As part of his remarks while visiting the White House on his first day in the United States, Pope Francis made a strong plea on behalf of religious liberty, which he specifically directed at President Obama.
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 @ 4:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Don't Fall for the Game of Economic Impact Studies; Promote Economic Growth Instead
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 @ 9:24 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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North Carolina’s economy has been devastated by the decisions of Gov. Roy Cooper and state and local officials in their attempt to ameliorate the effects of COVID-19.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2020 @ 9:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a recent tweet, former President Barack Obama declared, “Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and job creation.”
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Democratic party’s most radically progressive candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have promised to impose a tax on wealth.
Published: Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 @ 6:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In December 2018, I wrote the following: “As a general rule, the public and politicians should never view economic impact studies as anything more than an attempt by special interests to manipulate public opinion for their own benefit.”
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2019 @ 11:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump tweeted that he believed people who burned the American flag should be punished with either loss of citizenship or a year in prison.
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2019 @ 4:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As the specifics (and many of the absurd objectives) of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal (GND) have come to light, the common refrain from Democrats who support it is that the plan is "aspirational."
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the best examples of pure socialism in the United States can be found right here in North Carolina - our system of distribution and sales of alcoholic beverages
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 8:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 @ 1:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Among many in the Democratic Party, attacking the rich is back in style.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 2:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) greets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) before a ceremonial swearing-in picture on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 12:35 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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For the last several days, news of General Motor's (GM) plans to close plants and eliminate nearly 15,000 jobs in the U.S. and Canada have been blanketing the news
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2019 @ 6:44 am
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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When is it acceptable for a Republican president to openly brag about liking taxes?
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2018 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When are special interest subsidies not just special interest subsidies?
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the United States, there are between 45 and 46 million turkeys killed each year by profit-seeking farmers for consumption at Thanksgiving dinners around the country
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2018 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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: Saturday, November 24th, 2018 @ 11:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Much of the economic news lately is focusing on the fact that labor is becoming a scarce commodity
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2018 @ 10:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the main, there are two reasons given for taxing soda and other heavily sugared products, including sugar itself
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 10:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Walmart has low prices for all kinds of products, from clothing to shoes to groceries and almost everything in between
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It should be pretty clear that carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon are not the same things
Published: Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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, October 7th, 2018 @ 8:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Laws that forbid price increases during extreme events have bad unintended consequences at the very worst of times. Precisely because of those consequences, economists and pundits at the John Locke Foundation have warned against those laws for decades
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 6:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As part of the US-Mexico trade deal that was announced last week, the Trump administration argued for and won a $16 per hour minimum wage for auto and auto parts workers in the United States and Mexico
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 3:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Neither Bernie Sanders nor the congressional nominee from New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, show any evidence that they are actually socialists, despite describing themselves as such
Published: Saturday, September 8th, 2018 @ 3:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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: Thursday, August 30th, 2018 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a puzzling expression regularly being used by members of the Trump administration that, they argue, describes a major goal of their protectionist trade policies: "reciprocal trade."
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2018 @ 3:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Time Magazine’s Aug. 6 special issue focuses on the American South. One of the articles is about Georgia’s film production incentives, entitled “How Georgia Became the Hollywood of the South.”
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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