#ncga: An ORGY of taxing & spending breaks out amid the ‘conservative revolution’
It seems the folks on Jones Street have kicked off one heck of an orgy — apparently in honor of the box office success of ’50 Shades of Grey.’ Let’s
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Meanwhile, the amnesty implementation crowd is staffing up in Raleigh
Jobs are pretty scarce in North Carolina and across the country — thanks to Barry Obama and his fellow statists in DC. But — good news — some folks are
Continue reading‘The hard toll of easy guns’
*SIGH*. That’s the headline of the N&O op-ed that is being echoed and cheered by Blinkin’ Chris and his comrades at Goodmon, Inc. Rush Limbaugh used to have an “SUV
Continue readingEnvironmental wackos having their way with state coastal policy. Raleigh yawns.
In 2011, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission submitted a report forecasting sea level rise along the coast for the next three decades. The new Republican majority dismissed what they
Continue readingDrive-by crocodile tears over ‘academic freedom’
It’s particularly disgusting to see our state’s drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors’ decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism
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: No ID? Give them an absentee ballot and move on.
A group of Democrat senators has introduced a bill calling for JUST that. Given that the GOP runs the upper chamber, I would lean toward thinking that this bill has
Continue reading#ncga: Common Core, coal ash commissions (and their price tags)
I’ve never been a big fan of study commissions organized by politicians. They are almost always easy ways out for politicians looking to avoid having to take a tough stand
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: 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
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