In today's Daily Caller, ATR's Patrick Gleason explains how President Obama's proposals hurt North Carolina businesses, and how NC Gov. Beverly Perdue has doubled down on the President's economically destructive policies at the state level:

On Monday, President Barack Obama went to Durham, North Carolina-based Cree, Inc., to do what he does best — give a speech. The president began his remarks, which focused on the importance of job creation and economic growth, by touting the fact that his host was a “small business that a group of N.C. State engineering students founded almost 25 years ago” and “is now a global company.”

Indeed, small businesses are the engine of economic growth, creating 64% of American jobs. Yet, the president’s rhetoric doesn’t match his policy proposals.

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