Conservative North Carolinians believe that lower taxes translate into higher levels of economic growth and personal freedom.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2020 @ 2:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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NC’s rate of 3.4% is higher than the national 3.2% average, clocking in at 16th highest in the country.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 8:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When it comes to public affairs, bad news is good and good news is bad. That is, political speeches and media pieces that describe a problem as big and getting worse tend to attract more attention, so more are produced.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2019 @ 7:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We have experienced a decade of economic growth and the big questions many are asking is whether this growth will continue or if there will be a recession in our future?
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 8:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A new poll from Triangle Community Coalition and Fallon Research and Communications show Raleigh residents are torn between concerns over housing prices and the rate of growth in the city.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2019 @ 9:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At the G20 Summit, President Donald J. Trump will encourage others to follow the United States’ pro-growth, pro-jobs, and pro-innovation example.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ever since the end of Prohibition over eight decades ago, North Carolina has been a "control" state for liquor.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1940, some 3.6 million people lived in North Carolina, ranking the state 11th in the nation in population and first in the Southeast. Across the South as a whole, only Texas (6.4 million) was more populous.
Published: Monday, June 10th, 2019 @ 9:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With a headline unemployment rate of 4 percent and a healthy 2.8 percent jump in inflation-adjusted median household income last year, North Carolinians are better off economically than they have been in many years.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump on Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth | Hackberry, LA
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina tourism generated record visitor spending in 2018 with a total of $25.3 billion.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 12:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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New research by two North Carolina State University professors has brought into stark relief the following facts: America is in a debt crisis, our economy is suffering as a result, and politicians of both major political parties bear responsibility.
Published: Thursday, May 16th, 2019 @ 6:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada would add $68.2 billion to the U.S. economy and create 176,000 new jobs, according to a study from the International Trade Commission released on Thursday.
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 @ 10:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democratic lawmakers are looking to change school performance grades by providing separate marks for achievement and growth
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've accomplished an economic turnaround of historic proportions.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 3:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If the most important factor determining the welfare of workers is the growth rate of the economy, that has policy implications that free-market conservatives, among others, will welcome.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2019 @ 8:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After more than a year dangling the carrot to Raleigh and other communities Amazon finally announced their choices for their HQ2 project. Once again Raleigh didn't win the proposed 50,000 jobs and $5 billion investment. Curiously, we can't find many really upset about it
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 8:08 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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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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While the federal government's deficit and debt grow, it seems families and state governments have become better savers during the current recovery
Published: Monday, September 3rd, 2018 @ 8:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's two most-populous counties, Mecklenburg and Wake, are home to about 21 percent of the state's population and 28 percent of its jobs. Over the past four years, about 45 percent of the state's net new jobs were created in either Mecklenburg or Wake
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Would North Carolina be a better place without an income tax? A recent Bankrate.com article compared the nine states that forgo broad-based personal income taxes with the rest of the country on economy, population, and jobs
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, applauded the House's passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to improve our nation's financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 9:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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North Carolina continues to be a popular destination for people across the country - and around the world - who are looking for a great place to live, work, invest, rear families, and retire
Published: Friday, May 25th, 2018 @ 2:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), David Perdue (R-GA) and 14 other senators asked Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to expedite floor consideration on funding bills and President Trump's nominees, even if the Senate must work nights, weekends, and through the August state work period
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2018 @ 11:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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"You ain't from around here, are you?" This question may not be grammatically correct but it is an increasingly accurate observation about our state. According to the Carolina Population Center
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 1:09 am
By: Tom Campbell
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What's the theme for limited government, personal responsibility, opportunity and freedom across North Carolina for the 2018 election cycle
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week I looked into the proposed “rules throttle” in the conference report for House Bill 162. As I see it, it’s an intriguing reform proposal that just needs a little more clarity and little more accountability
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the supply of oil goes up, the price of oil and gasoline falls
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 9:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politicians in North Carolina and just about everywhere else in the United States seem fixated on attracting large companies to their states, often by any means necessary
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 8:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Congress enacted tax reform a few weeks ago, the final product bore a striking resemblance to the state tax changes North Carolina's legislature has enacted since 2013
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted the flourishing economic climate in the United States as being one of the major successes of his administration - a fact that goes either largely unreported in the media or is reported as the fruits of the Obama administration
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 10:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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We're ending intrusive EPA regulations that kill jobs, hurt family farmers and ranchers, and raise the price of energy so quickly and so substantially.
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 10:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and other senators announced a bipartisan agreement on legislative proposals to improve our nation's financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 7:06 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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