Author Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe Tax Shift Plans Are Bad Deal for Georgia August 19, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s policy analyst Wesley Tharpe’s op-ed on the proposed tax shift plans in Georgia. As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Drastically cutting or eliminating the state’s income tax in favor of a higher sales tax is a road to nowhere, not a sure-fire path to prosperity. A […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education State Education Strategy Stuck in Restart Mode August 16, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Georgia has a maddening habit. State officials support education policies with real potential to improve teaching and help students learn more. Then, time after time, they don’t invest the money needed to implement these policies effectively or within all districts. The most recent example of this is the state’s decision to pull out of the […] Read more » K-12
Author Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson About 168,000 Struggling Georgians at Risk as U.S. House Pushes Food Stamp Cuts August 14, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Melissa Johnson When the U.S. House returns from its recess in a few weeks, representatives are expected to consider a bill that slashes $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program. A cut that size eliminates benefits for up to four million people in the U.S. In Georgia, about […] Read more » farm bill food stamps Melissa Johnson SNAP
Author Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe New Report: Details Behind the Tax Shift Effect August 13, 2013 / January 17, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Our recent report on potential tax shift plans in Georgia estimates that a seismic shift from incomes taxes to sales taxes would raise total state taxes for as many as four in five Georgia taxpayers. You might ask how cutting income taxes could actually increase taxes on most families. Our new fact sheet provides a […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Budget and Taxes Fact Sheets Wesley Tharpe How Tax Shift Plans Raise Taxes on Most Families August 13, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe A seismic shift from incomes taxes to sales taxes would raise total state taxes for as many as four in five Georgia taxpayers, as explained in a Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) comprehensive report published this month. How can cutting income taxes actually increase taxes on most families? In short, it’s because different taxes […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Blog Health Justice Timothy Sweeney Health Insurance Marketplace No Substitute for Medicaid Expansion August 9, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Timothy Sweeney You may have seen recent published claims that Georgians left without health insurance as a result of the state’s failure to expand Medicaid can simply get no-cost coverage through the new Health Insurance Marketplace. Not so fast. First, let’s be clear about what needs to be solved. Lack of health coverage is a huge problem […] Read more » Affordable Care Act health medicaid Medicaid Expansion Tim Sweeney
Author Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe New Report Highlights Impractical “Tax Shift” Plans August 7, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on New Report Highlights Impractical “Tax Shift” Plans Legislative proposals to drastically cut or abolish Georgia’s state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes would raise taxes on most Georgia families, harm businesses and communities and critically weaken the state’s economy. Those are the conclusions of a new Georgia Budget and Policy Institute report that explores the potential impacts of legislation […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Budget and Taxes Featured Library Policy Areas Reports Wesley Tharpe Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s Future August 7, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe | 1 Comment on Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s Future Proposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are under discussion in Georgia. But these proposals would raise taxes on most Georgia families, harm businesses and communities and critically undermine the state’s […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Mediocre Pre-K Isn’t Good Enough for Georgia’s Kids August 2, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs August is here and with it, a new school year begins. For four-year-olds starting Pre-K, it’s the beginning of their journey to college and the workforce. But Georgia’s lawmakers are letting them down. They’ve cut funding for Pre-kindergarten by 22 percent since 2009 and diminished the program’s quality. Class size has gone up and resource […] Read more »
Author Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice Georgia’s Economy Continues Slow Climb – Warning Signs Abound July 31, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Georgia’s economy continues to add jobs at a slightly better pace than other states, though it is still not firing on all cylinders. Georgia grew jobs slightly faster than the nation as a whole over the past year, and some of the state’s industries – such as health care and professional business services – are […] Read more » jobs count
