Category: Economy

Medicaid expanded: Once again, the special interests win.

Posted on February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Again, is this another example of the *great things* a Republican majority brings us? They’ve sold us down the river on gun rights, energy, and now on health care and

Spending cuts BEFORE debt ceiling increase: Budd says YES. (NO Comment from Tillis.)

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s good to see our new senator siding with the likes of Mike Lee (R-Utah): Twenty-four Republican senators have signed a letter to President Joe Biden stating their opposition to raising

North State Journal editor lobbies for controversial sex-change insurer, potential Medicaid expansion beneficiary

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s alleged conservative voice is getting a little raspy and hoarse. We already told you about a NSJ reporter’s behind-the-scenes spinning and defending of DPI superintendent Catherine Truitt’s footsie-playing with

Berger’s Medicaid 180 earns him drive-by praise

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Brant Clifton

In my book, it’s rarely a good thing when politicians try to take both sides of an issue. The drive-by media loves it however, when the 180 causes the pol

Folwell goes on offensive against CONs

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Brant Clifton

One of the biggest reasons Medicaid expansion went nowhere is because of ol’ Roy and his team standing with big hospitals instead of “the little folks” struggling to pay

Budget Deficits. Missing Money. Fiscal Disarray.

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, just another day in Spring Lake, NC: After raising deep concerns over potential budget deficits, longstanding fiscal disarray and an investigation into missing money, members of the Local

EVEN MORE economic distress in the Roy Cooper era

Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 by Brant Clifton

We all know about the suffering small businesses are enduring, thanks to Roy Cooper’s “science.” Lest we forget, there are a lot of government entities that are suffering

Dale Folwell wants NEW TAXES.

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I soooo hoped that this is some of that fake news that our state drivebys are so fond of concocting. But it isn’t. I don’t know how much more

The rise of the freelance economy

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The folks at George Mason U.’s Mercatus Center have come out with a pretty interesting study: Are we becoming a nation of freelancers? Some fear that traditional employment is ending,

Cough up some more money or, um, um — YOUR BABIES WILL DIE !!! (Yeah. That’s it.)

Posted on August 22, 2015August 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Just when I think the NC Chamber can’t sink any lower, they DO. You expect a meme like ”Spend more government money or the babies will die” or ”Don’t cut