Opinion
Health Care Winners and Losers
Politicians and bureaucrats continue behaving as if they can allocate health care resources better than consumers and providers in the marketplace.
Opinion
The Clash of Rights In Hobby Lobby
The tension between "positive" and "negative" rights will grow more prevalent.
Opinion
Not Much Cooling Linked to New CO2 Regulations
The impact on climate of these costly regulations would be so tiny, so close to zero, that it is not worth mentioning.
Opinion
Overtime Rule Reflects Economic Ignorance
The president's new regulations would cut off an important avenue of advancement in the labor market, especially for workers who are just beginning their careers.
News
Energy Debate Needs To Factor In Both Subsidies and Penalties
RALEIGH — The ongoing debate over subsidies for traditional versus renewable energy sources offers an incomplete picture. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report urges advocates on both sides of the debate to fill in the gaps by factoring in penalties along with subsidies. Energy subsidies include more than just direct government transfers and tax breaks, said study author Roy Cordato, JLF’s vice president for research and resident scholar.
Opinion
Using The Right Words In Warming Debate
Propagandists are using terms like "climate change" rather than "global warming" to confuse the public and drum up support for draconian regulations.
Opinion
Austerity vs. Growth: A False Dichotomy
Government spending does not stimulate; it depresses. Government austerity and private-sector prosperity are complements, not substitutes.
Opinion
The Hollow Halo of Sustainability
The notion of sustainability is great for ideological banner waving but meaningless as a guide to enhance human welfare.
Opinion
Tax Reform Should Honor First Principles
RALEIGH — The General Assembly's Joint Finance Committee on Tax Reform has focused almost exclusively on reforming North Carolina's sales tax. Primarily this has meant extending the current sales tax, which applies only to goods, to services including haircuts and lawn and automotive care.
Opinion
A Stubbornly Sticky State Mistake
A syndrome that afflicts many public officials, trying to ameliorate problems caused by government with yet more government, is evident in the regulation of North Carolina health facilities.
News
Report: NC Not Low in Business Taxes
RALEIGH — A study released several weeks ago by an accounting firm and recently touted by North Carolina politicians as evidence of the state’s attractiveness to business is fundamentally flawed and offers little useful information to policymakers considering tax changes, according to a new report published today by the John Locke Foundation. Small businesses, Cordato wrote, are particularly affected by the taxes left out of the study, and account for about half of employment in North Carolina and have generated 80 percent of net job growth in recent years.
