News
NC pension fund gains as Social Security insolvency concerns loom
NC’s pension fund is showing stronger results, while Briner is urging workers to supplement those public benefits with savings of their own.
Opinion
The Big, Beautiful Bill: A win for the working class and NC taxpayers
To every North Carolinian who felt ignored, overtaxed, or let down by Washington, this Big, Beautiful Bill is for you.
Opinion
Fiscal fantasies threaten economic future
Fiscal facts about government budgets cannot simply be wished away, as so many politicians (and, yes, voters) seem desperate to do.
Opinion
NC should continue to lead on financial readiness
The legislature should amend our state’s mandate on financial education to include basic information on investing for retirement.
Opinion
Voters deserve information on fiscal crisis
Every citizen who meets the basic requirements — adulthood, residency, and the completion of sentence after a felony conviction — can cast a ballot in North Carolina. There’s no test of civic knowledge required to exercise the civil right to vote, nor should there be. (Our state constitution still contains a Jim Crow-era literacy test...
News
New small business retirement plan could reduce public assistance costs by $500M per year
The average Social Security payment for people over 65 is about $21,000 a year. Factoring in expenses like food, healthcare, and utilities costs upward of $22,000 per year, explained Lowery during a press conference, which means North Carolinians relying solely on Social Security aren’t prepared for retirement.
Opinion
Old Chestnuts, Roasting, & Jack Frost
President Bush came to Raleigh Thursday and was greeted by the same old arguments from the same old, misguided folks about his Social Security ideas. Some things don't get better with age.
Opinion
Election Preview: US Senate
In this topsy-turvy political season, confident predictions are impossible, especially for the campaign to succeed U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. But for what it’s worth, if Republican Elizabeth Dole’s (likely) margin of victory over Democrat Erskine Bowles exceeds 6 points, there could be some coattails down the ballot.
Opinion
Is Social Security in crisis?
Social Security’s future is one of the most important issues that any candidate can discuss, but based on the quality of the discussion in the U.S. Senate race so far, North Carolinians have a right to be confused about it.
Opinion
The Phony Liberal
The Oct. 14 Senate debate featured Erskine Bowles reversing the usual Democratic strategy in a statewide election in NC. He was a moderate pretending to be a liberal. It was’'t believable.
Opinion
N.C. Politics, Six Weeks Out
The economy, not the war, will be the overriding concern for most voters. Intervening events could change that outlook in the coming days and weeks.
