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Tyler Cowen writes for Bloomberg about significant problems within the Internal Revenue Service. The recent Democratic bill on climate and taxes increases the funding for the Internal Revenue Service by…
The COVID bribe would increase the federal match for non-expansion recipients by 5% the next two years in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid, plus Missouri and Oklahoma. That’s not taking…
Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, gave states the option to expand the Medicaid program to include non-elderly adults up to 138 percent of the…
As the 2020 election season gathers momentum, North Carolina’s tax reforms and demands for higher spending on any number of government programs will be front and center. One example is a…
In 2013, the N&O editors were so confident that empirically sound reforms to state taxes, red tape, and unemployment benefits would fail, they even offered to give Republicans credit if…
Andrew Gillen writes for the Martin Center about the argument that states have in recent years been “disinvesting” in higher education. “Two days. Two reports citing the same data. Two…
Former Vice President Joe Biden was right when he called it a $40 billion scam. That’s how Biden once characterized Medicaid provider taxes. States impose these taxes on hospitals or…
We’ve been generally supportive of the General Assembly’s approach to budgeting, even as we’ve cautioned against overspending and continued to seek reforms in the process. Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene…
Editors at National Review Online explain why they are no fans of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ proposal to have taxpayer-funded jobs for every American who wants one. Right now, 50…
Tax policy is as much about regulation as it is the efficiency and simplicity of raising revenues to pay for government activity. The regulatory aspect is clear in Ronald Reagan’s…
We all know cities can file for bankruptcy. Look at Detroit, and they aren’t the only municipality that has taken advantage of bankruptcy to clear their crushing financial obligations. But…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a left-wing think tank that publishes research and funds like-minded state-based operations including the N.C. Justice Center. This week, CBPP published…