What's the theme for limited government, personal responsibility, opportunity and freedom across North Carolina for the 2018 election cycle
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is North Carolina staging a "Carolina Comeback" or plunging into a dark abyss? What is the state of our state? Politico Magazine recently published an article, "The States of our Union....Are Not All Strong," that attempts to answer that question.
Published: Friday, February 7th, 2014 @ 5:56 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory discussed new and ongoing initiatives to power the economy, improve education and increase state government efficiency in 2014 during a news conference Monday at the Executive Residence with his cabinet.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 4:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina businesses have struggled mightily against the 15,000+ new regulations, amendments and rules that have been implemented in our state over the past decade. Our high unemployment rate and stagnant growth are proof that you cannot regulate an economy into riches.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 1:33 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Once upon a time, in fact until 1980, the average worker could maintain a middle class income laboring in our factories, building our homes and offices, nursing us to health and working in our companies.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our state has been suffering with high unemployment and sluggish economic growth since the 2008 financial crisis primarily because of an inadequate educational system, high taxes and poor investments by state government.
Published: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 @ 3:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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With respect to our legislators the current talk of a tax reform plan makes about as much sense as hopping in a car and striking out to California without a GPS or road map.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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One election night television commentator proclaimed that North Carolina had long been a "red" or Republican state.
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2012 @ 10:54 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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"The power to tax is the power to destroy." That is an oft-repeated paraphrase of a quote from former U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall in an 1819 court decision. Indeed taxes do destroy: incentives, productivity, businesses, and opportunity.
Published: Sunday, October 7th, 2012 @ 3:14 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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For many of the unemployed, prosperous times are a cloudy memory. More than 46 million Americans now feed their families with the aid of government food stamps. Look around you right now.
Published: Monday, October 1st, 2012 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dr. Jay Bailey owns Professional Eye Associates in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a family-owned and -operated business where Bailey has accrued 23 years of experience in both practicing optometry and running his own business.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 @ 1:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Imagine you get a new job with good pay and excellent benefits. In fact, the health insurance coverage is the most generous you've seen. You pay nothing for coverage while you are working, and after a set number of years, you can get free coverage in your retirement years as well.
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 @ 5:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A majority of North Carolinians support a cap on total state spending at inflation and population growth.
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's tax on retail sales needs reforming. At the present time, there exists a hodgepodge of taxes on consumption and sales that show very little consistency or forethought.
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2012 @ 2:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The experts say the recession ended in 2009; the people in North Carolina say it's still going on. Moreover, by a large margin they expect it to drag on for two years or more.
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 @ 11:45 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The growth of teenage unemployment has ominous implications for the future -- but there is a solution, if we are willing to face economic reality.
Published: Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 @ 9:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I see that some politicians and government officials are continuing to cite magazine rankings that paint North Carolina's business climate in a favorable light. [Sigh]
Published: Sunday, July 22nd, 2012 @ 11:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you check out Forbes Magazine's List of the Best Places for Business and Careers, you will find a slideshow of silver skyscrapers hailing the prosperity of Raleigh and other North Carolina metro areas - but failing to show economic reality elsewhere in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2012 @ 11:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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My friends on the Left keep saying things aren't so bad. We just need to spend more money to keep doing the same things, and everything will be fine.
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2012 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's easy to understand why Jane would be so excited about the new economic development project in her town.
Published: Friday, June 22nd, 2012 @ 9:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The headline at ABC News.com reads "President Obama, Bill Clinton Stump on Growth vs. Austerity Agenda." While referring to the economic debate going on in Europe, Britain's New Statesman displays the headline "The Austerity vs. Growth Argument is Hotting [sic] Up."
Published: Friday, June 22nd, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In my new book Our Best Foot Forward, I analyze the economic challenges facing North Carolina and offer a 10-point plan to promote economic growth across the state.
Published: Saturday, June 16th, 2012 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If North Carolina were a separate country, its economy would be one of the weakest in the developed world based on average employment rates, and its tax climate for economic growth would be nothing short of "horrendous."
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is your family budget being pinched by the rising cost of living? Gas, food and utilities taking a bigger bite out of your wallet?
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2012 @ 6:57 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Consider these two facts. First, most net job creation in any modern economy comes from new companies, typically small firms that grow quickly.
Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If North Carolina were a separate country, we would not fare well in key international comparisons of economic competitiveness.
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm focusing most of my attention this week on completing the final two chapters of my forthcoming book on North Carolina's economic prospects.
Published: Monday, April 16th, 2012 @ 8:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Some state legislators point to a case in Scotland County that cost a businessman thousands of dollars and affected his firm's unemployment credit rating as a prime example of why the penalty for unemployment fraud should be increased from a misdemeanor to a felony.
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 @ 7:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The next time you hear a North Carolina politician talk about the "need" to use tax dollars or public debt to build a new ballpark, convention center, rail line, or similar luxury, ask them this simple question: how much more do you think we can afford?
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 @ 10:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If current trends continue, the official unemployment rate may have fallen into the single-digits, but few North Carolinians will feel ebullient about the economy.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 5:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Employment is certainly an indicator of an economy's performance over time, as long as you are looking at overall rates of employment, unemployment, or underemployment.
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2012 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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