Julie Tisdale, John Locke Foundation city and county policy analyst, discusses N.C. counties’ pursuit of local sales-tax increases in recent years. Tisdale offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
JLF’s Julie Tisdale discusses local sales-tax votes in North Carolina
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