FairTax

Get NC Tax Reform Right

Tax reform is a process that ought to lead to a destination — but there is as yet no consensus about that destination among Republican leaders in North Carolina.

The Fair Tax As Obamacare Killer

Though problematic, a proposed national sales tax plan has elements that could render the Affordable Care Act unworkable.

Dr. Roy Cordato

Three Teams Debate Tax Reform

Although the Fair Tax and Flat Tax groups disagree on how best to levy state taxes — indirectly through business collectors or directly to households — they actually agree on the preferred tax base.

Age Gap Not the Only Difference Separating House District 14 Contenders

RALEIGH — The generation gap between incumbent Rep. George Cleveland, 74, and his 27-year-old Republican rival Bobby Mills isn’t the only difference separating the candidates, Cleveland says.

Brett Lewis

FAQs on State Tax Reform

Tax reform is a complicated issue. It isn’t just an economic or fiscal issue. Politics will inevitably play a role.

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Three Key Points on Tax Reform

While there are several different paths to choose in state-level tax reform, the fundamental goals is the same: to tax consumed income rather than total income.

N&O needs to fact-check itself

The News & Observer calls Etheridge misleading for something the newspaper itself did two weeks earlier.

Jon Ham

N.C. Federal Candidates Say How They Would Deal With Expiring Tax Cuts

RALEIGH — Carolina Journal asked the state's candidates for federal office their approach to the tax cuts that initially were passed in 2001 and 2003. Their unedited responses follow.

CJ Staff

McIntyre Foe Takes Bonded Term Limits Pledge

RALEIGH – Iraq war veteran and congressional hopeful Will Breazeale on Thursday became the first candidate in the nation to take a bonded term limits pledge, agreeing to donate $250,000 of his own assets to a private charity if, after being elected, he doesn’t limit himself to three terms in office.

David N. Bass