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Beaufort County Commissioners have a myriad of responsibilities as Beaufort County's premier local government, and largest taxing authority providing the vast majority of public services in all corporate municipalities, and to a greater extent elsewhere beyond all town and city limits in this county
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2023 @ 10:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state Revenue Department has filed a brief with North Carolina's highest court defending its decision to block a tax exemption related to equipment purchased to make asphalt.
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2023 @ 8:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After years of taxing California citizens to capacity and still not having enough in the state budget, Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a brand new tax on people who live in Florida.
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 9:08 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The Federal Reserve controls the economy, prints trillions of dollars so they can make you poorer without taxing you, and raises interest rates on things because of reasons. Sound like something you'd be interested in?
Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 @ 8:26 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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And in this sordid mix: Do you know where your Beaufort County Commissioners stand on this crucial issue?
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2022 @ 10:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As a Fiscal Conservative, I have always made it my goal, as a county commissioner, to hold spending down to keep our taxes low.
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 7:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hey Everyone, I have some very exciting news to share.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2022 @ 3:40 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Florida’s Republican-led House voted on Thursday to eliminate a special taxing district that allows Walt Disney Co. to govern the land where its theme park is located.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 12:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Florida’s Republican-led Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that eliminates a special taxing district that allows Walt Disney Co. to govern the land where its theme park is located.
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 12:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s interview at a Wall Street Journal forum last month is again making the rounds after LiveAction resurfaced comments the billionaire made about the declining birth rate.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 12:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As the candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for president debate the merits of taxing the wealthiest Americans, maybe we should instead focus on getting rid of a program that effectively taxes the poorest among us.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 9:32 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina needs to reform its approach to taxing capital gains. As I have noted in a previous analysis for the John Locke Foundation, the current system ignores the fundamental nature of capital gains taxes.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 10:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the main, there are two reasons given for taxing soda and other heavily sugared products, including sugar itself
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 10:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters will decide this fall whether North Carolina taxpayers should receive protection in the state constitution against the state taxing more than 7 percent of their personal income
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2018 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Do you remember the public discussions which went on for years about the proposed equal rights amendment to our federal Constitution?
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 12:26 pm
By: Publius Huldah
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North Carolina's tax code penalizes savings and investment by double taxing their returns - specifically interest, dividends, and capital gains. These biases can only be eliminated by removing savings and investment from the tax base, or by eliminating the returns to saving; for example...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The movement behind a Balanced Budget Amendment will officially transform our government of specific taxing powers to one of broad powers
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 @ 4:26 am
By: Diane Rufino
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about why I thought President Obama's Community College Proposal was a bad idea. His plan to provide up to two years of free tuition to community college students who maintained a 2.5 G.P.A would cost $6 billion a year, is ill conceived, and based on fallacious assumptions.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2015 @ 1:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It seems the folks on Jones Street have kicked off one heck of an orgy - apparently in honor of the box office success of '50 Shades of Grey.'
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina passed a law during the 2014 legislative session taxing the liquid used in electronic cigarettes at an additional 5 cents per milliliter.
Published: Friday, July 11th, 2014 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Kay Hagan appears to be longing for those good ol' pre-2009 days of taxing and spending with Marc and Tony and the gang in the North Carolina Senate.
Published: Saturday, January 11th, 2014 @ 2:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A friend bills himself as a socialist with libertarian tendencies.
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2012 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2007, county commissioners asked the legislature to give them more taxing authority. Ever increasing demands for services, especially related to population and student growth, created pressure for additional revenue sources.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 7:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The average North Carolinian surrendered more than 4.5 percent of his personal income to fund city and county government in the 2010 budget year, according to a new report from the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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