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Tax increases are not the only option.
How we build and maintain roads in North Carolina is complicated. How we pay for them doesn’t have to be. Here are four suggestions (in order of policy preference) to…
User Fee
Regulation
Not a subsidy
Beware of government agencies’ misuse of language and media outlets’ failure to detect and correct that misuse. Today’s edition of the Raleigh News & Observer offers a great example. RALEIGH…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
CEI chief explains why he supports airport user fees
You might not expect the head of the Competitive Enterprise Institute to support an increase in the maximum passenger facility charge levied at American airports. But Lawson Bader explains in…
Elections & Public Integrity
Lawmakers should boost transparency, decrease reliance on excise taxes
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Lost in the debate about tax reform in North Carolina is the more…
Liberty
Sounds Serious
I don’t know how many people belong to Southern Forest Watch, but they may be an example of a group truly seeking justice over personal gain. They argue that a…
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Hoarding to Raise Taxes
The City of Asheville is considering restructuring its financial policy to require enterprise funds to maintain their own fund balance. It is not uncommon to hear fiscal conservatives elected to…
Liberty
“Officials with” Want Money
“Officials with the Great Smoky Mountains” are soliciting input on fees they want to impose on people camping in the woods. To comment, visit www.nps.gov/grsm.
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“The Feds Want Your Car” newsletter…
…from Cato’s Randal O’Toole covers the push in Congress for the transportation reauthorization bill that will provide funding for the next six years. He also discusses the reports by transportation…
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Other items of interest
N.C. Senate Republicans promoted a pair of Daily Journal columns this week from John Locke Foundation President John Hood. One explained why boosting user fees for the state’s ferry system…
Liberty
Is Cary planning masssive increases to taxes and fees?
Town Manager Ben Shivar’s Budget Message from this summer included some ominous wordage: “… we will need … increased revenues through fees or taxes … in the very near future.”…
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I’m Paying a Higher Fee So Orange County Can Collect Cardboard?
There’s only one word for this action by Orange County: ridiculous. From the News of Orange County comes this piece by the county’s solid waste planner, who describes why recycling…
Liberty
No tax hike for Newton Grove, but hike in town?s fees likely
No new taxes but if you use the town services your fees are likely to go up in Newton Grove.