The largest excise tax collection in North Carolina is on fuel, amounting to $1.5 billion annually.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 @ 8:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Has North Carolina's economy turned the corner? It depends on how you define "turn the corner." And it depends on what measure you choose.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 @ 8:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Great Recession offered new ammunition to those attacking the American system of free enterprise, while defenders of that system have spent recent years refining their arguments.
Published: Friday, December 21st, 2012 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina takes great pride in her university system. Nevertheless, the persisting recession is affecting all aspects of the state's economy, including UNC and its students.
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 @ 12:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The two candidates for governor have spent lots of energy and money debating whether North Carolina has lost our mojo, pointing out who is to blame. With days remaining before the November 6 elections it's time to debunk the rhetoric.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 9:37 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Since the onset of the Great Recession, federal legislators have rapidly expanded debt-financed aid-to-state programs.
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2012 @ 5:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The experts say the recession ended in 2009; the people in North Carolina say it's still going on. Moreover, by a large margin they expect it to drag on for two years or more.
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 @ 11:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Over the past three fiscal years, the University of North Carolina system has received hundreds of millions of dollars less in state tax dollars than it sought, as legislators of both parties struggled to close the fiscal gaps triggered by the Great Recession.
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2012 @ 7:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It makes total sense to me and is backed by my personal experience---what federal help that has been given still goes to corporate America rather than small business America.
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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A few days ago I wrote that the state spending plan just approved by the North Carolina General Assembly was the right and responsible thing to do given current fiscal and economic realities.
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I am not sure any "government program" can "solve" an economy run down the tubes since Reagan started the "trickle down" assumptions which have obviously failed.
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2012 @ 12:21 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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The headline at ABC News.com reads "President Obama, Bill Clinton Stump on Growth vs. Austerity Agenda." While referring to the economic debate going on in Europe, Britain's New Statesman displays the headline "The Austerity vs. Growth Argument is Hotting [sic] Up."
Published: Friday, June 22nd, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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To understand what I'm about to say requires you to either accept that this nation, state and county are in serious financial trouble.
Published: Friday, May 6th, 2011 @ 12:09 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Thanks to the federal government, every property in Beaufort County is presently eligible for 100-percent financing through the USDA Rural Housing Program.
Published: Sunday, September 5th, 2010 @ 12:51 pm
By: BCN
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The world economy is held fast, it seems, in a Catch-22 situation: The recession was caused and is being drawn out by the housing bust, and now the recession is expected to cause more pressure on hous
Published: Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 @ 5:16 pm
By: BCN
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Don't buy that second house on the water just yet.
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2010 @ 8:04 pm
By: BCN
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