North Carolina’s tax reform package, cutting the personal income tax rate, is the most significant plan likely to be approved in 2013, an analyst with a national tax reform organization said Tuesday... Read More
North Carolina is blessed with majestic mountains, expansive beaches, meandering rivers and streams and a year-around climate that begs our residents to go outside and play. We boast municipal, state... Read More
Editorial By News and Observer, July 16, 2013. You can put lipstick on a pig, it’s said, but it’s still just a pig. In ballyhooing a tax “reform” agreement that seems more a desperate attempt... Read More
On July 9, the New York Times editorial page portentously announced “The Decline of North Carolina.” The editors warned that ever since last November, when Republicans won the governor’s... Read More
North Carolina is yet another example of legislators wanting to play doctor, telling real doctors how to practice medicine and how to care for our patients. Medical decisions must be based on... Read More
In order to revise our tax system, the Senate proposal used a dull ax. The House/Governor/Final version used a sharp knife. The Senate proposal was wholesale and the House/Governor/Final version is... Read More
One of the most contentious sessions of the General Assembly can now end within the next two weeks with the passage of a tax bill. Some will continue to hold their breath until the Senate gets the... Read More
The other day Thomas Edsall of the New York Times reported that a terrible thing has happened. Since the Voting Rights Act passed, the number of Black state legislators has grown from fewer than... Read More
This is a bad deal for North Carolinians. What the Governor and Legislature agreed on won’t support job creation and it will drain resources needed to bolster our economy. It puts at risk the... Read More
The tax reform package is a good compromise and a good first step in overhauling the out-dated tax code in North Carolina. It is very easy and popular to promise tax reform on the campaign trail... Read More
