Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation director of health and fiscal policy studies, discusses the role government overspending plays in North Carolina’s slow recovery from the economic slump. The N.C. Employment Security Commission says unemployment dropped to 9.8 percent in July, still higher than the national average of 9.5 percent.
JLF’s Joseph Coletti explains how N.C. government overspending slows economic recovery
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