Opinion Focus on Job Creation Let's adopt a consumed-income tax of 8.5 percent, with no additional state tax on sales, corporate income, or investment. It would boost job growth by 80,000 in the first year alone. John Hood
News Report: Current Tax Code Biased RALEIGH — As North Carolina policymakers and analysts prepare for a major debate on reforming the state tax code, a new report by the John Locke Foundation calls into question the value of state estimates of “tax expenditures” that could be eliminated to raise additional revenue. CJ Staff