It may do us well to review what our Founding Fathers conceived as a just and suitable federal tax plan
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2018 @ 2:32 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Good afternoon. The President - a couple of updates here before we get started. The President has been briefed on the shooting at Marshall County High School in Kentucky
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When Congress enacted tax reform a few weeks ago, the final product bore a striking resemblance to the state tax changes North Carolina's legislature has enacted since 2013
Published: Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most reports about the recently passed federal tax plan have included a line about the near doubling of the standard personal income tax deduction
Published: Thursday, January 4th, 2018 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Early this morning the Senate voted to pass the GOP tax plan. NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes responded below
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 1:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools says the House of Representatives' tax reform plan threatens the ability of charter schools to fund building projects through lower-cost lending programs
Published: Thursday, November 30th, 2017 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has already accomplished what Republicans in Washington want to pass - historic tax reform that caps or eliminates special-interest deductions, cuts tax rates, and encourages investment, business formation, and job creation
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, House Republicans finally unveiled their tax reform plan. Overall, it's a transformative move in terms of corporate taxes, and it should help the vast majority of individual taxpayers as well.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 6:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On Thursday John Buie accompanied the management team from JEB Designs to a trade show in Charlotte to inspect a $60,000 machine for his small screen-printing/embroidery company
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2017 @ 8:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the Council of Economic Advisers released a report on the relationship between the corporate tax rate and GDP growth
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2017 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A runner could make major improvements in his 5K time by starting his race at the 1,000-meter mark
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2017 @ 7:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Cooper returned a veto of Senate Bill 257 to the legislature with the following message
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 3:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joined by North Carolina teachers and citing concerns that the conference budget passed by the legislature shortchanges North Carolina's public schools and economy, Governor Cooper announced today that he will veto the budget
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 @ 4:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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According to ABC 11, Governor Roy Cooper is willing to snub North Carolina small businesses, the job creation engine of North Carolina, to pick winners and losers by demanding more tax dollars for corporate recruiting
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 4:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you are a North Carolina taxpayer and you think something looks familiar about President Trump’s tax reform plan, you are right
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2017 @ 8:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Government shouldn't pick winners and losers."
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 @ 10:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In his budget proposal, Common Ground Solutions for North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper proposed creating the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to help middle class families afford high-quality child care.
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 3:24 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper believes tax cuts should be targeted to support middle-class families, not the wealthy and corporations who didn’t even ask for them.
Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2017 @ 1:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Stark differences in conservative Republican and liberal Democratic fiscal priorities were clearly on display during a Senate Finance Committee meeting Wednesday at which a $1 billion tax cut package was approved by voice vote
Published: Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's economy continues to expand at a relatively rapid pace
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 @ 10:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you've ever put together a jigsaw puzzle you can understand the task of assembling a state budget. Like a puzzle, one piece of the spending and tax plan builds upon another as lawmakers construct a two-year budget that spends more than $23 billion a year
Published: Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 @ 10:12 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Senate leaders are proposing a $1 billion middle class tax reduction plan that would lower personal and corporate income taxes, increase mortgage interest deductions, and allow for unlimited medical and charitable tax deductions
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2017 @ 8:58 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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In Donald Trump's America working families get tax relief, millions of new jobs created, wages go up, small businesses thrive, and the American dream is achievable.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 6:42 pm
By: Russell Allen
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In 2013, Governor Pat McCrory and the General Assembly instituted historic tax reform by reducing the personal income tax for all North Carolinians, reducing the corporate tax rate, and eliminating the death tax
Published: Monday, April 18th, 2016 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Florida Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday outlined his economic plan, a proposal he said would lift the economy out of the post-recession "new normal" and "lift up everybody."
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 9:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Speaker Tim Moore has made it clear that the House caucus will live or die at the hand of Cary's Nelson Dollar. Dollar has been pretty clear that he wants to spend MORE money and will not budge on anything.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 8:54 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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State Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown and Gov. Pat McCrory waged a war of words Tuesday over the Onslow County Republican's proposal to rework the way local sales taxes are allocated.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican state senators want to make North Carolina's income tax system more progressive.
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Senate this week unveiled its state budget spending for the upcoming FY 2015-16 fiscal year. The plan includes total spending of $21.47 billion, compared to $22.15 billion in the House budget plan.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2015 @ 3:23 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Yes, the Republican-led General Assembly has voted for and Gov. Pat McCrory has signed into law an effective increase in North Carolina's gasoline tax. Let's not pretend otherwise.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 12:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This kind of thing happens a lot at the local level. Your county commissioners will claim they are holding the line on the property tax rate.
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2015 @ 11:04 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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As the John Locke Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, it can look back on a quarter century of change, change in the state and in the organization itself.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 6:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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