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Tax Shift Plans Are Bad Deal for Georgia
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution features Georgia Budget and Policy Institute’s policy analyst Wesley Tharpe’s op-ed on the proposed tax ...
State Education Strategy Stuck in Restart Mode
Georgia has a maddening habit. State officials support education policies with real potential to improve teaching and help ...
About 168,000 Struggling Georgians at Risk as U.S. House Pushes Food Stamp Cuts
When the U.S. House returns from its recess in a few weeks, representatives are expected to consider a ...
New Report: Details Behind the Tax Shift Effect
Our recent report on potential tax shift plans in Georgia estimates that a seismic shift from incomes taxes ...
Health Insurance Marketplace No Substitute for Medicaid Expansion
You may have seen recent published claims that Georgians left without health insurance as a result of the ...
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 ...
Mediocre Pre-K Isn’t Good Enough for Georgia’s Kids
August is here and with it, a new school year begins. For four-year-olds starting Pre-K, it’s the beginning ...
Oklahoma Tax Study Paints Misleading Picture
Earlier this month, an Atlanta-based Libertarian organization released a paper touting the deep and lasting income tax cuts ...
New Tax “Study” Committee May Not be Interested in Studying
A special new legislative study committee is spending this summer considering whether Georgia should embrace some radical tax ...
Report: Medicaid Expansion Good for Georgia Workers
Expanding Medicaid eligibility to cover more uninsured adults beginning in 2014 would benefit Georgians from all walks of ...
New Income Stats Should be a Wake-Up Call
Georgia has slipped back more than three decades in its national ranking on a key measure of economic ...
Immigration Reform Would Bolster Georgia’s Strained Finances
Georgia would gain nearly $100 million in state and local tax revenue each year if Congress allows undocumented ...
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