GBPI Executive Director Alan Essig discusses the findings from a recent report, The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2011, by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities with WABE Reporter Michelle Writh:
“The report highlights the need for action. Georgia should help the working poor by enacting an earned income tax credit. It’s something that encourages work. It’s something that puts more money back into the pocket of folks who are more apt to spend it.”
Georgia’s future depends on every community having the tools to thrive. For too long, systemic
Federal funding by congressional district Source: University of Michigan, Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard
Today, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock introduced the American Family Act , which would expand the
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GBPI is committed to tracking how the state of Georgia raises and spends fiscal resources. As the federal government has promised and provided some of these, cuts to programs and funding on the federal level could have deep and lasting impacts on Georgians and on the state’s ability to meet the needs of all its residents.
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