Alexandra Forter Sirota
Posts by Alexandra Forter Sirota
You’re paying a lot more for diapers while NC leaders keep giving corporations a free ride
People in North Carolina are facing high prices for food, gas, diapers, and other necessities, and policymakers are failing to make policies that address the rising costs of everyday life. A significant driver of these high prices is greedflation, or the practice of excessive pricing that corporations use during inflationary periods. Corporate profits as a…
NC Senate leaders refuse to debate colleagues’ amendments that would improve budget proposal
The Senate budget proposal for the coming fiscal year was approved on Monday night in a party-line vote. The prospects of it becoming law before the end of the fiscal year on June 30 remain dim, and there are no plans that the Senate and House will negotiate a final spending plan before they leave…
Statement on Income Tax Cap Amendment
Statement From Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director Of The NC Budget & Tax Center This morning, the Senate Committee on Redistricting and Elections approved Senate Bill 630 which would place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to set the maximum income tax rate at 5 percent in the State Constitution. All NC General Assembly…
2024 Senate Budget Statement
Statement From Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director Of The NC Budget & Tax Center Senate budget writers have rejected the opportunity to fund community priorities, giving us a glimpse into the problems caused by a tax code that can’t keep up with the rising costs of delivering crucial services in a growing state. Child care centers…
2024 House Budget Statement
Statement From Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director of the NC Budget & Tax Center With the House budget released last night, we have our first glimpse at the product of closed-door negotiations that should have been open to the public from the beginning. With a process so insulated from public view and disconnected from…
2023-2025 NC Budget Report: Locking in more tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of everyday North Carolinians
[Note: Here are links where you can access the budget bill and the conference report. You can also see how members of the NC Senate and NC House of Representatives voted for this conference budget.] Download a PDF of this report Budget and tax decisions are how we come together as North Carolinians – Black, brown, and white, in every county across…
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…
Statement on the 2024 Governor’s Budget
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…