Education
North Carolina Education Lottery
Introduction The North Carolina Education Lottery was born in controversy and division, having squeaked through the General Assembly by a narrow, one-vote margin in 2005. In the almost 20 years…
Regressive tax
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Are The Poor Really Losing Out from North Carolina’s Income Tax Cuts?
Critics claim that benefits from North Carolina’s income tax cuts of the past decade have been concentrated largely at the top of the income brackets. The data, however, show that…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
“Inflation Reduction Act”: Tax Burden to Fall Heaviest on the Poor
This bill's tax burden would fall disproportionately on the poorest households.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Three-quarters of PPP Benefits Went to Unintended Recipients
In response to the Covid shutdown recession, the Small Business Administration and Department of the Treasury rolled out the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). PPP distributed $800 billion within two years with the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
House Dems’ $100 Billion Tax Hike Targets the Poor
Patrick Hauf of the Washington Free Beacon details the potential impact of one tax proposal touted by U.S. House Democrats. The Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget proposal relies on a $100…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Who needs electric vehicle tax credits?
It’s generally accepted that hybrids and fully electric vehicles make the gas tax regressive because buyers tend to have higher incomes and the cars use less gas. Tax incentives for…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Testimony: Tax Principles to Consider When Modernizing Transportation Revenues
Tax Principles to Consider When Modernizing Transportation Revenues: A Presentation to the Board of Transportation FAST Committee April 3, 2019 It is an honor to be with you this morning…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Still in search of consistency from the N&O on sales taxes
We've seen it go from don't dare let it fall to don't let it grow more expansive to hooray an increase at last to it's insidious how big it is.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Daily Journal: Are taxes fair in North Carolina
John Hood writes for Carolina Journal’s Daily Journal: Wealthy North Carolinians pay a higher share of their incomes in taxes than do middle-income North Carolinians, who in turn have a…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Sales Tax Referenda: Coming to a Ballot Near You
With six weeks to go until the May primaries, voters in at least a dozen North Carolina counties should start considering whether they should vote for or against proposed sales…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
JLF alum Bakst explains how policies often hurt the poor
Former John Locke Foundation analyst Daren Bakst, now with the Heritage Foundation, recently investigated the big-government policies that cause special harm for the poorest Americans. Heritage’s “Insider” offers the following…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Democrats’ shameful advocacy of sales taxes matched by media hypocrisy about them
John Hood’s column today explodes the mendacity in Democrats’ campaign rhetoric of opposing taxes on the working class, citing numerous times over the past decade they voted to raise sales taxes…