Candidates on the campaign trail routinely make this bold proclamation: “I will never compromise!” Have they ever heard about The Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention of 1787? The Missouri Compromise? The FDR/Robert Doughton compromise […]
In 1993, when Republican House Budget Committee staffers were searching for options to include in the GOP budget alternative “Cutting Spending First”, we opened a book called “CBO Spending and Revenue Options” to find proposals […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina tax collections keep outpacing expectations. The top economist on the General Assembly’s nonpartisan staff, Barry Boardman, says state revenues for the first half of the fiscal year through December are $189 […]
Just two months after last November’s midterm elections, Democratic presidential hopefuls are already lining up. And the new darling of the left, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is blithely explaining her party’s outright embrace of old-fashioned socialism with […]
RALEIGH — In a battle of dueling plans and priorities, the GOP-led N.C. House and Senate finalized short session budget adjustments over the objections of Gov. Roy Cooper and his party. Last Thursday, the Senate […]
Raleigh, N.C. – Lawmakers say they will override Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the Republican-led state legislature’s budget adjustment, which provided raises to teachers, state troopers and other state employees. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate passed its version of a $700 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump’s call for a bigger, stronger military. The Republican-controlled chamber voted 89-8 for the […]
Think of the federal government as a gigantic insurance company (with a sideline business in national defense and homeland security), which does its accounting on a cash basis, only counting premiums and payouts as they […]
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