Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation director of communications, explains why it makes sense for North Carolina to pursue a simple, clear consumption tax. Kokai offered these comments during a Jan. 13, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
Opinion
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...