It wouldn't make much sense to buy beer for alcoholics in an effort to reduce alcoholism. So why is the state using tax dollars to mail garbage to suspected litterers?
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 8:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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All 100 county boards of election will meet Friday morning to authenticate results from the 2014 General Election.
Published: Friday, November 14th, 2014 @ 10:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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During most of its history, North Carolina was a state of widely dispersed residents. There were no truly big cities, many small towns, and fewer sparsely populated counties than, say, Virginia or Georgia had. Particularly along the state's rivers and streams, you'd find a thriving mill town or...
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 8:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic legislators, teacher unions, newspaper editorialists, and other members or defenders of North Carolina's education establishment continue to be aghast at the Republican-led General Assembly's decision to phase out salary supplements for public-school teachers who obtain graduate degrees.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2013 @ 7:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A friend of mine recently sent me an article from Area Development, one of many magazines that issues annual ratings of state business climates. According to Area Development's 2013 index, North Carolina is the fifth-best state in the nation to do business.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina politicians face many difficult decisions. Whether to subsidize professional sports with tax dollars isn't one of them. The answer should be no, not a dollar, not a dime.
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2013 @ 2:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is state spending on education an investment or a political payoff? Critics of the North Carolina state budget just approved by...
Published: Sunday, July 28th, 2013 @ 5:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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ne hundred years of affliction is a long time. The time has come for tax reform.... No, the time has come for a tax revolution.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 11:45 am
By: Diane Rufino
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As the House and Senate work to fashion a compromise tax-reform bill, one of the sticking points is how much to cut North Carolina's corporate-income tax.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberal groups in and outside the state seem to be spending sleepless nights worried about the fate of judicial-election changes North Carolina adopted in 2002.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2013 @ 12:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina House has officially approved its tax-reform bill. It would create a 5.9 percent flat income tax -- replacing the current rates...
Published: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Does state tax policy affect state economic growth? Fiscal conservatives tend to say yes. Fiscal liberals tend to say no.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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