Dr. Roy Cordato, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar, discusses JLF’s proposal for replacing most of North Carolina state government’s current taxes with a new Unlimited Savings Allowance, or USA, tax. Cordato offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 504).
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