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Local man Gary Marmon climbed to the top of The Forbes 400 after it was revealed he possessed both Taylor Swift tickets and a dozen eggs. Marmon beat out former richest man Elon Musk, who called the newcomer a beacon of inspiration.
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2023 @ 10:47 am
By: Babylon Bee
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A recent study is demonstrating the way young people view different states as potential places to live, especially when they are doing well financially.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Daily Wire
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Increasing productivity is the key to wealth creation
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A wealthy couple and their pilot were tragically mauled and eaten by wild bears after their helicopter crashed in the Russian wilderness last week.
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 4:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy for State Health Policy Find that North Carolina's Seven Largest Hospital Systems Reaped Billions of Dollars in Cash, Investments and Profits After Taking COVID Relief
Published: Thursday, June 30th, 2022 @ 7:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2022 @ 10:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Congress has begun its year-end sprint, and the debate over rising taxes is as hot as ever.
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 12:19 pm
By: Luka Laden
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Corporate Welfare Program Continues to Benefit Wealthy Counties, Awards Another $624 Million in 2020North Carolina’s largest “economic incentive” program continued to favor the state’s already wealthy counties, according to a new report.
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David Lesperance responds to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s latest pronouncements about her proposed wealth tax.
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hayden Ludwig of the Washington Free Beacon highlights recent efforts from the Democratic Party’s wealthiest patrons.
Published: Thursday, February 4th, 2021 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s so easy to let jealousy trump good sense. I think that’s what a ‘wealth tax’ is all about.
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2021 @ 6:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and ordered Federal assistance to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Isaias from July 29 to July 31, 2020.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 5:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Money is what we use to buy things. Wealth is the money we have remaining after we have paid for our living expenses.
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2020 @ 12:01 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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North Carolina’s poor school districts are getting shortchanged on funding.
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2020 @ 5:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Collectively, the endowments of 15 Massachusetts colleges in 2017 were $70 billion, greater than the GDP of Lithuania.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2019 @ 3:11 am
By: James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
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Gov. Roy Cooper keeps trying to build pressure upon state legislators to approve Medicaid expansion in North Carolina through another public meeting with those in the health care profession supporting it.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 3:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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"If you look at the U.S. current account balance…we are ceding about $450 billion of our wealth to mostly Southeast Asia and a little bit to Mexico." Kyle Bass, Founder of Hayman Capital Management on the Fox Business Channel.
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 5:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Worrying about wealth inequality is like worrying about the last runner in a marathon race not getting a trophy.
Published: Sunday, March 4th, 2018 @ 8:39 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Much political debate in recent years has focused on income inequality in the United States and what, if anything, the federal government ought to do about it
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2016 @ 7:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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US wealth gap putting squeeze on state revenue.
Published: Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 @ 9:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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To be accurate, I don't think most citizens really know what or who we are! Civics is not a required subject nor is political science.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 8:47 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Did Gov. Pat McCrory and the North Carolina legislature raise taxes on poor and middle-income families to give tax breaks to the wealthy?
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 @ 4:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Ha! That's it! Hold it right there! Pronoun trouble." If you remember those words, then you're likely chuckling at the mental image of Daffy Duck's epiphany. In trying to foil his nemesis, Bugs Bunny, in the famous cartoon "Rabbit Seasoning", the hapless duck ends up at the end of a hunter's...
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 @ 6:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I lean Democrat, but vote my conscience without regard to party. I was part of the first Title XX Funds committee for the Santee-Wateree 5 county district in SC (early 70's).
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2012 @ 9:45 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Here we go again. The Prez is proposing to bail out people who are still managing to keep up with their house payments. And who picks up the tab for this??
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2012 @ 3:05 am
By: Jim Bispo
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