In 2007, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation allowing counties to impose an additional quarter-cent sales tax to raise revenue within their jurisdictions
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 7:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At last count, 12 North Carolina counties will include an increase in the local sales tax on their May ballots
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 5:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in numerous North Carolina counties will vote for more than candidates in their districts
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2018 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Should you ever be taxed on "income" that is not, in any meaningful sense, yours
Published: Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 @ 10:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Residents of municipalities and counties throughout North Carolina do indeed enjoy starting their Sundays with a cocktail
Published: Friday, August 25th, 2017 @ 4:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is a model for ending state sales tax holidays in favor of better policy, a Tax Foundation study finds
Published: Friday, August 4th, 2017 @ 1:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Robbing Peter to pay Paul. Peter is the Highway Trust Fund and Paul Any and Everything Else.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 7:38 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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A Republican-sponsored bill in the General Assembly could allow the first ever municipal sales taxes in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, June 29th, 2017 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Left-wing activists spent a year complaining that House Bill 2 was hurting North Carolina's business climate
Published: Thursday, April 6th, 2017 @ 12:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The products are undeniably well constructed, with an adroit attention to detail; our craftsmanship within the construct of every site we build for our clients offer exceptional functionality at the ultimate value.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 12:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Tuesday was a good day for alcohol proponents and supporters of bond measures
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Taxpayer advocates, public policy analysts, and Republican Party officials Tuesday slammed a Wake County sales tax referendum and characterized a proposed transit plan as a giant boondoggle
Published: Thursday, October 27th, 2016 @ 12:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If Roy Cooper and North Carolina Democrats regain control of state government in Raleigh, where would they get the money to pay for all the spending promises they are making?
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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That's what recent tax reforms have delivered to North Carolina, according to a new academic study released today by the Civitas Institute
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 4:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina Democrats running for statewide offices this year are trying to convince voters that Republicans favor higher taxes on "working people" while they, the Democrats, favor lower taxes on "working people."
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 @ 10:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have been retired since 2004 but I just received notification through LinkedIn about the position
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 9:34 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Over the last few years, ever since the tax reform of 2013 took hold in North Carolina, there has been a steady push to expand the sales tax to services in an attempt to make it a more pure consumption tax
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 5:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper called Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who then began "CEO-arm twisting" by recruiting and coordinating with business leaders, including Deutsche Bank, to inflict economic damage on North Carolina to protest HB2
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 9:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Anybody who has ever been in sales and participated in a Sales Blitz may be able to sympathize with Marco Rubio.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2016 @ 4:26 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Here are four questions for the Democrat Party ahead of their afternoon press conference on attorney general's push for additional gun control measures in North Carolina...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 5:40 am
By: Chris Downey
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Lawmakers are moving forward with plans to sell houses and other real properties owned by the state that are unused, or have not been used to their full potential.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 12:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every year the Tax Foundation publishes the State Business Tax Climate Index, which allows taxpayers, businesses, and policy makers an easy comparison of how their states' tax systems relate. This ranking of the states is based on tax policy has been very important in North Carolina over the last...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The FY 2015-16 North Carolina state budget has finally been finalized. Was it worth the wait? Rather than wading through 400 pages of text, you can read here about the ten most interesting and important aspects of the budget in this article.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 @ 4:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This series, entitled "Cut This, Go Home," includes several budget items that should no longer receive taxpayer funding because they fall well outside the legitimate, core functions of government.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 11:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State taxpayers will pay $400 million less over the next two years if lawmakers pass a $21.735 billion state budget deal announced Monday by legislative leaders. The 2016-17 state budget also expands the sales tax base to include more repair and service work to help offset the tax rate reductions.
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2015 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have never been a fan of the Fair Tax, a proposal to abolish the income tax and substitute a national sales tax. My opposition has nothing to do with the merits of a national sales tax as opposed to an income tax per se. Clearly, as an economist, I agree that the proper and most efficient tax...
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 @ 2:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have never been a fan of the Fair Tax, a proposal to abolish the income tax and substitute a national sales tax. My opposition has nothing to do with the merits of a national sales tax as opposed to an income tax per se. Clearly, as an economist, I agree that the proper and most efficient tax...
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a campaign email last week, Attorney General Roy Cooper made it clear he wants to engage in a public debate about policy. But while the attorney general and Democrat candidate for governor made his support for Obamacare clear.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 5:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The "Balanced Budget Amendment" movement (Article V Convention) is an insidious plot to impose a new national tax!!
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 @ 5:45 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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In my 40 years as an industrial sales engineer, I have been in almost every kind of manufacturing plant possible from Waste Stuff to. Shineola.
Published: Sunday, July 12th, 2015 @ 5:13 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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When you look in the mirror, you may not see it but you project a sign that others can see even if you cannot
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2015 @ 10:22 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory was in our nation's capital today to express his support for environmentally safe and responsible offshore energy exploration before Congress. The governor addressed the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Energy and Mineral Land Resources Subcommittee hearing titled...
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 6:29 pm
By: Chris Downey
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