Keep Your Head in the Sand and Reach for the Stars
A state that offers such great locations for film productions should not depend on targeted tax breaks to seal the deal.
RALEIGH — Less than a month after North Carolina legislators approved more money for the state’s film tax incentives program, a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight Report pans film incentives as a clear example of cronyism. Another newly released Policy Report helps launch a series titled “Carolina Cronyism.”
RALEIGH — One of the Democratic Party’s key selling points is that Democrats favor the little guy struggling against Big Business and other powerful forces. But Tim Carney, senior political columnist for the Washington Examiner, has spent much of his career detailing the relationship between Big Business and Big Government, and he’s spent the past three years highlighting that relationship within a Democratic administration in Washington. Carney discussed his work with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
A new year offers both liberals and conservatives an opportunity to make productive changes.