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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 ...
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How Tax Shift Plans Raise Taxes on Most Families

A seismic shift from incomes taxes to sales taxes would raise total state taxes for as many as ...
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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 ...
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Six Reasons Why Georgians Should Protect the Income Tax

Proposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Georgia’s Economy Continues Slow Climb – Warning Signs Abound

Georgia’s economy continues to add jobs at a slightly better pace than other states, though it is still ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Revenue Growth Makes State Budget Woes Less Worse

Although Georgia’s revenue growth trend is positive, the state still faces significant budget problems. First, some good news: ...

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