Today, March 19, 2012, the Wake County Board of Commissioners will vote on a Resolution In Support of Requiring Voter Identification Prior to Voting in Local Elections. The Public is invited and everyone should attend and show support for this common-sense resolution. Voter ID supporters have the numbers on their side – in every poll – [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
“Despicable Distortions” of NC Real Solutions Campaign
By now, many of you have heard about the launch of a new educational campaign discussing the 2011-12 state budget. The project is a joint venture between the Civitas Institute and Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina called NC Real Solutions, and includes a television advertising campaign set to hit airwaves soon. To learn more about it, [...]
Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs
According to a new CBO report, Obamacare will cost taxpayers $1.76 trillion over the next decade. This figure far exceeds the original, astronomical $940 billion predicted when the federal law was signed. Several tricks were used by the Obama administration and their cronies to make the law appear cheaper and on target with their pledge [...]
State Official: Hoke County Schools Won’t Cooperate in “Chicken Nuggets” Probe
The director of the state Division of Childhood Development and Early Education was asked to tell a legislative panel just what happened at West Hoke Elementary School when, as explained in a previous Civitas article, students were forced to eat school food though they had homemade lunches. Dr. Deborah Cassidy repeated the assertion no state [...]
Student Debt: Another Deal Gone Bad
In an interesting online piece from The Atlantic, Jacob Weissmann paints the contours on the next great crisis: student debt. Why worry? Total outstanding student debt approaches $1 trillion, more than even consumer credit card debt. Last year, student debt grew by $870 billion. The average graduate leaves college with about $13,000 in debt. Debt [...]
