N.C. Spin panelists John Hood, John Locke Foundation president, and Brad Crone, Democratic political consultant, discuss the impact of declining tax revenues on the N.C. Senate’s budget provisions. This exchange aired during the April 12, 2009, edition of N.C. Spin.
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...