Sarah Curry, John Locke Foundation director of fiscal policy studies, discusses key elements of the 2013-15 N.C. state budget plan. Curry’s comments are tied to the report Budget Basics: Sustaining the present, preserving the future.
JLF’s Sarah Curry analyzes the N.C. state budget plan for 2013-15
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