Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation director of health and fiscal policy studies, critiques Gov. Beverly Perdue’s plans to seek millions of dollars for new state tax credits targeting selected businesses. Coletti offered these comments for an April 20, 2010, report on News 14 Carolina.
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