• John Locke Update

    Recent Federal Tax Reforms: Good Enough? Fair Enough?

    posted April 19, 2018 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    The following is the transcript of a talk given on April 16, 2018 at Western Carolina University for WCU’s Center for the Study of Free Enterprise: In any discussion of…
  • John Locke Update

    What You Need to Know about the Federal Tax Reform Proposal

    posted September 28, 2017 by Joseph Coletti
    Most conservative and libertarian groups opposed ObamaCare repeal efforts because they did not go far enough to dismantle state intervention in health care. Rand Paul took the same line. John…
  • Research Report

    Spotlight 477: Capital Gains

    posted June 22, 2016 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    How North Carolina double taxes capital gains and what to do about it
  • Research Report

    The Corporate Income Tax: Repeal, Not Reform

    posted November 7, 2011 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    North Carolina's corporate income tax should be repealed, not reformed. It violates all basic principles of sound economic policy and open government. It not only imposes a second and even a third layer taxation on many people’s incomes, but it is hidden, dishonest, and inconsistent with informed decision making in a free and democratic society.
  • Research Report

    Protecting Families and Businesses: A Plan for Fiscal Balance and Economic Growth

    posted February 20, 2011 by Joseph Coletti
    This budget proposal would spend $18.4 billion and return spending to the same levels, adjusted for population and inflation, as in the mid-1990s. In addition to ending the temporary sales tax and income tax surcharges, this budget would reduce the tax rates on personal and corporate income, setting the stage for future tax reform.

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