• John Locke Update

    Tax Cut 2.0 is a Good Idea

    posted July 19, 2018 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    As we go into the 2018 election season, there is a great deal of talk among Republicans, both in the White House and in Congress, to pursue what is being…
  • John Locke Update

    Tax Fairness and the North Carolina Constitution

    posted April 26, 2018 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    When it comes to debates over tax reform or tax cuts (rarely for tax increases), it is quite typical for questions of fairness and justice to be part of the…
  • 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

    Expensing Should be a Permanent Part of the N.C. Tax Code

    posted March 8, 2018 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    A couple of weeks ago, I argued that North Carolina’s legislature should “one-up” Congress and the Trump administration when it comes to tax reform by abolishing the state’s capital…
  • John Locke Update

    The Good and the Bad of the House and Senate Tax Bills

    posted November 30, 2017 by Dr. Roy Cordato
    I just came across this summary/comparison of the House and Senate’s tax reform proposals published by Forbes. It is really quite good at laying out the details in a…
  • John Locke Update

    Tax Reform in Kansas and North Carolina (Again)

    posted November 1, 2017 by Joseph Coletti
    Federal tax reform has turned attention again to reforms in Kansas and North Carolina over the past five years. North Carolina’s success is well-documented by the John Locke Foundation,…

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