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Auto workers in Michigan are preparing to go on strike for higher wages at three major U.S. carmakers as the United Auto Workers (UAW) union criticizes President Joe Biden’s handouts for the electric vehicle industry.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 11:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday sent a letter to North Carolina’s Congressional delegates asking the federal government for more financial help.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2020 @ 11:13 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Roy Cooper once again is displaying his blatant hypocrisy on corporate taxes.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 12:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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States and municipalities courting of large corporations such as Amazon and Apple has brought the folly of economic development tax incentives into the public awareness
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 7:52 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Senate Finance Committee has approved Senate Bill 820, which would raise the amount of corporate handouts to large companies considering moving their headquarters to North Carolina
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2018 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Health policy experts say President Donald Trump could rekindle Obamacare repeal efforts by killing the handouts insulating Congress from the program's costs
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina taxpayers are about to get stuck with a big bill - if the General Assembly continues the state's "Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard" (REPS) and renewable energy tax credit policies.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 @ 7:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The common complaint about economic incentives is that they amount to having the government pick winners and losers. That's certainly true. However, as recent events in Charlotte show, another problem with incentives is that government handouts can go to winners and losers.
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2015 @ 12:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politicians love to use their power to dole out favors and privileges to politically-connected special interests. They also love to interfere with the economy, attempting to impose their preferences upon investors and consumers through a hodgepodge of taxpayer handouts and targeted tax breaks.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 5:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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There's a corner in my house that is highly attractive to cats. In a few short years, this place has gone from somewhere no cat would ever be seen to an area heavily visited by kitties. One might describe this spot as an Emerging Leader in Cat Corners.
Published: Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 @ 7:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's a corner in my house that is highly attractive to cats. In a few short years, this place has gone from somewhere no cat would ever be seen to an area heavily visited by kitties. One might describe this spot as an Emerging Leader in Cat Corners.
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 10:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The public-private partnership is not working. She was wanting to have a special session on all of these incentives and handouts that none of us were thrilled with.
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 8:18 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Imagine with me for a moment what would happen if Gov. Pat McCrory's office and state legislative leaders released the following joint statement regarding a special session to address economic development in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 11:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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House speaker Thom Tillis and his team, Gov. Pat McCrory, and scores of big names in the state's business establishment have been harping on the alleged importance of customized, special incentives to lure new business - from TV and movie productions to industry - to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, September 1st, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Well, the effort to bring party disloyalty into the debate on HB 1224 blew up rather unceremoniously. Apparently, some "pain-in-the-ass-teabagger web site" spilled the beans before the plan could get underway.
Published: Monday, September 1st, 2014 @ 9:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Get in line in Greensboro. They're handing out money and they're not saying no. That's not just the view of a few cynical observers. One City Council member expressed that sentiment during debate over a $1.9 million incentive for a proposed $40 million downtown hotel.
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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