Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses misreporting of the economic impact of North Carolina’s tax reforms since 2013. Kokai offered these comments during the Dec. 15, 2017, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
JLF’s Mitch Kokai rebuts misreporting of N.C. tax reform’s impact
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