by John Wynne | Aug 11, 2015 | Budget, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Tax Reform |
The State Senate, among other things, voted last night to combine three ballot questions into one – a “Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights” (TABOR) that would go before the voters in the March presidential primary. The three components of the amendment:...
by John Wynne | Jul 21, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Economy, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, Tax Reform |
Earlier today, Sen. Harry Brown held a press conference touting support for his sales tax redistribution plan. So far, the plan has met with little fanfare in the State House, with one member even denouncing it as “Marxism.” Gentler legislators might refer...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 17, 2015 | Budget, Economy, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Republicans often complain that government programs pick winners and losers. Nobody is choosing winners and losers more than the GOP Senate. Winners are quite clearly people who are already doing well. Losers are the rest of us. Senate Republicans are following the...
by Thomas Mills | May 11, 2015 | Budget, Editor's Blog, Education, Tax Reform |
Republicans are crowing about the $400 million surplus while progressives are griping. The GOP should be given credit. They used conservative estimates in their budget projections because of the uncertainty of tax reform. To their benefit, the numbers came in better...
by Thomas Mills | May 7, 2015 | Budget, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Republicans have had a good week. First, they announced that the state had paid back its debt to the federal government for unemployment insurance. Then yesterday, the Fiscal Research Division of the legislature announced the state would see a $400 million surplus...
by John Wynne | May 6, 2015 | Budget, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Tax Reform |
Remember those folks who claimed that the GOP legislature’s economic policy was a disaster and was going to result in a budget shortfall of $270 million? Well, they were only off by a little. The Fiscal Research Division is reporting that the state will end the...
