If you are a North Carolina taxpayer and you think something looks familiar about President Trump’s tax reform plan, you are right. In the three big areas of tax policy…
You may have heard that the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42, but nobody knows the question. In state government, people either have questions or they…
The N.C. Senate’s “Billion-Dollar Tax Plan” could be even larger once final figures for 2016 income taxes are known in the next couple weeks. (By the way, don’t forget to file…
How many times in life have you known the right thing to do and ended up doing the wrong thing? You ate the chocolate cake—the whole thing—instead of going to…
One of the great myths bought into by much of the general public, politicians, and media pundits is that trade deficits are bad for the economy. The idea dates back…
It is now widely recognized that Obamacare’s insurance mandates are one of the many parts of that legislation contributing to the increasing costs of health insurance. These mandates abandon the…
Obamacare has failed. Almost all of its original promises have been broken. In 2009, President Obama promised that his signature Affordable Care Act (ACA) would lower health insurance costs, allow…
There are few aspects of the 2013 tax reform in North Carolina that have drawn more criticisms from Democrats and progressives than the elimination of what is known as the…
Asheville is considering a $74 million bond for the November ballot. And it’s not for a single project, but rather a broad mix covering transportation, affordable housing and parks…
