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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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Indexing the standard deduction for inflation will help avoid a tax penalty on those whose real wages have actually decreased
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 3:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We’ve heard the characterization plenty of times over the years: Republicans are the party of the rich and Democrats are the party of the working class.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 10:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Things are quiet this week on Jones Street in Raleigh, even as work on a state budget plan, which the governor may or may not sign, looms in the legislature.
Published: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 @ 6:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper opposes tax cuts for North Carolinians earning more than $200,000 a year.
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 10:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 105 will require a second vote Friday morning.
Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 @ 12:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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It has been four years since the legislature last passed a significant tax reform.
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 8:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When defending their pay-as-you-go statewide school construction plan, Republican legislators sometimes appear perplexed.
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2019 @ 10:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A week ago, the state Senate passed its version of a $23.9 billion General Fund budget for the next fiscal year. The Senate and House still must resolve their differences in a conference report, pass it, and send it to Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 10:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Every one of us could find some productive use of an extra $20. Those at the lower end of the income scale are most likely to notice whether that money ends up in their wallet or with the N.C. Department of Revenue.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 4:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina continues to attract national attention for the success of its state-level tax reforms.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 2:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, January 20th, 2019 @ 1:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's doubtful that many of you readers would recommend raising income tax rates by 90 percent to help communities coping with the impact of Hurricane Florence
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 @ 3:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As we go into the 2018 election season, there is a great deal of talk among Republicans, both in the White House and in Congress, to pursue what is being referred to as "tax cuts 2.0."
Published: Thursday, July 19th, 2018 @ 1:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Democratic governor suggests Republican leaders of the N.C. General Assembly favor those groups over people with lower incomes. But the facts show that the governor bears responsibility for trying to divide North Carolinians by income level
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 @ 10:09 am
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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"If we want to renew our prosperity, restore our opportunity, and reestablish our economic dominance - which is what we should be doing - then we need tax reform that is pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-family, and, yes, pro-American."
Published: Sunday, October 1st, 2017 @ 5:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ever since North Carolina enacted a major tax reform package in 2013, left-of-center politicians and pundits have lamented the disappearance of a progressive income tax
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 @ 10:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2017 legislative long session is over. Kind of. In the wee hours of June 30, on the eve of the new fiscal year, the General Assembly adjourned, only to schedule encore sessions in August and September
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2017 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. House budget writers' decision to mirror the Senate's overall goal of $22.9 billion in General Fund spending next year should pave the way for relatively quick agreement between the House and Senate on budget details
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2017 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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True, longtime Raleigh News & Observer political columnist Rob Christensen might have written his latest piece before reading last week’s Carolina Journal Daily Journal on recent progressive changes to North Carolina’s personal income tax
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2017 @ 11:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Senate has given its approval to a proposed constitutional amendment capping the income tax rate at 5.5 percent, but one lawmaker has a better idea
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As legislative Republicans return to Raleigh, additional tax reforms will be on their agenda
Published: Friday, January 27th, 2017 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last six years, bold, courageous North Carolina leaders have been willing to take risks, push the envelope, and offer unlimited opportunities for education freedom, for financial security, and for transformational reforms
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 3:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Top legislative budget and tax writers say the N.C. General Assembly isn't likely to tackle more extensive tax reform next year. Nor are major spending changes in the works
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are few aspects of the 2013 tax reform in North Carolina that have drawn more criticism from Democrats and progressives than elimination of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2016 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. General Assembly's 2016-17 short session is over, the legislature has adjourned, and everyone is back in his or her district - either planning retirement or campaigning
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2016 @ 10:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government requires money to do its work. Anarchists disagree. But for the vast majority of us, the real debates involve, first, how much money government needs and, second, how government ought to collect that money
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2016 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Political progressives aren't the only ones who see value in adding more "progressivity" to the state's personal income tax. A Republican-sponsored bill that won unanimous support last week in the N.C. Senate would accomplish that goal
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 7:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate leaders on Tuesday began unveiling their $22.2 billion General Fund budget, including a nearly 20 percent pay boost for teachers over two years, a middle-class tax cut, and a tuition freeze for UNC system students
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the architects of North Carolina's recent tax reforms wants to lower the maximum rate of personal income tax allowed by the state constitution
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2016 @ 10:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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