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North Carolina Gives Conservatives Hope
If you put North Carolina’s new 2016-17 state budget into the context of five previous budget plans enacted by conservative legislators, you can see Ronald Reagan’s vision being implemented into law.
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Naked and afraid
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How North Carolina Came To Be Shaped Like It Is Today
A concern about concentrated power helped shape the state's geography.
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Restore More Freedom In N.C.
The final details of a $22.2 billion General Fund budget for the state matter a lot. But according to one estimate, state regulations cost North Carolinians $25 billion a year.
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Escape hatch
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A mystery
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Tweaking the N.C. Constitution
More than 20 bills in the General Assembly seek to change North Carolina's governing document.
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New Markets Tax Credit Signals Wrong Turn
Like a recovering addict on the verge of a major binge, some North Carolina lawmakers are on the brink of falling back into the black hole of tax credits. Rather than serving as a national model for tax and regulatory reform, North Carolina risks becoming, again, a national leader in crony capitalism. Senate Bill 826,...
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Time to dump economic development policy
North Carolina should abandon what it has been referring to for years as economic development policy and completely refocus its efforts in the area of economic policy on economic growth. These are distinctly different goals that more often than not come into conflict with each other. Most policies meant to promote economic development create economic...
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JLF report says next step in N.C. tax reform should focus on capital gains
Ending the double taxation would boost entrepreneurship and economic growth.
