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Reducing Exemptions is Good Tax Reform, But Taxing Groceries is Highly Regressive
All exemptions, credits, and deductions should be examined and weighed against each other and against the principles of ...
What is in Store for Georgia’s Medicaid Enrollment?
The new healthcare law (the Affordable Care Act) increases eligibility for Medicaid and provides states significant new funding ...
Other States Take Action on Tax Breaks
Tax breaks are enacted each year and, once in the tax code, remain there without evaluation or scrutiny. ...
Georgia & Federal Government Ensure Elderly and Newborns Have Safety Net
Georgia’s Medicaid program is a significant payer of healthcare services for some of Georgia’s most vulnerable residents. This ...
Georgia Can Promote a Pathway from Poverty to the Middle Class
One in five Georgia children live in poverty. This fact sheet provides the latest Census data on poverty ...
New Federal Tax Credit Benefits 84% of Small Businesses in Georgia
The new healthcare law (the Affordable Care Act) includes new tax credits to help small businesses provide health ...
More Georgians Lack Employer Coverage
This fact sheet provides the latest Affordable Care Act on health coverage and uninsured rates for Georgia. The ...
Establishing an Economic Security Task Force in Georgia
The Great Recession has dramatically changed the face of poverty in Georgia. More middle class families are falling ...
Advancing Georgia’s 1930s Tax System to the Modern Day
The report offers recommendations to the 2010 Tax Reform Council that stress a workable combination of raising enough ...
Georgia Once Again Faces Budget Shortfall: Gov Orders Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in More Cuts
As the state begins its 2011 fiscal year it is facing another potential budget shortfall of approx $500 ...
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes 2010: Gov Vetoes Revenue Drains, but Signs Law to Raise Taxes on Poor
The General Assembly passed bills to raise $438 million and improve tax collections during the recent legislative session, ...
State Directs Majority of TANF Funds to Child Welfare Despite Rise in TANF Recipients for FY 2011
Georgia has 13.7% cumulatively less TANF funds than it had to use for families struggling to make ends ...
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