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Veteran bank executives are meeting with senior lawmakers and federal officials as the government comes within two weeks of a potential debt default.
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 7:00 am
By: Daily Wire
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General Assembly leaders agreed to a bottom-line budget number last week, kicking off the biennium budget season. Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) announced that General Fund spending would increase by 6.5% in the first year
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina would face a new limit on state government spending growth under the Taxpayer Protection Act legislation filed Monday in the N.C. House.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 2:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Government Spending is the True Tax
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 @ 12:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) issued the following statement today after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their annual Budget and Economic Outlook report.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2023 @ 3:06 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina’s decade of economic success deserves celebration. Even more so, however, it is worth applauding the important steps toward reform that state lawmakers have undertaken over the past decade.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 9:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Joe Biden, a Democrat, was widely mocked over the weekend after he posted a tweet in which he bragged about how the United States pays its bills on time by taking on more debt.
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2022 @ 11:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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Unconstitutional 'emergency regulations'
Published: Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 @ 3:03 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Democrats and their left-leaning allies offered the same criticism they have over every state budget Republicans have proposed over the last decade
Published: Monday, June 28th, 2021 @ 4:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Patrick Gleason of Americans for Tax Reform cites North Carolina in his latest Forbes column.
Published: Thursday, June 10th, 2021 @ 5:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Overall spending growth will be below GOP's self-imposed spending limitation of population plus inflation increases
Published: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 @ 8:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The current version of Senate Bill 717 would add a Taxpayer Bill of Rights to the state constitution and provide two conforming amendments to carry it out.
Published: Sunday, April 25th, 2021 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers are returning to Raleigh, and they have a loaded agenda.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 10:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A decade of fiscal responsibility and sustainable government could be squandered unless North Carolina taxpayers build some financial guardrails in the state constitution.
Published: Sunday, December 6th, 2020 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, August 2, 2019, the President signed into law H.R. 3877
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 12:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It has been sixteen days since Governor Roy Cooper and Democratic leaders sent a detailed, balanced compromise offer to Republican leaders in the General Assembly. As of today, Republican leaders have not shared any counteroffer to keep the budget process moving forward.
Published: Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 @ 6:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Milton Friedman once observed that "nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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President Donald J. Trump has signed into law a defense budget that will support our national security and America First policies.
Published: Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 @ 11:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Say you want your Butler to buy some groceries; so you give him your credit card.
Published: Saturday, December 31st, 2016 @ 11:33 pm
By: Publius Huldah
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Freshman Republican legislator Greg Murphy's first legislative vote as a new state representative was a doozy: House Bill 2
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Senate plan to modify North Carolina's current teacher pay system would see K-12 educators reach the top of their earnings potential over a 15-year period, rather than the 33-year timeframe that existed in the 2013-14 school year
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Does our existing Constitution permit the federal government to spend money on whatever they want?
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: Publius Huldah
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As the state continues to increase spending, many citizens have begun to suspect that the effectiveness of that spending is diminishing. North Carolina's balanced budget amendment was intended to create a fiscally responsible state that uses tax dollars wisely. However, over the last few decades...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A devilish plot is afoot to impose new national taxes on the American People.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2015 @ 2:44 am
By: Publius Huldah
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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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A proposed constitutional amendment Senate Republicans have titled the Taxpayer Protection Act tentatively squeaked through that chamber Tuesday, with a final vote expected on Wednesday.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2015 @ 5:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Each year the North Carolina General Assembly discusses how much is spent on state government. Many, including the John Locke Foundation, argue that a spending limit or cap should be in place. The call for such a cap has not been impromptu, but rather a reaction to inflation-adjusted state...
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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GOP congressional leaders are racing to approve a budget blueprint for the coming year that abides by strict spending limits, determined to show that the party can maintain fiscal discipline.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 @ 4:44 am
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina state government is spending more money per person this budget year than ever before. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents that fact, which gets lost in ongoing debates about state budget "cuts."
Published: Sunday, August 24th, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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From taxes and spending to regulation, education, and transportation, the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly proved historic in producing positive reforms for state government. That's the assessment from top John Locke Foundation staffers reviewing this year's legislative scorecard.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2013 @ 8:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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From taxes and spending to regulation, education, and transportation, the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly proved historic in producing...
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina could look northwest to Indiana and south to Florida for evidence of how a consumer-driven model would improve the state Medicaid program.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina taxpayers would receive a tax relief refund when state revenues exceed 5 percent of budgeted amounts under a state constitutional amendment proposed by Rep. John Blust, R-Guilford.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While North Carolina's elected leaders prepare to tackle tax reform, the John Locke Foundation's new book urges them to take on the related issue of government overspending through a state Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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