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How Rob Christensen missed the truth about Medicaid, taxes, & spending

Live BlogThere are two problems with Rob Christensen’s fruitless search for truth. Christen claims the budget cuts Medicaid spending and related jobs < order cialis blockquote>Perdue said the budget bill would result in $2 billion in cuts to Medicaid, the federal-state funded insurance program for the poor and the disabled; $750 million in state cutsContinue Reading

Freedom in the States

Live Blog North Carolina ranks 18th in overall freedom for its citizens in a new Mercatus Center publication. Some highlights from my perspective North Carolina has the best a buy purchase viagra sset-forfeiture laws in the land. It could improve them by putting the burden of proof on the government. spirits taxes are quite onerousContinue Reading

The Tea Party and the Mad Hatters

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Where did they get the money?

Live Blog A common question on the budget has been where the Senate got the $252 million to pay for new spending without raising the sales tax. The following table explains it in gory details. The budget sets aside less for future downturns, divert order viagra s money from other funds at the same rateContinue Reading

NC MomsRising tries to do the impossible

Live Blog If you go by the Legislative Building today, you might see MomsRising members selling lemonade to”raise money for need buy essay the state budget.” They promise “All proceeds will go to the General Fund for the State of North Carolina to invest in children.” It’s an admirable goal, but quixotic. The state doesContinue Reading

Uncertainty is the economy killer

Live Blog Stephen L. Carter has a doubly revealing profile of a small business owner’s struggles with government. The business owner say cheap cialis online s regulations make the cost of doing business, or selling a business, too uncertain to make plans. I argue a bit. Surely government isn’t all bad. It protects property, theContinue Reading

Killer design

Interior designers, hair braiders, auctioneers, and barbers, each must be licensed in different states. The Economist calls it Rules for Fools. Often there is a claim to protect public health, safety, and welfare. The Wall Street Journal reported that an interior designer in Florida claimed that if the legislature there deregulated her profession, “what you’reContinue Reading

Killer yogurt

Live Blog Californians are now safe from killer yogurt. The only cost was for regulations in that state to kill one small business making artisanal yogurt from pasteuriz cialis online ed milk.

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