Why We Seek Lower Taxes
Conservatives seek to reduce the size, scope, and cost of government because we think it will make our society more free, more fair, and more prosperous.
Because most sales taxation puts the liability on sellers, not buyers, it will always be an indirect and inferior way to collect revenue.
The main message from this weekend’s rallies is that, in North Carolina at least, the Tea Party movement is not going away.
As North Carolinians have tightened their belts, many local governments have boosted property tax bills.
I’m not sure what lies “beyond devastating” on the map of budgetary hyperbole, but I seriously doubt that a journey of seven percentage points would get us there.
North Carolina’s redistricting process has already been reformed in recent years. These reforms came not by legislation but by litigation.