~ A large number of Americans believe that less productive people deserve more and that more productive people deserve less. If that weren’t true, politicians like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Charles Schumer and Patrick Leahy couldn’t get elected dog-catcher, much less to Congress. ~ Is it possible to sell our fellow citizens on the virtues […]
And right on cue, Commissioners Chairman Jennifer Roberts floats warnings about how it might be impossible to avoid a tax increase as part of the reval process, given the dramatic cuts looming for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. And now along comes Mayor Anthony Foxx, with a crafty piece of politicking that pitches a plan having the city […]
Before everyone starts hyperventilating and buying into the narrative being pushed wholesale by aggressively liberal Democrats and their cohorts in the mainstream media that efforts to repeal Obamacare will skyrocket the national deficit, let’s take a deep breath of sanity and consider the source: a horribly flawed Congressional Budget Office scoring of the healthcare legislation, […]
Leftist politicians know they’re successful when they can get people to not only accept, but also rejoice having their rights stripped away, accompanied by the expansion of government control. Such is the case this month for Mecklenburg County, where the public policy police were in town to help the masses celebrate the one-year anniversary of […]
With Republicans taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, the legislative agenda for the body will begin to take shape under the direction of Speaker Boehner and other prominent committee chairmen and ranking members. The media and the citizenry will be watching to see if this Congress, and especially this House of […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Upwards of 200 people kicked off the New Year by participating in the 14th Annual First Footin at Rural Hill, a 5K hike and celebration of Hogmanay, the traditional Scottish New Year celebration of good will and good fortune. The hike was accompanied by the preparation and […]
On December 29, John Steinberger from the South Carolina FairTax organization joined the PunditHouse guys on their weekly segment with WBT radio’s Pete Kaliner. John discussed his post introducing the South Carolina FairTax Act. The following day, Pete Kaliner conducted an interview with North Carolina’s soon-to-be Speaker of the House, Thom Tillis. A portion of the discussion […]
The new Congress officially takes power this week meaning America is either on a course for real change that represents a smaller more restrained government or a regressive path towards bigger government. Republicans will have a solid majority in the House while Democrats will hold onto their slim numbers in the Senate meaning a potential […]
Faced with a multi-million-dollar budget deficit that has led to wholesale shuttering of public schools, pink-slipping hundreds of teachers, slashing funding for libraries and parks, cutting services for wounded and disabled Veterans, and reducing social services across the board, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners spent the bulk of its Tuesday night meeting approving a […]
The New Year is here and revaluation lurks. If county commissioners are serious about producing a “revenue-neutral” tax rate, as they have indicated is their desire, it would mean cutting the existing tax rate of 0.83 cents per $100 valuation to 0.59 cents, according to analysis of information provided by county staff. “Revenue neutral” meaning […]
