Source: Paul Woolverton, FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 1/15/12

State House Republican Majority Leader Paul "Skip" Stam in June made a prediction during a testy debate with Democrats over the proposed, Republican-drafted, tax-cutting 2012 state budget.
"It puts more jobs in the private sector," Stam said, about 14,900 during the next 12 months.

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