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and some want this knucklehead influencing national economic policy?
Published: Saturday, October 19th, 2024 @ 9:17 am
By: John Steed
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Fiscal discipline is missing from the battle against elevated inflation, according to a paper published by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget last week.
Published: Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 @ 10:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Another free-market think tank has ranked Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper positively with regard to fiscal policy, with the Cato Institute’s new governor’s rankings putting Cooper 6th overall. Cooper was the only Democrat in the top 10 and received a “B” grade overall.
Published: Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 @ 12:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The above question was posed recently by Cato Institute fiscal policy expert Chris Edwards.
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 10:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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All politics, all governing is local as I am often heard to repeat almost ad nauseum, and it is local because it is the local taxpayer that "pays the freight" for incredibly ignorant policy, by bone crushingly stupid politicians.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2022 @ 6:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 1:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the top issues for any board of county commissioners is the manner in which these public servants handle the policy on the disposing of the solid waste (garbage and other unwanted matter) of its citizens.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 4:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each month, Beaufort County's governing board convenes to do the People's business, and each month Commissioner Hood Richardson has a plethora of issues.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 10:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thanks to a decade of wise, conservative fiscal policy, North Carolina state government is better positioned financially to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus shutdown.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The U.S. Congress and President Trump are testing whether there are any limits to debt-financed fiscal policy.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A few years back I attended a presentation by David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States. At the time Walker was becoming quite well known for making a frightening and compelling case as to why the United States needed to get its financial house in order
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 5:22 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Want yet more one signal that American politics has changed markedly in the past decade? Look no further than the annual report card issued by the Cato Institute to grade the fiscal performance of the nation's state governors
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 7:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a significant demographic change occurring in North Carolina that virtually no one is talking about
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 @ 11:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported on a development students of American governance have known about for years, but politicians have studiously avoided doing anything about: the United States' debt will cost us more in the near future than our own national defense
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2018 @ 5:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Cato Institute gave Gov. Roy Cooper an F on its Fiscal Policy Report Card
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2018 @ 3:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its Oct. 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state’s rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2018 @ 5:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We're not shy about criticizing legislators when criticism is due. That said, we also like to point out when lawmakers do the right thing
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 3:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's fiscal policy is relatively strong when compared to much of the country
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state House approved early Friday morning its proposed budget, which totals $22.9 billion in General Fund spending
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2017 @ 4:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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While North Carolina legislators and Gov. Roy Cooper haven't yet received the report on state income taxes paid or refunded by the April deadline, they shouldn't count on a positive "April surprise" to make fiscal decisions for them
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2017 @ 3:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at beefing up the state's rainy day fund
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2017 @ 8:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina ranks No. 19 overall and is rising among all states when combining economic and personal freedoms, according to a major national report released today that used more than 230 variables to set the rankings.
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2016 @ 3:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led General Assembly in the just-ended 2016 short session maintained spending restraint, created and enlarged fiscal safeguards in case of an economic downturn, granted more income tax relief
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2016 @ 8:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recent historic tax reforms have helped North Carolina jump from No. 44 to No. 15 in the Tax Foundation's annual ranking of state business climates
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Existing businesses in North Carolina are taxed at rates below the national average, and new firms generally benefit from tax rates beneath national norms, making the Tar Heel State an attractive place to do business, a new study concluded.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although I support the tax cuts, budgetary restraint, and other fiscal policies adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory over the past two years, I have repeatedly urged policymakers and commentators alike to avoid making grandiose claims about their immediate effects.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the Great Recession and its aftermath, few issues in North Carolina politics have been as contentious as fiscal policy. According to a literature survey of recent studies examining the relationship between public policy and economic performance at the state and local level, it is clear...
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 4:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest federal employment data for North Carolina support the case that a fiscally conservative approach to state fiscal policy is helping improve the economy's long-term outlook. That's the assessment from John Locke Foundation President John Hood.
Published: Sunday, April 20th, 2014 @ 10:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rob Christensen of the News & Observer recently published an article in which he claims to uncover "the truth" behind 10 "myths" about North Carolina state government.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 11:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It is hardly surprising Republicans in Raleigh have been busy over the past few months. This is the first time in over a century the party has controlled...
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 9:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When is a sales-tax increase not really a sales-tax increase? If you want to make sense of the contrasting claims about tax reform in North Carolina, this is one...
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 2:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the North Carolina House and Senate work out their differences over a 2012-13 spending plan, it's not too early to be thinking about what the state's fiscal policy choices will be in 2013.
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A brief look at forty years of irresponsible fiscal policy
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 @ 4:13 pm
By: BCN
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