Coolidge’s cubs teach important fiscal lesson
The 30th president used his pets to highlight tax and spending priorities.
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Backroads, byways, boondoggles, and brouhahas
Backroads, byways, boondoggles, and brouhahas is an occasional column — taken from news sources throughout North Carolina — highlighting how government spends our money and makes other questionable moves about which state residents may not be aware. Robeson County is where North Carolina ends. Interstate 95 cuts straight through…
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Q&A: Founders focused on U.S. Constitution’s role as anti-corruption tool
RALEIGH — Americans have debated the U.S. Constitution’s meaning for more than 225 years. A recent book, The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We Can Do About It, argues that the Constitution’s framers wanted to create an anti-corruption covenant. Author F.H. “Frank” Buckley…
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Backroads, byways, boondoggles, and brouhahas
What follows is the first of an occasional column — taken from news sources throughout North Carolina — highlighting how government spends our money and makes other questionable moves about which state residents may not be aware. Reidsville in Rockingham County, like much of that region, has lost much…
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JLF’s Becki Gray discusses impact of N.C. pro-growth policies
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, discusses the positive impact of North Carolina’s pro-growth policies. Gray offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Reason’s Adrian Moore discusses mileage-based transportation fees
Adrian Moore, vice president of policy for the Reason Foundation, discusses the prospects for a mileage-based transportation fee in North Carolina. Moore offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Many N.C. voters will consider sales-tax increases
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 776: Voters in at least one dozen N.C. counties will see local sales-tax measures on their primary election ballots. Julie Tisdale, John Locke Foundation city and county policy analyst, assesses the recent history of local sales-tax referendums. Tisdale also discusses prospects for sales-tax…
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 776: Expert pans UNC study of teacher training programs
The University of North Carolina system recently studied the way its campuses train teachers for the state’s public schools. The resulting report titled “Leading On Literacy” draws poor reviews from Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research. Stoops shares his concerns about UNC teacher training. He also offers…
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JLF’s Julie Tisdale discusses local sales-tax votes in North Carolina
Julie Tisdale, John Locke Foundation city and county policy analyst, discusses N.C. counties’ pursuit of local sales-tax increases in recent years. Tisdale offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Five losers and one winner from protectionism
Typically, “saving American jobs” is the reason given for implementing protectionist trade measures, i.e., tariffs and quotas. The argument goes something like this: Foreign producers of a product are offering American consumers a more attractive price or better-quality product than they can get from American producers of the same…