Exposing NC Rural Center for the money pit it is
I am not always Mr. Negative (as some folks like to claim). I’ll hand out kudos to folks who do good things. In this case — surprise, surprise
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Budget brouhaha: NCGOP leaders accepting Dem premise we have revenue, not spending problem?
The GOP majority on Jones Street has passed budget packages. The House and Senate versions are both in the ballpark of $20.6 billion (hundreds of millions higher than Bev Perdue’s
Continue readingWhen things get HOT, Tholl Road Thom takes his marbles and goes home
This was supposed to be a great weekend for Thom Tillis. He’s presiding over the state House at a historic time for the NCGOP. The state GOP convention was in
Continue readingFailure of institutions, growth of red tape hinder business. Spelling doom for US economy?
I’ve become a big fan of the work of British-born Harvard economist Niall Ferguson. Ferguson, a disciple of former British PM Margaret Thatcher, has put together scores
Continue readingWSJ: NC GOPers need to stiffen spines, get tax reform DONE
Stephen Moore, a renowned libertarian-leaning economist and member of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, has some advice for the GOP leadership now running the show in Raleigh: Man
Continue readingBig Barry’s pitch in Mooresville for more Internet does not compute
Yep. Big Barry’s doing it for “the children.” In politics, you could justify invading Iran by saying it’s “for the children” and you could likely get a
Continue readingInvasion of The Purple People: SEIU moves in for the kill in North Carolina
Since 2008, The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has established a reputation as Barack Obama’s shock troops — his brownshirts, his muscle. They’ve often taken to the streets to, ahem,
Continue readingNC sits on sidelines while OTHER FOLKS in OTHER STATES take ObamaCare to court
The Competitive Enterprise Institute — an excellent organization based in DC that fights the good fight for the free market — is suing on behalf of some small businesses and
Continue readingGetting filthy rich off of Uncle Sam
I realize the economy stinks. But The Wall Street Journal lets us know that NOT EVERYONE is suffering: On a bright spring morning, Debbie Driesman and
Continue readingThe congressional farm bill: growing the welfare state, passing around Pork, spreading more fertilizer
North Carolina’s senators, Kay Hagan (D) and Richard Burr (R), are teaming up to fend off purported cuts to federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.
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