From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 701: Conservative government reformers have made great strides in North Carolina in recent years, but there’s still room for improvement. The 20th-anniversary edition of the John Locke Foundation’s Agenda book spells out 85 recommendations for free-market, limited-government reforms in taxation, spending, education, health care, property rights, and other critical areas of state government. JLF Vice President for Research Roy Cordato discusses some of the recommendations and explains why they would help North Carolina prosper.
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