Season 2, Episode 5: Budget talks

About this episode

The episode discusses North Carolina's budget talks and the implications for taxpayers.

North Carolina Black Alliance doesn't play politics. We prioritize people. That includes paying attention to your purses and wallets. Lots of talk about how elected officials want to spend our hard-earned tax dollars and who's siding with whom in the process. We went to the General Assembly to see for ourselves what the deal is during early budget talks.

Topics covered

• budget talks
• tax dollars
• General Assembly
• politics

Keywords

• North Carolina Black Alliance
• elected officials
• spending

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