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“The focus here is to prevent members from being able to profit off of insider information — not to make elected officials poor."
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2026 @ 1:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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Trump leaves 401(K) alone and wants to drop all taxes on Social Security
Published: Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 @ 5:32 pm
By: John Steed
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Despite not holding any major interviews or press conferences since becoming the Democrats’ de facto nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris’ favorability rating has skyrocketed with the help of positive media coverage since President Joe Biden left the race on July 21.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2024 @ 9:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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extreme tax increases, and abominable unrealized capital gains tax
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2024 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Steed
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"We request the immediate resignation of Secretary Jennifer Granholm."
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2023 @ 9:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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Increasing productivity is the key to wealth creation
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Entrepreneur Elon Musk slammed Democrats in a tweet on Monday over a proposal they are considering that would tax unrealized capital gains.
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2022 @ 3:08 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A bill proposed by Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) on Wednesday would tax university endowments at a 100% rate for investments into Chinese entities deemed a threat to national security.
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 3:08 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Manning listed among the top 20 richest members of Congress.
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday night, the world’s richest man announced he was thinking of creating a new university in Texas, where he had moved the headquarters of his world-famous business from California.
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 2:00 am
By: Daily Wire
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Biden agenda destroy, destroy, destroy
Published: Monday, September 27th, 2021 @ 5:20 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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There are good citizens and concerned parents (of both races) across the state who are fanatically opposed to CRT being taught in the school system - a school system to which they pay taxes.
Published: Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 @ 11:13 pm
By: John Woodard
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Researchers found that President Biden’s first budget proposal would reduce economic growth by 1% over the next decade.
Published: Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 @ 7:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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Remarks by President Trump and President Iohannis of Romania Before Bilateral Meeting
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2019 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nathan Glazer died last week at the age of 95. He was one of the original neo-conservatives.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina needs to reform its approach to taxing capital gains. As I have noted in a previous analysis for the John Locke Foundation, the current system ignores the fundamental nature of capital gains taxes.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since President Trump has taken office, economic growth rates have soared, 4.2 percent in the last quarter, and unemployment rates are the lowest in decades, at present 3.7 percent
Published: Saturday, December 29th, 2018 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump is encouraging investment to create opportunity in distressed communities.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is a simple equation that every first-semester student in macroeconomics learns. It is the equation for measuring gross domestic product or GDP. GDP is used to measure the size of state and national economies
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2018 @ 7:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Starting in 2011, North Carolina lawmakers have implemented transformational changes resulting in a strong and growing economy
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2018 @ 4:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What can lawmakers consider during the 2018 short session? Not everything, because of limits imposed by the long session Adjournment Resolution
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On many different occasions, I have argued that, from an economics perspective, North Carolina should abolish its tax on capital gains
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. General Assembly is scheduled to return for the 2018 short legislative session on Wednesday, May 16
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 @ 11:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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any discussion of public policy, I think it is impossible to talk intelligently about questions like "good enough" or "fair enough" without asking first "by what standard?"
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2018 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A couple of weeks ago, I argued that North Carolina’s legislature should “one-up” Congress and the Trump administration when it comes to tax reform by abolishing the state’s capital gains tax.
Published: Friday, March 30th, 2018 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recent tax reform passed by Republicans in Congress and enthusiastically signed by President Trump, went a long way toward fixing what had become a federal tax system that was discouraging work effort, investment, and entrepreneurship
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2018 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax policy is as much about regulation as it is the efficiency and simplicity of raising revenues to pay for government activity
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2018 @ 4:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2017 legislative long session is over. Kind of. In the wee hours of June 30, on the eve of the new fiscal year, the General Assembly adjourned, only to schedule encore sessions in August and September
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2017 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Government shouldn't pick winners and losers."
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 @ 10:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As hundreds of bills are filed in the General Assembly, I ask: What problem are lawmakers trying to solve? If there is one, what should government do about it
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last six years, bold, courageous North Carolina leaders have been willing to take risks, push the envelope, and offer unlimited opportunities for education freedom, for financial security, and for transformational reforms
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 3:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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