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Editors at National Review Online ponder a poor assessment of the American government’s credit picture. Rating agency Fitch downgraded U.S. sovereign debt from AAA to AA+. That’s only the second…
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s highlights the long-term funding problem plaguing public pension systems. State and local pensions have $8.8 trillion of liabilities, of which only 52% is funded after a…
North Carolina’s proposed constitutional amendment to lower the cap on income taxes in this Bloomberg article on the efforts by many states to lower taxes via measures on the November…
If the governor directs where money goes and for what purpose, is it government spending? That is just one of a number of questions that arose after Gov. Roy Cooper…
Gov. Roy Cooper yesterday amended his constitutional challenge against the General Assembly to include three additional claims about separation of powers and the budgeting of funds for opportunity scholarships, federal…
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…
Ali Meyer of the Washington Free Beacon details the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act on one major national health insurer. Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers operating in the…
Editor Alan Murray explains in the latest issue of Fortune magazine why none of the candidates for president ended up in the magazine’s annual list of 50 top leaders. The…
The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek highlights an interesting political development from the Left Coast. Dino Cortopassi, a farmer outside Stockton, Calif., watched as the Central Valley city loaded up…
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s reminds us that the race to replace John Boehner as U.S. House speaker is just one of the major pieces of business Congress must address in…
Brett Joshpe writes for National Review Online about one factor that bodes well for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as he makes his case for a presidential bid. Wisconsin governor Scott…
The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek offers a clue about one potential reason for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin‘s recent adventurism: the county’s shaky economy. The Big Three ratings agencies have…