December 17, 2021 • Commentary
In Building Back Better, Treat Safety Nets with Care
After months of negotiation, the bill is predicted to cost $2.2 trillion.
Topic: Donald Trump
November 19, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: November 19, 2021
Welfare reform and championing the dignity of work have been longtime, linked goals at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation since its founding in 1991, as this
September 17, 2021 • Commentary
Garble Mires Message on Healthcare Reform
In almost all recent polling, voters say healthcare is their number one concern. They also trust Democrats more than Republicans on the issue.
September 3, 2021 • Friday Facts
Friday Facts: September 03, 2021
In less than two weeks, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary with a September 16 event at the Georgia Aquarium.
August 12, 2021 • Foundation News
For the Eviction Moratorium, Lots of Blame to Go Around
Government has not covered itself in glory during the pandemic. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than the eviction moratorium.
June 11, 2021 • Commentary
How Georgia is ‘Amazon-izing’ Healthcare and Fixing What’s Wrong with the Affordable Care Act
While Republicans nationally struggle to agree on solutions in healthcare and Democrats push for more government control, Georgia is taking a major step forward
June 10, 2021 • Blog
The Wavering Waver
For a group that says it wants to increase healthcare access for all, the Biden administration has spent much of its early months in office trying to stymie reforms in […]
May 26, 2021 • Blog
Tricky Tax Competitiveness
Along with the gusher of spending from Washington, D.C., has come a debate about how to pay for it all. State lawmakers should listen carefully and act accordingly. Some harmful […]
April 26, 2021 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: April 26, 2021
Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. In February 2021, Scott W. Atlas of the Hoover Institution spoke at a Hillsdale College event. Here’s […]
April 16, 2021
Friday Facts: April 16, 2021
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825) “Market […]
April 12, 2021 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: April 12, 2021
Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Now that the Trump administration is gone, it seems it’s once again OK to mention COVID-19 and […]
March 26, 2021
Friday Facts: March 26, 2021
It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Visit georgiapolicy.org to read the Foundation’s latest commentary, “Don’t Let Strings on Covid Cash Make Georgia Feds’ Puppet,” by Kyle Wingfield. Memory Lane: The Georgia Public […]
March 17, 2021 • Blog
Tax and Spend Tuesday: March 16, 2021
Tax and Spend Tuesday, a roundup of news, views and policy proposals affecting your paycheck and pocketbook. Bye-bye tax cut? Remember President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act? The […]
March 1, 2021 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: March 1, 2021
Medical Monday: A weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. States have waiting for Georgia’s innovative Medicaid 1115 waiver to take effect and lead the exodus […]
January 22, 2021
Friday Facts: January 22, 2021
It’s Friday! Memory Lane: The debate about education funding is not new, as demonstrated in this clipping from a 1992 editorial in The Augusta Chronicle. As the Foundation celebrates its […]
January 15, 2021
Friday Facts: January 15, 2021
It’s Friday! As the Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2021, each Friday Facts will include a little trip down Memory Lane from our three decades of […]
January 13, 2021 • Blog
A Purple State Under the Gold Dome
Georgia may be a purple state now in national politics, or even a blue one given the trifecta Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock completed in this past week’s U.S. […]
January 8, 2021 • Commentary
Hearing Opportunity Knock Amid Winds of Change
In one fell swoop, the outcomes of Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs on January 5 changed the landscape for the entire nation, at least for the next two years. Two Republican […]
January 6, 2021 • Blog
The Changing Terrain of Electoral Votes
Demography isn’t destiny, no matter how many people insist otherwise. Two recent reports underscored that reality. First let’s look at the big picture. This past week, the U.S. Census Bureau […]
November 20, 2020
Friday Facts: November 20, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, […]
November 18, 2020 • Blog
Georgia’s Political Fault Line
Everyone knows by now that Georgia’s political fault line runs between its urban and suburban counties on one side, and its exurban and rural ones on the other. But the […]
November 18, 2020 • Blog
Tax and Spend Tuesday: November 17, 2020
Tax and Spend Tuesday, a roundup of news, views and policy proposals affecting your paycheck and pocketbook! The election: The Center for State Fiscal Reform at the American Legislative Exchange […]
November 13, 2020
Friday Facts: November 13, 2020
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Government outlays on antipoverty programs are almost entirely unaffected by which party is in power: It has inexorably risen under Republicans and Democrats alike — […]
November 11, 2020 • Blog
The ‘In-Between’ Election, the ‘In-Between’ Year
Merriam-Webster will surely pick a pandemic-related term as 2020’s “word of the year.” Coronavirus, social distancing or quarantine would be apt. My choice is “liminal,” which that dictionary defines as […]
November 6, 2020 • Commentary
Georgia’s Election Mess
On Thursday, November 5, the nation held its breath, waiting to see where Georgia’s 16 crucial electoral votes would go as poll workers laboriously counted abse
November 4, 2020 • Blog
Rejecting Nonstop Politics
By the time you read this, the 2020 election will be nearly over. Some votes may be still uncounted, the outcome still unclear, the lawyers just getting warmed up, and […]
October 28, 2020 • Blog
It’s Time to Get Serious About the National Debt
Among the things that may have changed forever in 2020 is Americans’ willingness to get serious about the national debt. During the final presidential debate, President Donald Trump was asked […]
October 26, 2020 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: October 26, 2020
Checking Up On Health: October 26, 2020 Compiled by Benita M. Dodd A Medical Monday post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. Prevention vs. cure. As someone who […]
October 20, 2020 • Blog
Tax and Spend Tuesday: What’s in Store for YOUR Wallet?
Tax and Spend Tuesday: October 20, 2020 Welcome to the inaugural edition of Tax and Spend Tuesday, a roundup of news, views and policy proposals affecting your paycheck and pocketbook! […]
October 19, 2020 • Blog
Checking Up On Health: October 19, 2020
Checking Up On Health We’re back! After a three-year hiatus, “Checking Up On Health” is returning to the Foundation’s pages as part of Medical Monday. Look for our weekly healthcare- […]
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