas tax and the disbursement of even more corporate welfare.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 3:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Last week Gov. Pat McCrory released his budget proposal for the 2015-2017 biennium, his spending plan for $22 billion in each of the next two fiscal years. While there are some positive spending decisions in this budget, there are also some discouraging choices in certain areas of government...
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 2:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tough decisions need to be made during this legislative session, but are they being made in the best interest of the taxpayer or in the spirit of efficient government? Two questions came before the House Finance and Appropriations committees on Tuesday, a change to the state's gasoline tax as...
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2015 @ 3:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A group of Democrat senators has introduced a bill calling for JUST that.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 11:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Significantly lower gas prices at the pump the last several months have put more money in the pockets of NC motorists. But because of the adjustable portion of the state gas tax, lower gas prices would also mean less money to state government coffers. Apparently, some state legislators can't...
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 1:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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As the state prepares for the start of a new year, new laws are slated to take effect in North Carolina on January 1, 2015.
Published: Friday, January 2nd, 2015 @ 8:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor McCrory and others are advocating the restoration of the historic preservation tax credit.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 8:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Tuesday was a big day for many political races across North Carolina, but some of the races that were overlooked by major media outlets will affect citizens the most. There were thirty bonds on ballots across the state in more than a dozen counties, and all of them passed. Sales tax referendums...
Published: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Seven counties are seeking quarter-cent increases to their sales tax rates on the November ballot. Some of these counties have tried in years past to increase their sales taxes, and voters have rejected the proposals.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 11:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are six counties with quarter-cent increases to their sales taxes on the ballot in November. Some of these counties have tried in years past to increase their sales taxes, and voters have rejected the proposal. For others, this will be the first time on the ballot.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Residents in Richmond County are divided on whether to pass a Nov. 4 ballot referendum raising the county’s sales tax rate by 0.25 cents to build a multi-use recreation complex for the city of Rockingham on 118 acres.
Published: Saturday, September 27th, 2014 @ 2:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Prius-driving, low-T, latte-sipping NPR-swooning lefty-snobs at The Charlotte Observer, one of McClatchy's many failing media holdings in The Carolinas, are aghast that this state might become more like — *GASP* — Alabama.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 11:49 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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In 2013 North Carolina instituted sweeping tax reform and began the process of making its tax system more efficient and more consistent with liberty.
Published: Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 @ 9:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We hear the Anointed and a lot of his Dem cohorts talking about the need to "invest" in our infrastructure.(i.e. spend money on their pet projects).
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:28 am
By: Jim Bispo
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I was having a decent morning yesterday until I saw the latest television ad by Senate Majority PAC, the same outfit that disseminated ridiculous claims about North Carolina's tax reforms.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement upon signing House Bill 1050.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 6:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Along with Tuesday's primary elections for congressional, legislative, judicial, county, and municipal offices, voters in more than a dozen North Carolina counties decided measures involving taxes, debt, and alcohol sales.
Published: Friday, May 9th, 2014 @ 10:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory used the deadline for filing income tax returns to tout the historic tax reform package that he signed into law last year.
Published: Friday, April 18th, 2014 @ 8:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Our Imperial Savior said in a New York Times interview last year that there was "no evidence" the Keystone pipeline would be a "big jobs generator," claiming it might create 2,000 jobs in the construction phase but far fewer permanent jobs.
Published: Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 @ 9:06 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Open up your wallets, folks. It's official. The North Carolina Department of Revenue will start getting a cut of your purchases from Amazon.com starting February 1.
Published: Monday, January 20th, 2014 @ 11:50 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The average North Carolina household in every income category received a tax cut from the 2013 tax reform.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a previous column, I noted that the Left's crusade against conservative ideas and politicians in North Carolina faces an implacable foe: the time-space continuum. Leftist predictions that reducing North Carolina's sales tax in 2011 would result in weaker economic growth have proven in...
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Left-wing politicians, activists, and ideologues are desperate to stop and reverse North Carolina's free-market renaissance. They aspire to unseat conservative leaders, invalidate conservative ideas, and repeal conservative reforms.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The year 2013 has seen significant reforms in North Carolina - to our tax system, job-killing regulations, transportation and infrastructure priorities, and education. The result will be substantive and meaningful changes in North Carolina. We will be positioned to recover from the recession more
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Commercial restrictions through tariffs have been an integral part of American history. The federal government has used forms of commercial restriction as a source of revenue and to protect American industry and labor.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 12:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Republicans Thursday unveiled their tax modification plan, a move that would eliminate the progressive income tax rate in favor of a flat tax.
Published: Sunday, August 18th, 2013 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After the North Carolina General Assembly enacted its tax-reform package last month, critics denied it would have a positive effect on the state's economy.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 @ 5:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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And, there's no better way to find obscure, and potentially hot topic stuff, than in the final section of a new law. With his signature Tuesday, Gov. Pat McCrory officially codified new legislation that has a warm fuzzy name - the Tax Simplification and Reduction Act.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 9:07 am
By: Jeff Aydelette
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