Liberty
Slamming Stadium Subsidies
Dominic Pino writes for National Review Online about the uphill battle to fend off sports stadium subsidies. The University of Maryland, Baltimore County hosted a conference of sports economists, and…
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Transportation
Forbes economist: Amazon winner will be a financial loser
University of Georgia economics professor Jeffrey Dorfman goes into detail explaining how, given the enormous incentives package Amazon requires, the math can't add up to make winning the Amazon headquarters…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Media: Tax Cuts for Corporations OK for Amazon, Not Others
Earlier this month Amazon announced it was looking for a second headquarters in North America. The company said it would involve 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment. It is…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
GOP budget ‘vision’: Let’s not turn into Illinois
As Gov. Roy Cooper and his acolytes complain that the newly enacted N.C. state budget lacks “vision,” perhaps now is a good time to remind ourselves that budget prudence exercised…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Numbers in the news
There have been some big numbers, some good, some bad, in the news lately. Here are a few: $1.5 billion — the advertised Powerball jackpot at the moment $1.5 billion…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Even the Left doesn’t like using Lottery Money
The Leftist newspaper Indy Week has highlighted its cover with a color photographs of the different NC Lottery games headlining a new article, “Gambling on the lottery to increase teacher pay”.…
Liberty
GOP strategist urges colleagues to avoid too much gloating over HealthCare.gov debacle
Republican political consultant Mike Murphy‘s latest column in TIME urges fellow GOP partisans to look beyond the short-term benefits associated with the Obamacare website’s well-documented failures. Without even buying a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Cato’s Tanner explains why the federal government’s fiscal woes are tied to overspending
The federal government has a mismatch between the amount of money it spends and the amount of revenue it raises, primarily through taxes. Most commentary on the pending fiscal cliff…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Barron’s writer wonders whether fiscal cliff is ‘more molehill than menace’
With all the dire predictions about the pending catastrophe associated with the federal government’s fiscal cliff, Jonathan R. Laing of Barron’s offers a less apocalyptic response. Jim Paulsen, chief investment…
Liberty
Hood’s analysis attracts state, national attention
The News & Observer sought John Hood’s input for a story this week on changes to the Powerball lottery game. The Greensboro News & Record republished that article. Hood’s recent…
Liberty
Research experts offer insights
In addition to out-of-state travel, Daren Bakst contributed a column to the Wilmington Star-News highlighting North Carolina’s unfavorable business climate. The Heritage Foundation’s Insider Online promoted Bakst’s report on low-cost…
Liberty
Too many government officials treat targeted tax breaks like a guaranteed lottery jackpot
Joe Coletti makes that case in his latest Spotlight report. Just as a person buying a Powerball ticket goes into the process with at least some knowledge of the odds…