Advocates of taxpayer-financed elections point to the results of the Chapel Hill mayor?s race as evidence for their cause. But Daren Bakst questions whether one politician?s victory means that taxpayer funding of election campaigns makes sense. He addresses that theme in the latest edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Terry Stoops will puncture myths about funding disparities among ?rich? and ?poor? public schools in North Carolina. Speaking of the poor, Joe Coletti will dissect a new four-point anti-poverty plan from the N.C. Justice Center and UNC-Chapel Hill Poverty Center.
The chairman of the libertarian Cato Institute, Robert Levy, will explain why he?s concerned about the current track of the Obama administration, and you?ll hear an excerpt from a recent speech in which businessman and philanthropist Art Pope explained why politicians are pushed toward making decisions that don?t benefit their constituents.
