Alexandra Sirota

Executive Director, NC Budget & Tax Center. Thoughts on labor, economy and fiscal policy. Tweets are my own.

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

Lawmakers are advancing constitutional amendments that would lock NC into an economy designed to benefit wealthy households and profitable corporations while making it harder for everyone else to afford life, build security, and get ahead. https://t.co/KyQkjqDqtG #ncpol

[Alexandra Sirota @asirota]

More timely than ever.

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

📢 Imagine our neighborhoods having all that we need, NC! 🌅 We can rewrite the rules so that *everyone contributes* to make our schools, hospitals, parks & programs all that our families deserve.

Join us: https://t.co/gQU6oukcpT #ncpol #FundOurFuture

[Governor Josh Stein @NC_Governor]

We have a choice. Do you want to give nearly $10 billion in scheduled tax giveaways over the next 4 years mostly to wealthy individuals and corporations? Or do you want to invest in the education and health of North Carolina’s children? I choose North Carolina’s children every time.

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

@NC_Governor rightly noted last night that our economic strength comes from the people of this great state.

Time and again, NCians show up for each other —supporting their neighbors, caring for their families, and, yes, paying taxes to ensure every community can thrive. (1/8)

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

Governor Stein rightly called on the #ncga to pause income taxes that primarily benefit the wealthiest and big, profitable corporations. Their contributions can fuel critical investments in care, connection to opportunity and continue our collective economic progress. #ncpol

[CBCeditorial @CbCeditorial]

Column from @asirota 'North Carolinians' stability threatened by declining revenues, fed budget cuts' https://t.co/gIFT1s0rlo #ncga #ncpol @ncbudgetandtax

[Alexandra Sirota @asirota]

NC won't have what we need to make people's lives better and build up our communities now and for the future if state lawmakers don't pause income tax cuts scheduled for profitable corps & the very wealthiest. #ncga #ncpol https://t.co/Bhs5QBGg76

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

💰NC’s Savings Reserve Fund (aka Rainy Day Fund) will be a big topic of conversation in this year’s budget process. The state just released its gold-standard estimate of how much $$ we should keep in the fund. See our takeaways here ⤵️ (1/6)

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

👏 Thank you @NC_Governor for recognizing Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness (EITC) Day in North Carolina!

Are you eligible? You can use the Eligibility Checker at https://t.co/r1exSEF1L0 to find out if you can benefit from this tax credit!

https://t.co/VT3jWGpYaU

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

New governor of WV, which has cut income taxes just as KY has, says state budget now faces $400 million deficit next year https://t.co/vBwH82tBtz

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

🚨 Just released: The 2025 Living Income Standard for all 100 NC counties! Discover what it really takes for families to make ends meet. Check out the interactive dashboard & data here: https://t.co/cFiwOU2kQK

[The Citizen Times @asheville]

Opinion: To rebuild WNC, lawmakers must prioritize people over tax cuts for corporations https://t.co/TIuXmscl7V

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

‼️ Take action NC: let’s stop lawmakers from capping our future!

Lawmakers are voting on the harmful bill SB920 that would lock tax cuts for the wealthiest into our state Constitution. Contact your representative now and tell them to vote NO on SB920!

https://t.co/tRxuil0hWa

[Michele Evermore @EvermoreMichele]

People who lose work due to a natural disaster but are ineligible for regular UI need to know about Disaster Unemployment Assistance - help spread the word: https://t.co/3EXcBQYU1n

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

The latest data from @uscensusbureau shows no significant drop in NC’s poverty rate. Lawmakers, it’s time to stop the giveaways to the ultra wealthy and focus on solutions for working families! https://t.co/YciwJPDaoX

[EducationNC @EducationNC]

Announcing his veto of House Bill 10, Cooper invited rural educators and elected officials who shared their concerns over the rural impact of private school voucher expansion. #nced https://t.co/CNrcTaQTBO

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

Legislative leaders are celebrating that they’ve cleared the waitlist of 55,000 of NC's wealthiest families to receive public $ for their children’s private edu through HB10.

Here are the waitlists the #NCGA should be clearing instead, and why we’re calling for a veto of HB10.⤵️

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

"Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects." https://t.co/7iumJ6Vkrn #nced

[NC Budget & Tax Center (ncbudget.bsky.social) @ncbudgetandtax]

NC has the 14th HIGHEST child poverty rate in the nation. And #NCGA leaders have done little to address this major issue.

We need a state budget that puts money toward accessible child care, not one that caters to wealthy corporations & the richest few.
https://t.co/YciwJPDaoX

[Whitney Jemison @WhitneyJemison]

School vouchers are a thinly veiled attempt to defund public education.

No matter how some lawmakers try to work around it (check out this article about S. Carolina's wild attempt), the fact remains that they siphon PUBLIC $$$ for PRIVATE schools.
https://t.co/alIKJCVi0E