Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation fiscal policy analyt, outlines key themes from his alternative “Back to Basics” N.C. budget plan, released March 16, 2009.
Politics should be less important
It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for nearly four decades, but politics has become vastly more important in our lives than it should be. Virtually every decision we make in our ostensibly free society is now subject to review, refinement, and reversal by some...