Author Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Bad Times for Good Jobs July 17, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia’s Shrinking Middle Class Opportunity A good-paying job is the cornerstone of a secure middle-class life, but Georgia’s private sector economy is failing to provide enough of them. Industries in Georgia that pay a middle-class wage suffered most during the Great Recession, and have come back more slowly than low- and high-wage industries during the […] Read more »
Author Budget and Taxes Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Menu of Revenue Options to Pave Way for Georgia’s Rebound June 26, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Low Revenues Keeping Georgia on a Path to Mediocrity, 2014 Update Georgia is one of the lowest-taxed states in the country, which prevents state and local governments from collecting the revenue they need to fully fund education, public services and other ingredients of economic success. But lawmakers can reverse these budget shortfalls by choosing from […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Blog Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Income Taxes Aren’t Driving Georgians to Change States May 29, 2014 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia’s tax rates do not cause residents to pull up stakes and leave for nearby states with lower income taxes. That may come as a surprise if you listen to claims by anti-tax activists and lawmakers, who routinely say workers and businesses are quick to jump across state lines in search of a lower tax […] Read more »
Author Blog Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice New Brief: Slow-Growth Stalls Georgia Economy May 8, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia continues to face serious economic challenges more than four years since the start of the national recovery, despite some gradual movement in the right direction. Companies are adding new jobs and unemployment is declining these days, but relatively modest growth is leaving many workers and families behind. Georgia continues to wrestle with the fallout […] Read more »
Author Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Georgia Still Climbing Out of Deep Economic Hole May 8, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe State of Working Georgia: Spring Update, 2014 Georgia continues to face serious economic challenges more than four years since the start of the national recovery, despite some gradual movement in the right direction. Companies are adding new jobs and unemployment is declining these days, but relatively modest growth is leaving many workers and families behind. […] Read more »
Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Tax Resolution is Troubling and Unnecessary March 10, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe The tax committee in Georgia’s House of Representatives is set to consider a recommendation to change the state’s constitution to permanently cap Georgia’s top income tax rate. This is a bad idea. Whatever you think about income taxes, putting a tax cap in the state constitution could deliver several unintended consequences and would help push […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Blog Taifa Smith Butler Worker Justice Purpose Vs Short-Term Profit: CVS’ Lesson for Georgia February 12, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler | 1 Comment on Purpose Vs Short-Term Profit: CVS’ Lesson for Georgia Since the Great Recession, the public has given extra scrutiny to business interests and recognized that, left to their own devices, they can give in to temptations to take short cuts to profits that damage their own companies, hurt the economy and many families along the way. Corporate decisions don’t often weigh the public good. […] Read more »
Author Budget and Taxes Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Overview: 2015 Fiscal Year Budget for Business Subsidies January 24, 2014 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe 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 sector is an annual recurrence. Each year, state lawmakers spend hundreds of millions of dollars […] Read more » State Budget State Taxes
Author Blog Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice High Unemployment Among Georgia’s Many Workforce Challenges November 13, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe 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 growing and whether working families are making progress. Just last week Georgians were beset by […] Read more »
Author Blog Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice GBPI’s Annual Guide to How the Economy Affects Working Georgians October 24, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe 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 fast enough to recover from the downturn anytime soon. Those are among the findings of […] Read more »
