by Thomas Mills | Apr 23, 2015 | Economic Development, Economy, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Volvo took a pass on North Carolina. John Wynne’s smart analysis gets to the heart of the matter. Companies want certainty and the in-fighting between Pat McCrory, the Senate and the House leaves them wary of locating here. And, as John notes, McCrory needs a big...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 16, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Tax Day has passed and North Carolina Republicans must be relieved. Maybe now everyone will quit complaining about paying more state taxes this year. But maybe not. The GOP passed their massive tax reform promising that everybody would get a tax break. They based...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 9, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Boy, these tax increases have Republican operatives unnerved. Several anonymous posters took issue with my post yesterday bemoaning paying higher state income taxes. Then on twitter, I noticed a fight between Progress NC staffers and GOP legislative staffers over the...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 8, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
North Carolina Republican Party executive director Todd Poole told reporters, “Gov. McCrory signed historic tax reform into law which puts more money into the pocketbooks of working North Carolinians as well as small businesses.” But that’s just not true. This year,...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 30, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Gay Marriage, Tax Reform |
If North Carolina wants to see its future, it can look to Kansas and Indiana. The North Carolina Senate is following the trail blazed by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on taxes and Indiana Governor Mike Pence on discrimination. In Kansas, Brownback engineered massive...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 28, 2015 | NC Politics, Tax Reform |
Is there a more blatant hypocrite in the Senate than Harry Brown? That a man known for his grim determination to cut Medicaid eligibility would pose as the poor man’s champion is galling enough. Worse still would be if, as the sales tax debate progresses, he is able...
