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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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Spending Cuts Harm Georgia’s Economy More Than Targeted Tax Increases
+ Full Article: Spending Cuts Harm Georgia’s Economy More Than Targeted Tax IncreasesLawmakers should close the deficit and protect local economies by raising more revenues: “It is important not to crush state budgets by relying solely on spending cuts,” said Zandi of Moody’s Economy.com. Download the PDF.
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Cutting Education Is NOT the Only Option
+ Full Article: Cutting Education Is NOT the Only OptionEducation comprises more than 50 percent of state spending; therefore, if lawmakers refuse to add new revenues to the state budget, the likely consequences for years to come are: larger class sizes in K-12 schools, less school days for some K-12 schools, more adjunct faculty at colleges and universities instead of full-time faculty, cuts in…
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Deep Cuts in the Frontline
+ Full Article: Deep Cuts in the FrontlineThe governor’s proposed state budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 total $116.5 million, or 18.2 percent, of the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) budget. Download the PDF.
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Last Chance for Policymakers to Fund Forest Land Protection Act Reimbursements
+ Full Article: Last Chance for Policymakers to Fund Forest Land Protection Act ReimbursementsDownload PDF The Amended Fiscal Year 2010 budget should contain the first state reimbursements to certain schools and counties for property tax exemptions provided in the Forest Land Protection Act of 2008. Without these funds, several rural school districts face another loss of revenue, beyond the cuts to formula funding experienced across districts.
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Why Revenues are Falling and What Georgia Can do About It
+ Full Article: Why Revenues are Falling and What Georgia Can do About ItThe state budget deficit is due to a lack of revenues. State revenue collections, as a percentage of personal income, have declined dramatically over the past 10 years. As Georgians’ incomes have increased, the amount the state collects has not kept pace.Without new revenues, Georgia is facing an additional $2.6 billion deficit in FY 2012,…
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The Only Solution to Georgia’s Multi-Billion Dollar Shortfall Is a Balanced Approach
+ Full Article: The Only Solution to Georgia’s Multi-Billion Dollar Shortfall Is a Balanced ApproachGeorgia’s budget crisis is not due to funding the wrong priorities or waste and inefficiency. Georgia has a revenue problem. To avoid devastating cuts to such vital government services as education, healthcare, and public safety, Georgia needs a balanced approach to the budget crisis, an approach that includes additional revenues, not just budget cuts. Download…
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Deep Cuts are NOT Georgia’s Only Option
+ Full Article: Deep Cuts are NOT Georgia’s Only OptionUsing a more balanced approach to budgeting would reduce the cuts, such as budgeting additional revenues through increasing the cigarette tax,enacting a new top income tax rate, improving tax collections, suspending or ending tax breaks, increasing fees, and closing corporate loopholes. Without new revenues, Georgia faces an additional $2.6 billion deficit in FY 2012, according…
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Rebuilding Georgia’s Rainy Day Fund is Key to Long-Term Budget Stability
+ Full Article: Rebuilding Georgia’s Rainy Day Fund is Key to Long-Term Budget StabilityOver the next three to five years, the state needs between $1.5 billion and $2 billion in surpluses to rebuild the Revenue Shortfall Reserve (RSR). In order to do so, lawmakers should take a balanced approach to state budgeting that includes additional revenues. Download the PDF.
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Governor’s Proposed Budget Cuts Vital Eligibility Workers
+ Full Article: Governor’s Proposed Budget Cuts Vital Eligibility WorkersThe governor’s proposed Department of Human Services (DHS) budget cut 138 eligibility workers in FY 2011. Eligibility workers process applications for Georgians in need of “safety net” supports. Georgia should use new federal funds to increase the number of eligibility caseworkers. Download the PDF.
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