Category: Economy

Steve Forbes ON THE MONEY in re: gas tax

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In Washington, we have REPUBLICANS seriously considering raising the federal gas tax. In Raleigh, we’ve had Republicans actually push a gas tax hike through the state Senate. One of the

#ncga: GOPers pushing for a little less skin in the game for mortgage brokers

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

State Reps. John Bell (R) and Jonathan Jordan (R) have introduced some reforms for the mortgage industry that deserve some discussion and scrutiny. One of them does away with a

Ol’ Rob: Missing the action or just plain Mis-leading ????

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Rob Christensen has been hanging out in Raleigh watching the political action for a loooooooong time. (Sources tell me he once had to flee town just minutes before General Sherman’s

#ncga: Who wins with film incentives? Movie producers.

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s the thesis of a piece in The Washington Examiner today: The Oscars are on Sunday, and all eight films nominated for best picture were produced in states or countries

#ncga: Instead of tax hikes & corporate welfare, why not tax reform?

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Proponents of state ”economic incentives” and the so-called “gas tax cut” claim that we need to enact all of this in order to stay competitive with our neighbors. The really

#ncga: Pay raises for Speaker Moore’s staff. A gas tax hike for US.

Posted on February 18, 2015February 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The drive-bys gave us a peek at the salaries of all of new House speaker Tim Moore’s staff. Most staffers got raises in the ballpark of twenty percent. One

#ncga: Gas tax hike for US. Tax breaks for airlines & data centers.

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Legislators are spinning us that a lot of road work needs to be done statewide, but there just isn’t enough money out there to do it. So, they are selling

#ncga: Crowd-funding, an interesting option in economic development debate

Posted on February 16, 2015February 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Politicians these days are all crowing about being “job creators.” Gov. Pat McCrory has emptied out the corporate welfare accounts at the Department of Commerce, and he’s coming to us

#ncga: Things looking rather dicey in House for NC Chamber’s gas tax hike

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Our sources in the lower chamber on Jones Street tell us that the vote on the gas tax hike / ”revenue stabilization” nonsense that passed the GOP-dominated Senate with flying

TN says Noooooooo to expanding Medicaid. (Gov. Pat, take note.)

Posted on February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Tennessee’s moderate Republican governor has been talking up the idea of expanding Medicaid — which is basically the implementation of ObamaCare. He traveled to DC to talk up the strategy with feds.