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Adjust the Tax Code: State Economy Needs the President’s Stimulus

by Dr. Roy Cordato
posted on in Health Care & Human Services, Spending & Taxes

The state legislature is currently considering the idea of “decoupling” North Carolina’s income tax code from the federal tax code in order to avoid implementation of several tax reductions associated with a federal economic-stimulus package. But North Carolina’s weakened economy desperately needs the $258 million boost that adjusting state taxes on business and personal investment would provide. Policymakers could offset any revenue loss by reducing spending.

In June 2019 Roy Cordato retired from his full time position as Senior Economist and Resident Scholar at the John Locke Foundation and currently holds the position of Senior Economist Emeritus at the Foundation. From January 2001 to March 2017,… ...

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