The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation wants to build a $340 million casino in Kings Mountain. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opposes the competition. Most N.C. state senators say the federal government has no business approving the resort. The Cherokees claim the proposed 16-acre site would encroach on their aboriginal territory. They also say...
I’m no fan of gambling. But I’m also no fan of government officials sticking their noses into other people’s business.
Public employees and politically favored vendors get to use government muscle to shut down their competition so they can take North Carolina gamblers to the cleaners.
The next time a politician tells you he believes in freedom, see if he’s bluffing. See if he’ll agree to stop playing the gambling-prohibition game.
A gambling firm suggested language that made it into North Carolina's final lottery bill this year. Believe it or not, that’s not really the scandalous relevation contained in a News & Observer scoop last week.
North Carolina does not yet have a state lottery, but one frequent prediction of its longtime opponents has come true: it's bringing out the worst in state politicians.
Federal Tax Freedom Day comes on April 17th this year. Since Tax Freedom day tells us "how much we are paying for our government," the April 17th date means that, on average, Americans will pay 29.1 percent of their income for government at all levels.
Breaking down the pro- and anti-lottery coalitions into their constituent factions helps to clarify what the debate is really about. There are at least five pro-lottery groups and six ones against, each expressing a unique point of view.
