Even under a best-case scenario, any surpluses in North Carolina’s revenues could not possibly finance every spending promise made by every politician running for office last fall.
North Carolina’s franchise tax is a punitive and opaque tax levied on businesses organized under one of the usual corporate forms, primarily C-Corps and S-Corps. It is inconsistent with both good economics and good government. Most of the problems associated with the corporate income tax are also present in the franchise tax. But it goes...
A former N.C. Supreme Court justice recommends one "simple and straightforward" reform.
Despite their recent losses, Republicans remain the dominant force in state governments, and conservatives remain the dominant force in GOP politics.
If the Democratic Party makes a sharp left turn, on health care or other issues, it will lose winnable races in 2020.
Happy National School Choice Week! Today at noon, the John Locke Foundation will host Mike Long, President of Parents For Educational Freedom in NC, to discuss the quest to empower families in North Carolina with the freedom to choose an education that best meets the needs of their child. Rallies in Raleigh, Wilmington, and Fayetteville...
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