States can limit regulatory damage
In addition to arguing against unwise Biden administration policies, North Carolina leaders should use the state tools they have at their disposal to promote entrepreneurship and job creation.
In addition to arguing against unwise Biden administration policies, North Carolina leaders should use the state tools they have at their disposal to promote entrepreneurship and job creation.
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, we learned it was both unfair and dangerous to let bankers take big risks backed by promises of bailouts. That same lesson applies to state and local politicians.
North Carolina’s vaccination pace is low by national standards. As of January 18, our state had administered only 33% of doses received — the second-lowest rate in the U.S.
Although you may care and worry about me as a person, it does you no harm if I have a wrong idea, do a foolish thing, or hire an incompetent doctor. You can even learn from my mistakes.
When public schools must compete to attract and retain students, their offerings generally get better, as do the outcomes for their students.
We must tell all activists, including those whose goals we may share, that no matter how much they may be frustrated by electoral or legislative outcomes, they have no right to take the law into their own hands.
Even if a government mandate is legally imposed and has the potential to reduce COVID’s spread somewhat, it may nevertheless be unwise.
Is our tax system rigged in favor of the wealthy? Hardly. America’s tax system is either modestly or moderately progressive, depending on how you define the terms.
Despite some reasonably good recent months of job gains, North Carolina’s economy is still down some 242,000 jobs from the start of the COVID pandemic.
When Democrats attack pro-growth tax reform as “trickle-down economics,” I can understand their rhetorical intent. But the charge is silly on multiple levels — including the fact that every Democrat who ever serves in state or local office spends great time and effort to try to recruit business executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and high-value professionals to...
John Locke Foundation Senior Vice President Becki Gray and Chairman John Hood discuss COVID-19’s impact on major events in North Carolina in 2020. Gray and Hood offered these comments during the Dec. 25, 2020, edition of “NC SPIN.”
We come to appreciate things we would never think to buy for ourselves, either because of sentimental value or because our gift-giver knew something we didn’t.