Brian Balfour, senior vice president of research at the John Locke Foundation, discusses five reasons to support a Taxpayers Bill of Rights for North Carolina. Learn more here: “Five reasons North Carolina needs a Taxpayer Bill of Rights.”
Locke’s Brian Balfour offers five reasons to support N.C. Taxpayer Bill of Rights
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