GBPI In The News New GBPI poll shows strong support for new taxes to boost education, families, health August 1, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by GBPI Admin A new poll commissioned by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute shows a majority of those polled support programs and additional taxes in order to improve the state’s public schools, train workers, provide child care for working families, and expand health coverage. These four concepts are at the heart of a public policy initiative GBPI […] Read more » Higher Education Taifa Smith Butler tax breaks
Blog Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler Georgians Say Yes to Our People-First Agenda August 1, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler The public has spoken. It’s time to invest in Georgia’s people. Georgians struggling to make it to the middle class—not to mention stay in it—face unprecedented headwinds in today’s economy. Stagnant wages are stifling the middle class, and families are steadily losing buying power as living costs continue to rise. The lack of access to […] Read more » child care Education health people-first People-Powered Prosperity State Taxes tax breaks
Alex Camardelle Blog Cash and Safety Net Worker Justice New Federal Poverty Bill Offers States More Options to Improve Economic Opportunity August 1, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Alex Camardelle Georgians struggling to move from poverty to the workforce stand to gain new pathways to employment under a proposed change to one of the country’s primary assistance programs. This summer the U.S. House of Representatives’ tax-writing committee approved the Joining Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) for Success Act, which aims to reauthorize the Temporary […] Read more » Department of Human Services economic opportunity Economic Security Jobs Joining Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act TANF
