In describing North Carolina’s fiscal and economic performance, it’s important to avoid the extremes.
For politicians to “defend” the AAA bond rating by forcing North Carolina taxpayers to surrender more of their money to the government is offensive.
We’ve had a preview of how the new American corporatist state would operate, thanks to the proliferation of corporate welfare deals.
Today’s government budget woes highlight the problem of overspending during the good times.
Bias sometimes includes what you don't see in the media.
If you’re reading Carolina Journal Online, you’re getting a lot of valuable news, analysis, and commentary – but you may still be missing a lot.
Advocates ignore the negative impacts of forcing taxpayers to fund political campaigns.
As long as governments can dispense billions of dollars of other people’s money, groups will spend their own time and money trying to work the system to their benefit.
The welfare policies adopted by states in the 1990s were a key determinant of the size of their welfare caseload declines.
The most wrongheaded legislation you’ll ever originates with a compelling anecdote, a half-baked statistic, and a heartfelt rendition of that immortal phrase “There ought to a law!”
When choosing your heroes, it helps to focus on people whose actions mirror their stated goals and beliefs.
