State lawmakers are considering a misguided proposal that could help put Georgia and our entire nation on a very dangerous path. Senate Resolution 736, sponsored by Senator Cecil Staton, would call on Congress to convene a national constitutional convention to
State Support for Private Sector Remains High Georgia plans to spend about $683 million on various tax breaks and economic development programs to subsidize private businesses in the upcoming 2015 fiscal year. This high level of support for Georgia’s private
Georgia’s tax system has needed a tune up for years. But brewing plans for a drastic overhaul threaten to do much more harm than good. A cadre of Georgia lawmakers and activists is pushing to drastically change how our state
Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining traction in Georgia. Georgia’s seniors are more likely to be financially hurt by the proposed tax shift than younger people. Download the
Plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are gaining traction in Georgia. These tax shift plans threaten to harm Georgia’s schoolchildren and university students because deep income tax cuts would likely
As we move closer toward another legislative session and heated election season, Georgia’s economy is sure to become a hot topic. It’s innate to state politics for governors, legislators and candidates to make claims about whether jobs and businesses are
Most Georgia families still struggle to emerge from the long shadow of the Great Recession. Unemployment remains high, wages are flat, breadwinners work part-time when they want full-time jobs, public supports are still threatened and the economy isn’t adding jobs
Georgians Struggle to Emerge from Shadow of Great Recession Georgia is still sputtering in the shadow of the Great Recession, with its workforce pressed from all sides by a sluggish economy, high unemployment, stagnant wages and at-risk public supports. When
Each year, the right-leaning Tax Foundation stirs up a slew of short-lived publicity by giving Georgia a mediocre ranking in its annual “business tax climate” report. But these rankings are meaningless as a measure of whether Georgia is a good
Presentation: Wesley Tharpe, Policy Analyst, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute September 20, 2013 | State Senate Chambers, Georgia Capitol Download the presentation.
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