Alexandra Forter Sirota
Posts by Alexandra Forter Sirota
NEW POLL: North Carolinians reject tax cuts for profitable corporations and the wealthy few, want legislators to fund people’s priorities
National interests have long been meddling with our state’s tax code to advance their agenda of removing the responsibility the wealthy and profitable corporations have for contributing to the public good. From the Tax Foundation to the Wall Street Journal to Americans for Tax Reform, our state has garnered accolades because policymakers have followed their…
2024 Governor’s Budget Statement
Governor Cooper’s budget rightly acknowledges that the way to move our economy forward is to focus on the people-the child care workers, entrepreneurs, teachers, and state employees-who every day contribute to the wealth and well-being of our state. Our public money can make child care more affordable, increase pay for a day’s work, and build…
Taxes are the way we deliver a better future across North Carolina
In communities across the state, most North Carolinians share the same values for our future. We envision a North Carolina where our children can grow up to reach their full potential, where families have the resources to care for their loved ones, and where local entrepreneurs can bring new ideas to market and create high…
Recognizing the Contributions of Working Families to NC’s Economy and Communities
Working families across North Carolina contribute to our state’s economy every day through their labor in essential roles, from grocery store workers to home health aides to early childhood educators. At the same time, North Carolina’s upside-down tax code asks these families to play an outsized role in funding the public services we all want…
NC Budget & Tax Center is proud to be Family Forward NC certified
Employers across North Carolina want to attract and retain the best employees, and they want those employees to be happy and healthy. At the Budget & Tax Center, we advocate for public policies that support safe working conditions, living wages, and protections for workers so everyone can balance life and work. I have experienced firsthand and…
Root of school problems in Durham and state is years of underfunding
Public schools across the state, including in Durham, continue to be harmed by an ideology that sacrifices adequate investment in our children’s education in order to divert public money to special interests and corporate welfare. As the parent of three children in Durham Public Schools, it would be easy to, like many, lay the blame…
Who pays taxes in North Carolina?
As North Carolinians, we pay taxes to build communities that ensure everyone — Black, brown, and white — can thrive in every corner of our state. But policymakers in North Carolina have created a tax code that asks more of people with the lowest incomes. The latest edition of Who Pays?, released today by the…
NC leaders are shirking their responsibilities to our children, our state by revisiting Leandro lawsuit
The announcement that the NC Supreme Court will rehear the court case that affirmed children’s constitutional right to a sound, basic education is just another way in which North Carolina’s legislative leaders are attempting to rewrite the rules to further their agenda rather than the well-being of children.
NC leaders’ tax cuts for wealthy mean we will lose more than $13 billion for NC needs
Combined with the personal and corporate income tax cuts that had already been scheduled, new cuts in the recent North Carolina budget are estimated to lead to a loss of over $13.5 billion in revenue per year when fully implemented. (This is a low estimate; the higher estimate is $15.2 billion.)
NC leaders are still gambling with North Carolina’s future
Now it appears that legislative leaders’ plan for tax cuts relies on the claim that scant gambling revenue should justify deeper income tax cuts for the richest North Carolinians.
