• Press Release

    Rutherford government needs no extra funding

    posted October 3, 2007
    Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Rutherford County voters should consider the millions of dollars their…
  • Press Release

    Surry’s government needs no extra funding

    posted October 3, 2007
    Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Surry County commissioners could free $25 million for high-priority county…
  • Press Release

    Pitt’s government needs no extra funding

    posted October 1, 2007
    Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Pitt County commissioners could free $50.4 million for high-priority county…
  • Press Release

    Catawba’s government needs no extra funding

    posted October 1, 2007
    Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Catawba County commissioners could free $16.3 million for high-priority county…
  • Press Release

    Cumberland’s government needs no extra funding

    posted October 1, 2007
    Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Cumberland County commissioners could free $93.3 million for high-priority county…
  • Press Release

    Lenoir’s government needs no extra funding

    posted October 1, 2007
    Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Lenoir County commissioners could free $18.6 million for high-priority county…
  • Press Release

    Greene’s government needs no extra funding

    posted September 26, 2007
    Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Michael Sanera discussing this Regional Brief. RALEIGH – Greene County commissioners could free $8.2 million for high-priority county…
  • Research Report

    The Tax Study That Isn’t: NC taxes are not among friendliest to business

    posted February 19, 2004 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    Some state politicians are touting the results of an Ernst & Young study that purports to rank North Carolina’s business taxes as among the lowest in the nation. But this flawed study ignores basic principles of public-finance economics and most of the taxes that influence business decisions. More accurate studies that examine all relevant taxes and all types of businesses suggest that North Carolina’s tax rates are high in regional rankings, thus discouraging economic growth.

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