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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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Health Insurance Marketplace No Substitute for Medicaid Expansion
+ Full Article: Health Insurance Marketplace No Substitute for Medicaid ExpansionYou may have seen recent published claims that Georgians left without health insurance as a result of the state’s failure to expand Medicaid can simply get no-cost coverage through the new Health Insurance Marketplace. Not so fast. First, let’s be clear about what needs to be solved. Lack of health coverage is a huge problem…
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New Report Highlights Impractical “Tax Shift” Plans
+ Full Article: New Report Highlights Impractical “Tax Shift” PlansLegislative proposals to drastically cut or abolish Georgia’s state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes would raise taxes on most Georgia families, harm businesses and communities and critically weaken the state’s economy. Those are the conclusions of a new Georgia Budget and Policy Institute report that explores the potential impacts of legislation…
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Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s Future
+ Full Article: Tax Shift Plans Threaten Georgia’s FutureProposals Would Hurt Families, Businesses, Communities and the Economy Currently in vogue in several states, plans to drastically cut or abolish state income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes are under discussion in Georgia. But these proposals would raise taxes on most Georgia families, harm businesses and communities and critically undermine the state’s…
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Oklahoma Tax Study Paints Misleading Picture
+ Full Article: Oklahoma Tax Study Paints Misleading PictureEarlier this month, an Atlanta-based Libertarian organization released a paper touting the deep and lasting income tax cuts that Oklahoma enacted in the mid-2000s. To reach a conclusion that the cuts have been beneficial, the report employs faulty methods and should not be used as a basis for policymaking in Georgia. The paper’s fundamental problems…
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New Tax “Study” Committee May Not be Interested in Studying
+ Full Article: New Tax “Study” Committee May Not be Interested in StudyingA special new legislative study committee is spending this summer considering whether Georgia should embrace some radical tax reforms next year. But based on its first meeting in Atlanta this month, the committee’s purpose seems to be more of an echo chamber to justify a foregone conclusion than a forum for learning or debate. Created…
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Report: Medicaid Expansion Good for Georgia Workers
+ Full Article: Report: Medicaid Expansion Good for Georgia WorkersExpanding Medicaid eligibility to cover more uninsured adults beginning in 2014 would benefit Georgians from all walks of life, urban and rural, older and younger adults, and hundreds of thousands of workers without coverage. A new “HealthVoices” report from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation analyzes the demographics of Georgians who could get new eligibility for coverage…
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Revenue Growth Makes State Budget Woes Less Worse
+ Full Article: Revenue Growth Makes State Budget Woes Less WorseAlthough Georgia’s revenue growth trend is positive, the state still faces significant budget problems. First, some good news: According to a preliminary report of the Georgia Office of the Treasurer, revenue from all sources, including those collected by the Georgia Department of Revenue, grew 5.9 percent in the 2013 fiscal year that ended June 30th.…
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New Income Stats Should be a Wake-Up Call
+ Full Article: New Income Stats Should be a Wake-Up CallGeorgia has slipped back more than three decades in its national ranking on a key measure of economic well-being, according to recent news reports. This trend should prompt some soul-searching among Georgia’s policymakers about the course they’ve set for the state. Georgia’s level of per capita income – a catch-all measure that includes wages, stock…
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Immigration Reform Would Bolster Georgia’s Strained Finances
+ Full Article: Immigration Reform Would Bolster Georgia’s Strained FinancesGeorgia would gain nearly $100 million in state and local tax revenue each year if Congress allows undocumented immigrants now living in the United States to work here legally, according to a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). Comprehensive immigration reform is under debate in Washington and passing a forward-looking…
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