Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the impact of North Carolina’s combination of tax cuts and spending restraint. Kokai offered these comments during the Dec. 8, 2017, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses N.C. tax, spending reforms
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