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Increasing the Tobacco Tax Brings Signficant Revenue, Prevents Cuts
Georgia’s Tobacco Revenue is likely to more than double if HB 39 passes, despite declining sales without new revenues, Georgia…
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Georgia Has Many Revenue Options Other Than Deep Cuts
Georgia Has Many Revenue Options Available: Lawmakers should avoid harming Georgia’s economy more by slashing vital services and decimating state…
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Spending Cuts Harm Georgia’s Economy More Than Targeted Tax Increases
Lawmakers should close the deficit and protect local economies by raising more revenues: “It is important not to crush state…
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Cutting Education Is NOT the Only Option
Education comprises more than 50 percent of state spending; therefore, if lawmakers refuse to add new revenues to the state…
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Deep Cuts in the Frontline
The governor’s proposed state budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 total $116.5 million, or 18.2 percent, of the Department of…
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Why Revenues are Falling and What Georgia Can do About It
The state budget deficit is due to a lack of revenues. State revenue collections, as a percentage of personal income,…
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The Only Solution to Georgia’s Multi-Billion Dollar Shortfall Is a Balanced Approach
Georgia’s budget crisis is not due to funding the wrong priorities or waste and inefficiency. Georgia has a revenue problem.…
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Deep Cuts are NOT Georgia’s Only Option
Using a more balanced approach to budgeting would reduce the cuts, such as budgeting additional revenues through increasing the cigarette…
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Rebuilding Georgia’s Rainy Day Fund is Key to Long-Term Budget Stability
Over the next three to five years, the state needs between $1.5 billion and $2 billion in surpluses to rebuild…
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