Author Blog Budget and Taxes Wesley Tharpe If Tax Money is used for Venture Capital, “Invest Georgia” is the Right Way April 2, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Although reasonable people can disagree about whether supporting private companies is a proper role for the state, a new economic development program called “Invest Georgia” is an example of how the state policymaking process should work. The program is designed to assist Georgia-based startup companies gain traction. It will become law if the governor signs […] Read more » State Taxes
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes GBPI Shapes the Conversation April 2, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig When the General Assembly is in session we find extra energy to make sure GBPI policy analysis reaches media outlets throughout Georgia. Our efforts made an impact on public debate during the 2013 session. Our perspectives can be found in about 100 print and broadcast news stories and opinion pieces published since early January 2013. […] Read more » State Budget
Author Blog Claire Suggs K-12 Education Don’t Expand Private School Scholarship Tax Credit Program Until Effectiveness is Proven March 25, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Why should Georgia divert more taxpayer money to support private school scholarships when the public has no idea if the state gets a good return on the existing $50 million worth of tax breaks it devotes to the program? That’s a question lawmakers should answer before approving Senate Bill 243, a proposal to raise the […] Read more »
Alan Essig Author Budget and Taxes Library Reports Analysis: Georgia Senate Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014 March 22, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Alan Essig Relatively Minor Differences with Georgia House’s Proposal The Georgia State Senate made relatively minor adjustments to the House of Representatives version of House Bill 106 (HB 106). New in the Senate version are additional funds for the Technical College System, restored from cuts the governor proposes; money for a new economic development program and restored […] Read more » State Budget
Author Blog Claire Suggs Higher Education K-12 Education Student Higher Ed Costs Soar as State Funding Drops March 19, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Claire Suggs Georgia is investing far less in higher education today than it was five years ago, according to a new report. As a result, students and their families are shouldering more of the cost of college than ever, leaving them with larger debt loads or pricing them out entirely even as the state is trying to […] Read more » Higher Education
Author Budget and Taxes Library Reports Wesley Tharpe Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Tax Plans Nearly Complete March 15, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Crossover Day Report: Tax Revisions Worsen Georgia’s Short-Term Finances Georgia revenues are expected to drop by about $80 million during the current and upcoming budget years and that number could grow if legislators act on bills that are still pending as the 2013 session of the General Assembly nears an end. Most of the revenue […] Read more » State Taxes
Blog Cash and Safety Net Melissa Johnson GSU Study Conclusion is Flawed March 15, 2013 / January 15, 2020 by Melissa Johnson | 2 Comments on GSU Study Conclusion is Flawed A new study that casts vital family supports in a bad light relies on far-fetched assumptions about the way people behave in real life and ignores the proven benefits of services for children and parents. In fact, the study’s breezy conclusion that food stamps, subsidized child care and other supports discourage work, marriage and other […] Read more »
Author Claire Suggs K-12 Education Library Reports Transparency for Private School Scholarships Improves March 8, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Claire Suggs Senate Bill 243 (SB 243), unlike the related House Bill 140 (HB 140) introduced earlier in 2013 legislative session, would bring overdue focus, transparency and accountability to the private school scholarship tax credit program. But it does not end its annual expansion. The proposed changes would encourage making students with the greatest financial need a […] Read more »
Alan Essig Author Blog Budget and Taxes Some tax breaks might not work March 6, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Alan Essig | 1 Comment on Some tax breaks might not work The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s Executive Director Alan Essig’s op-ed on corporate tax breaks in Georgia. As published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution The 2013 General Assembly is considering giving special tax treatment to encourage mobile home sales, help Georgia’s aircraft maintenance companies compete against their counterparts in other states, and lower […] Read more » State Taxes
Author Reports Wesley Tharpe Worker Justice “Invest Georgia” Has Merit, Cannot Take Priority Over Other Needs March 5, 2013 / January 16, 2020 by Wesley Tharpe Two bills under consideration by the General Assembly would create an ambitious new economic development program, “Invest Georgia.” It would direct $100 million in state money over five years to improve Georgia businesses’ access to venture capital – an important form of financing for new companies and entrepreneurs. Senate Bill 224 (SB 224) and House […] Read more »
