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Slash and Burn

The magnitude of what is before us is becoming more and more clear. Check out this breakdown of job losses and program cuts. 18,000 teachers? [...]
June 5, 2009 | Posted in: Budget | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Deep socialism

Apparently the Obama administrations is turning us into a socialist banana republic by, uh, taxing corporate profits. That’s right, he’s a nationalizing some of their [...]
May 4, 2009 | Posted in: Administration, Budget | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Tax restructuring in the works

Services sales tax and some loophole closing seem to be boiling up from the Senate budget discussions. Good overview at ProgPulse.
April 7, 2009 | Posted in: Budget, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Interesting headline

Senate takes a stab at Perdue’s budget And, surprise, the tobacco tax won’t be as high as the Gov’s.
April 5, 2009 | Posted in: Budget | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Governor’s budget

Here’s the link to the lovely budget page of Bev Perdue. Happy reading. Story here.
March 17, 2009 | Posted in: Budget, Governor | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Dollar a pack

Sin taxes jump under the Gov’s new budget. Via AP: RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Beverly Perdue’s budget proposal released Tuesday seeks a dollar-per-pack increase in [...]
March 17, 2009 | Posted in: Budget, Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink