by Thomas Mills | Dec 10, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Teachers are leaving the state. The infant mortality rate is up. And the workforce in North Carolina is smaller today than it was in 2007. But, hey, we’re giving tax cuts to businesses and rich people, so it’s all good. You know, those folks are going to start...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 17, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, Income Inequality
The lead stories in the News & Observer today highlight inequalities in compensation for public employees. One story exposes inflated salaries for managers and public executives in municipal governments. The other introduces a Wake County court clerk who has to...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 16, 2013 | Economic Development, Economy |
By their own standards, Republican economic policy has failed. For years, Raleigh conservatives droned on about the imperative of tax cuts for staying “competitive” with surrounding states. Last week, Site Selection magazine dropped us to number two in business...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 31, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
Score one for the teachers. This week, teachers plan a “walk-in” inviting parents and others to schools to discuss the education budget. Predictably, the GOP howled. Senators Phil Berger and Neal Hunt protested the move as putting politics in the classroom and pointed...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 15, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
Well, it looks like Aldona Wos got to kick some freeloaders off the dole after all. The News & Observer is reporting that North Carolina will stop Work First payments to poor families. Last week, Wos tried to stop WIC payments but, fortunately for recipients, Art...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 8, 2013 | Economy, Editor's Blog, National Politics
Republicans in Congress have been trying to shift the blame for the shut down onto Democrats ever since they started it. It’s been a losing battle so far. Polls show people are increasingly holding Republicans responsible. They tried calling it the Harry Reid shut...
