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North Carolina has climbed to rank 9th in the nation for its tax climate, according to the latest study conducted by the nonprofit Tax Foundation.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 3:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The former town manager for the town of Elizabethtown in Bladen County, did not have payroll taxes withheld and possibly used the town’s credit card for non-valid town purposes.
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 4:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Higher spending and lower revenue intake produced a $1.1 trillion budget deficit in the first six months of fiscal year 2023, according to a report released Monday by the Congressional Budget Office.
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 8:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Georgia secretary of state’s office is investigating failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project for “financial irregularities.”
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 8:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel revealed on Wednesday that the federal government could “run out of funds” between July and September.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 9:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Small businesses, like Captain Stanley’s Seafood Restaurant in Raleigh, are vital to the U.S. economy. So much so they are called the “backbone of America.”
Published: Thursday, February 16th, 2023 @ 4:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican and Democratic officials preparing to negotiate spending reductions have expressed an unmitigated refusal to involve Social Security in the conversation.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2023 @ 9:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Republican lawmakers proposed a bill to replace the income, payroll, and estate taxes with a national sales tax while abolishing the IRS.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 4:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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The federal government’s budget is in such disarray that balancing the books would require a 30% spending cut or a 40% increase in taxes, a recent study found.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 11:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Families of four with neither parent working can receive welfare benefits worth in excess of six figures per year in Washington, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, according to a study from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 @ 8:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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Large COLA this year caused by inflation will likely mean Social Security tax hikes or benefit cuts in the near future
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 2:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Entrepreneur Elon Musk slammed Democrats in a tweet on Monday over a proposal they are considering that would tax unrealized capital gains.
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2022 @ 3:08 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Tilman Fertitta, the owner of the Houston Rockets and several other businesses, warned during an interview this week that if Democrats pass a tax on unrealized capital gains that it would destroy capitalism in the United States.
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 2:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Coffers in Washington overflow with your tax dollars.
Published: Monday, January 31st, 2022 @ 2:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two new studies confirm that a higher minimum wage would not be an unalloyed gain for low-wage workers.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2021 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump granted pardons to 73 individuals and commuted the sentences of an additional 70 individuals
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2021 @ 10:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With Democrats in charge of the White House, and U.S. House, and (possibly as of this writing) the U.S. Senate, you can expect a push by left-wing activists and politicians to repeal some federal tax cuts enacted by the previously Republican Congress and signed by President Trump.
Published: Monday, January 4th, 2021 @ 2:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Transitioning to a much more somber topic and one that is very important to the President, I want to talk a little bit about our police officers.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 3:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Saturday, August 8, President Trump took action to support American families and is urging Congress to continue his efforts to provide resources to those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2020 @ 10:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Friday, June 5, 2020, the President signed into law: H.R. 7010
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2020 @ 12:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you think very rich people pay a lower share of their income in taxes than you do, you are very likely to vote for Democrats and to support a range of government interventions in the economy.
Published: Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 @ 7:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to expand the refundable research and development (R&D) tax credit for startups and small businesses has gained support among entrepreneurship and innovation leaders.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 1:33 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is a unique feature of the American health care system.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2019 @ 1:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As another year draws to a close, a year of Democratic resurgence in both national and local politics, I offer this challenge to incumbent and newly elected lawmakers alike
Published: Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 @ 9:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The great British statesman and writer Edmund Burke was a critic of his government's treatment of the American colonies in the years preceding the Revolutionary War
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2018 @ 6:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians would experience large gains in after-tax income under the tax-reform bill released last week in Washington, according to an initial analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2017 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Republicans have gotten right what Republicans elsewhere have gotten very wrong: how to construct sensible tax cuts and honest, conservative budgets
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2017 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When North Carolina voters in 17 counties cast their ballots this year, they had the option of voting "yes" or "no" for proposed increases in local sales or property taxes
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 1:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor McCrory accepted the endorsement from the state's largest small business association during a morning press conference in Charlotte
Published: Sunday, September 11th, 2016 @ 10:43 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Building on transformational reforms begun in 2011, North Carolina's elected leaders continued changes in 2015 to curtail spending, instill fiscal responsibility, rein in regulations, improve education, make government open and accountable, and create the best possible conditions for economic growth
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the past five years, North Carolina has become a more attractive place to work, live, invest, and do business.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since the World War II era, workers have benefited from a rather large implicit tax subsidy on health coverage provided by their employers. Every dollar an employee spends from earned income is taxed, but every dollar spent on health care is not. Those who purchase health plans on their own lose...
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 @ 9:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Diane Rufino proposes a solution to the Social Security problem, by asking Congress to legislatively define SS as a property right
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 1:34 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The drivebys and the “wise men” in DC and on Wall Street are tut-tutting about the mess in Greece.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 4:08 am
By: Brant Clifton
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