A real-life ObamaCare horror story
We’ve all heard how nightmarish ObamaCare is. It really hit home for me recently — thanks to the bureaucratic hell some good friends of mine are going through. My friends are
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#ncga: Emails reveal Gov. Pat’s $45 million giveaway on the ropes in House
Pat McCrory’s North Carolina Competes Act is undergoing a fight for its life in the General Assembly’s lower chamber. The House deep-sixed a request from the governor last session
Continue readingSteve Forbes ON THE MONEY in re: gas tax
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
Continue reading#ncga: GOPers pushing for a little less skin in the game for mortgage brokers
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
Continue readingOl’ Rob: Missing the action or just plain Mis-leading ????
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
Continue reading#ncga: Who wins with film incentives? Movie producers.
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
Continue reading#ncga: Instead of tax hikes & corporate welfare, why not tax reform?
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
Continue reading#ncga: Pay raises for Speaker Moore’s staff. A gas tax hike for US.
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
Continue reading#ncga: Gas tax hike for US. Tax breaks for airlines & data centers.
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
Continue reading#ncga: Crowd-funding, an interesting option in economic development debate
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
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