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Food Assistance for Georgians under Attack in Congress
Clare Richie
May 3, 2012
Posted by Clare S. Richie Next week, the House of Representatives is expected to pass deep cuts to ...
State of Working Georgia: Jobs Count – April 2012
GBPI Admin
April 26, 2012
It will likely be several years unil the state’s job market returns to pre-recession levels. Although the state’s ...
Why Georgia Needs its Income Tax
GBPI Admin
April 25, 2012
With Georgia’s economy still lagging behind, state leaders are desperate for solutions. In recent years, some have called ...
Georgia’s Income Tax Essential for State’s Economy and Families
Wesley Tharpe
April 24, 2012
The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute’s new report Georgia’s Income Tax Essential for State’s Economy and Families examines ...
Getting Georgians’ Money Worth on Tax Expenditures
Wesley Tharpe
April 19, 2012
Posted by Wesley Tharpe Looking to grow their economies and create jobs, lawmakers across the country spend billions ...
HOPE for Whom? For Some it Doesn’t Pay to Play the Georgia Lottery
GBPI Admin
April 16, 2012
To meet 21st century business demands, Georgia must get more students into colleges, universities and technical schools, and ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Less HOPE for those who contribute larger share of their income to the lottery
Taifa Smith Butler
April 16, 2012
As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted by Taifa Smith Butler Georgia’s commitment to graduate 250,000 more college ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Features GBPI Op-ed: Shot at real reforms fumbled yet again
Alan Essig
April 14, 2012
As posted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted by: Alan Essig As we look back at the 2012 legislative ...
The 2012 Legislative Session Review
GBPI Admin
April 13, 2012
State Revenues House and Senate Calendar State Budget: FY 2013 Fiscal and Tax Policy Health Policy Education Policy ...
Many Georgians Paying Taxes to their Boss
Wesley Tharpe
April 12, 2012
To hard-working Georgians, it may come as a surprise that the state taxes many of them pay on ...
March Revenue Review: Revenue Growth Insufficient to Fund Reserves
Alan Essig
April 10, 2012
In order to grow jobs and maintain a strong economy Georgia policy makers need to get Georgia’s fiscal ...
New Report Shows That Texas’ Economic Model Is Not All It Seems
Alan Essig
April 5, 2012
Some claim that Georgia’s public policies should emulate those of Texas; however, a review of the Texas economic ...
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