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North Carolina almost made another top-10 list this year - but don't worry, our state seems likely to make the cut in 2017
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 @ 9:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The final numbers are in on North Carolina's budget surplus. They are informative. They ought to provoke significant debate and discussion. Instead, they have gotten virtually no media coverage or public comment
Published: Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 @ 10:56 pm
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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Several years ago, the University of Colorado Boulder did something pioneering in American higher education.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:15 am
By: John William Pope Center
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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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Before the 1970s, presidential nominations were won in smoke-filled rooms as deals were cut between party bigwigs motivated by promises of appointments and federal largess for their states.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 @ 8:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Crafting a politically feasible health care reform that steers away from Obamacare's massive redistribution of health is more than a desirable component for any serious Republican presidential contender's platform. It is a necessity.
Published: Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 @ 7:18 am
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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If you want to understand the debate about how best to promote growth within a capitalist society, start with the root word: capital.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 10:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers made the right decision when they ended state historic preservation tax credits. Those who support government involvement in preservation efforts should look at local grant programs instead.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 10:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The question of whether government ought to subsidize historic preservation or Hollywood filmmaking is distinguishable from the question of how government ought to go about delivering those subsidies.
Published: Friday, August 8th, 2014 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that fact checkers for The Washington Post, WRAL-TV, and FactCheck.org have all taken the Senate Majority PAC to task for its false attack ad against Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis, I've decided to intervene in the organization's defense.
Published: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 @ 4:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory's budget calls for teachers and state employees to get raises, the environmental police to add 19 positions to monitor coal ash, and budget authors to keep the state's spending plan structurally sound.
Published: Saturday, May 17th, 2014 @ 8:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To make a long story short, the great debate in North Carolina politics concerns how state and local governments can best promote economic growth and opportunity. Opinions differ widely, as one might expect. But generally speaking, they can be grouped into three schools of thought that bear...
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've had my disagreements with Duke Energy, both historically and recently. But the company got a bum rap in a new story stumbling its way through media circles: that Duke Energy uses abusive tax loopholes to avoid paying its fair share of federal income taxes.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 1:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2010, we rose up en masse in protest against ObamaCare. We gave the US House to the Republicans, and closed the GOP's deficit with the Democrats in the Senate.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 8:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Over the past three years, the North Carolina legislature has enacted Ronald Reagan's favorite tax reform, Barry Goldwater's favorite regulatory reform, and Milton Friedman's favorite education reform. Yet some North Carolina conservatives of my acquaintance seem to think that the Republicans who...
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 1:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's new tax reforms help set the stage for long-term economic growth in the state.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's new tax reforms help set the stage for long-term economic growth in the state. That's the assessment of the John Locke Foundation's top tax expert, who analyzes the reforms and suggests future improvements in a new Spotlight report.
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2013 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If your goal is to foster economic growth and job creation, there's a right way and a wrong way to cut taxes on business. Fortunately, Pat McCrory and the General Assembly made the right choice.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 9:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When you hear politicians utter the phrase "economists say," be skeptical. There may well be economists who agree with their particular policy idea. But economists and other social scientists don't speak with one voice. There are many differences of opinion, reflecting differences in assumptions...
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2013 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A few weeks ago, I was interviewing one of North Carolina's senior Democratic statesmen for my upcoming biography of former Gov. Jim Martin. Not surprisingly, the interview occasionally veered from the political events of 20 years ago to the political events of 2013.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 1:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberal politicians, activists, and commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature. While occasionally goading their targets into making unwise comments, the obstructionists have failed to keep...
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2013 @ 11:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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ne hundred years of affliction is a long time. The time has come for tax reform.... No, the time has come for a tax revolution.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 11:45 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The modern-day conservatives who inhabit the General Assembly, the executive branch, and other institutions believe that the state's best days still lay ahead. But they recognize that North Carolina's traditional public policies have to change before progress is possible.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and political commentators have spent months prodding, baiting, and criticizing new Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led state legislature. While occasionally goading their targets into making unwise comments, the obstructionists have...
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Raleigh, the conservatives are confidently progressive and the progressives are desperately conservative. The modern-day conservatives who inhabit the General Assembly, the executive branch...
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2013 @ 1:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The most likely outcome of tax reform negotiations in the North Carolina General Assembly is a plan that would lead to average annual state revenue growth of 3.2 percent to 3.9 percent. That's a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2013 @ 11:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Life, the old saying goes, is best thought of as a journey, not a destination. When it comes to reforming North Carolina's tax code, however, I'd say the reverse is true. The journey may have been messy over the past few months, as state lawmakers and policy analysts pitched and debated various...
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 1:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Life, the old saying goes, is best thought of as a journey, not a destination. When it comes to reforming North Carolina's tax code, however, I'd say the reverse...
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina House has officially approved its tax-reform bill. It would create a 5.9 percent flat income tax -- replacing the current rates...
Published: Thursday, June 13th, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If reforming North Carolina's tax code were easy, one of the many tax-reform efforts of the past 20 years would have succeeded. Didn't happen.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2013 @ 10:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just about every political cause in Raleigh is being pitched as a spur to economic growth. It's easy to see why. North Carolina continues to post...
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 6:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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