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October 19, 2009
N.C. Employment Woes Highlight Flawed Incentives Policies
By CJ Staff

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s continuing struggles with unemployment paint a poor picture of the state’s strategy for attracting new jobs — especially the policy of awarding targeted tax breaks to favored companies. That’s the assessment of the John Locke Foundation’s chief budget analyst.