Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation fiscal policy analyst, offers an assessment of the federal stimulus package and of Gov. Beverly Perdue’s budget-cutting measures. He offered these remarks during an interview with Tim Boyum for News 14 Carolina’s Political Connections program March 6, 2009.
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