All news accounts described the recently passed state budget as spending $30 billion
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2024 @ 1:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly three months into the fiscal year, a budget bill has finally arrived
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 12:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Latest Example Further Demonstrates the Folly of Government Corporate Welfare
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 7:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday, both chambers of the state legislature sent House Bill 259, the state budget, to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk for his signature.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 11:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Senate released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, with the expectation of meeting with the state House to establish a conference budget before the current fiscal year ends on June 30
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina House released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, and the North Carolina Senate is scheduled to release its version next before the two chambers meet to establish a conference budget
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina continues to make headlines for its economic development incentives
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 11:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservative legislators in North Carolina have notably improved our state’s tax code over the past dozen years. Significant tax cuts and reforms have enabled NC to outcompete most other states economically and make it far more attractive for job creation and investment.
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 8:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s decade of economic success deserves celebration. Even more so, however, it is worth applauding the important steps toward reform that state lawmakers have undertaken over the past decade.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 9:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Tax Foundation releases annual list of best states for businesses in terms of tax benefits
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 10:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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And interstate compacts may be one way to protect business
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 3:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Diverting scarce resources to failed projects represents waste in our economy
Published: Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 @ 4:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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WRAL TechWire yesterday published my column on the surge in billion-dollar corporate welfare giveaways in North Carolina over the past year.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 1:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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According to the latest press release from the Governor’s press office, Governor Roy Cooper pledged $1.2 million in taxpayer dollars to a battery company for their expansion.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lower income taxes allow people to keep more of their hard-earned money and spend it on their needs
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House of Representatives passed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act on Thursday, despite opposition from Republicans who argued that the bill would funnel billions in taxpayer money toward corporations.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 11:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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Economic development incentives divert taxpayer money to politically favored companies at the expense of the rest of the state
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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No strings attached, to the highly profitable microchip industry
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 5:39 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Facebook’s parent company Meta sends outgoing COO Sheryl Sandberg to Visit North Carolina
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2022 @ 10:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since September, the John Locke Foundation has been tracking the monthly jobs and unemployment data for North Carolina released by the Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As thousands of small businesses were forced to close for good as a result of his economic lockdowns, Gov. Cooper’s administration handed out $1.2 billion worth of corporate welfare to giant corporations like Apple, FujiFilm, and Toyota in 2021.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Economic equality is an unattainable goal – and that’s the point.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 10:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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All economic activity is planned. Buying, selling, saving, investing, and all other activities are the result of someone’s plan.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 1:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are two reasons a corporation would take government incentives to move into North Carolina:
Published: Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 @ 8:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently the John Locke Foundation team met with candidates running for local office. We highlighted critical principles for local government’s fiscal health and sustainability.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On the heels of my colleague Jon Sanders highlighting that the cost to North Carolina taxpayers for each promised job from government handouts to corporations comes to $586,000 each, the N&O reports that two previous corporate welfare deals are being canceled because the promised jobs never came.
Published: Friday, January 28th, 2022 @ 11:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My previous research brief discussed that last year Gov. Roy Cooper pledged over $1.3 billion in corporate welfare to just 58 corporations from state “economic development” incentives programs whose stated purposes are about “job creation.”
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2019, Gov. Roy Cooper pledged $146.0 million in corporate welfare to 66 corporations. In 2020, amid shutting down and crippling small businesses with extreme executive orders, Cooper pledged $519.3 million in corporate giveaways to just 48 corporations.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 2:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Left insists government is better poised than you to spend more of your hard-earned money.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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So far this year, Gov. Cooper has pledged over $930.7 million in tax incentives to just 22 corporations, including $845.8 million over four decades to Apple
Published: Friday, December 3rd, 2021 @ 10:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The reasoning behind the bill, as laid out in the bill’s language, is that “too many North Carolina citizens have no or inadequate savings for retirement.”
Published: Friday, November 26th, 2021 @ 8:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The prospect of tax relief to North Carolina’s small businesses is supposedly offensive to Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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