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    Jan
    17

    Gov. Perdue Favors Hollywood Millionaires Over Struggling North Carolinians

    Posted in Budget & Taxes, Economics By Brian Balfour | Tagged , , ,

    Per this N&O article, North Carolina doled out perhaps an all-time high in tax breaks to Hollywood movie studios. That’s right, while Gov. Perdue was arguing to raise the sales tax on hard working, low-income North Carolinians by close to a billion dollars, she also supported a tax break for billion-dollar film production corporations. While the Governor’s [...]

  2. Jun
    07

    N.C. House Says No to Mega-Port

    Posted in Budget & Taxes By Brian Balfour | Tagged , ,

    The N&O reports on a proposed mega-port endorsed by the N.C. Senate, but rebuked by the House. The notion of spending taxpayers’ money on a proposed North Carolina mega-port didn’t float many boats in the state House late last week, and that’s good news for the coastal environment and the state’s finances. This is a [...]