Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation communications director, contends N.C. Senate leaders skewed their tax reform plan by building in more than $1 billion in tax increases from the start. Kokai and Elaine Mejia of the N.C. Budget and Tax Center offered competing views of the tax reform plan during an appearance on UNC Public Television’s Legislative Week in Review April 24, 2009.
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