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Whether you’re a policymaker exploring solutions, a student conducting research or someone just trying to learn more about the Georgia budget and fiscal policy, we produce research, analysis and testimony on a wide range of issues.
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Tax Shift Plans Chart Wrong Path to Reform
+ Full Article: Tax Shift Plans Chart Wrong Path to ReformState legislators are likely to consider large-scale changes to Georgia’s tax system when they return to work in January 2016, and some ideas they’re poised to debate threaten serious harm to Georgia families and the state’s ability to maintain a strong economy and high quality of life. Read the full report. One prominent proposal is…
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Better Ways to Fix Georgia Taxes
+ Full Article: Better Ways to Fix Georgia TaxesAs Published in the AJC State lawmakers can seize a real opportunity to improve the lives of Georgia families if they take up the topic of comprehensive tax reform in the next legislative session. First, they’ll need to discard misguided plans to slash income tax rates and raise sales taxes that make pending tax proposals untenable.…
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Open College Entry to Undocumented Students to Bolster Georgia’s Workforce
+ Full Article: Open College Entry to Undocumented Students to Bolster Georgia’s WorkforceMany Georgia students started college for the first time this fall. That’s good news for Georgia as the state says it needs 250,000 additional college graduates to meet its workforce needs by 2020, according to Gov. Nathan Deal’s Complete College Georgia Initiative. The bad news is that the state is excluding an estimated 5,000 potential…
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Tax Credits Help Lead the Fight Against Poverty
+ Full Article: Tax Credits Help Lead the Fight Against PovertyWhen Georgians think about the best ways to fight poverty and help more families climb the economic ladder, tax credits probably aren’t the first things that come to mind. But new data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau confirm that the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) are…
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Understanding Medicaid in Georgia and the Opportunity to Improve It
+ Full Article: Understanding Medicaid in Georgia and the Opportunity to Improve ItThe Georgia Budget and Policy Institute and Georgians for a Healthy Future today announce the joint release of “Understanding Medicaid in Georgia and the Opportunity to Improve It.” In this three-part booklet you will find infographics, new data and compelling charts that simplify the complex issue of Medicaid in Georgia. Part one explains who gets…
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Georgia’s Need to Close Coverage Gap Flagged by New Census Report
+ Full Article: Georgia’s Need to Close Coverage Gap Flagged by New Census ReportNearly 300,000 fewer Georgians went without health insurance in 2014 compared to 2013, a decline of about 15 percent, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. This improvement is no doubt good news for these newly insured Georgians. Many of them enrolled in health insurance plans thanks to new financial help available provided through…
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Pro-Worker Credits in Jeopardy this Labor Day
+ Full Article: Pro-Worker Credits in Jeopardy this Labor DayThe U.S. Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894 to honor the contributions workers make every day to our nation’s strength, prosperity and well-being. But in 2015, on a day when we will celebrate the value of work, it’s distressing that
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A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle Class
+ Full Article: A Bottom-Up Tax Cut to Build Georgia’s Middle ClassThe Case for a State Earned Income Tax Credit Building a better Georgia, with a strong economy and vibrant businesses, requires a more resilient middle class and more opportunities for working families to climb the economic ladder. One of the best tools to help ensure that Georgians broadly share in that prosperity is a state-level…
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Georgia Budget Primer 2016
+ Full Article: Georgia Budget Primer 2016Where does the money for Georgia’s $21.8 billion budget come from this year? How does the new transportation tax work? Is Georgia finally funding K-12 education at the level called for in its own formula? GBPI’s “Georgia Budget Primer 2016” answers these questions and many more in 44 pages designed to provide a clear explanation…
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Georgia’s 2027 Budget Primer
The Budget Primer walks through how Georgia raises and spends money: where the revenue comes from, what the state buys with it and who makes the call.
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