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Tomorrow, Gov. Cooper is set to release his budget proposal for the next two fiscal years. At a news conference today, Cooper previewed his budget by revealing the highlights of the education section.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 7:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Fiscal conservatives continue to haunt the darkened hallways of American politics, every so often materializing to shout "BOO!" at the party in power, only to recede into the shadows as soon as they are called upon to actually govern
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2018 @ 9:14 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina has made another top-10 list - one that should make the state's fiscal conservatives particularly happy
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 @ 3:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fiscal conservatives tend to look askance at large issuances of public debt. In this sentiment, they are in good company. "I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse," wrote James Madison, "and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other." His mentor and friend...
Published: Friday, September 26th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fiscal conservatives think government is too large, costs too much, and tries to do too much.
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The past quarter-century of academic scholarship suggests state and local officials can promote economic growth by keeping overall tax and regulatory burdens as low as possible, investing effectively in public safety and the courts, and increasing productivity of spending on infrastructure and educa
Published: Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 @ 10:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sorry, trick question. No such event ever happened, except in the fevered imagination of liberal editorial writers. While it is true that Republicans, running as fiscal conservatives, took control of the state legislature in 2010 and a majority of North Carolina's county commissions in 2012, the...
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 10:23 am
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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