March 28, 2011
By Kelly McCutchen Starting Point: The Tax Council’s Final Report When the Georgia Council on Tax Reform and Fairness submitted its final recommendations, the fiscal impact had not been fully […]
March 25, 2011
By Ronald S. Bachman The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commonly referred to as ObamaCare was signed into law on March 23, 2010. One year later, the law […]
March 11, 2011
By Benita M. Dodd Georgians are nervously watching petroleum prices climb amid ongoing unrest in oil producer Libya. Under the Gold Dome, legislators are again subjected to the perennial push […]
March 4, 2011
By Allen Buckley The media often reports about the funding problems of state and local pension plans, such as the plans maintained by Illinois, California and New Jersey. Georgia’s […]
March 3, 2011
By Allen Buckley The media often reports about the funding problems of state and local pension plans, such as the plans maintained by Illinois, California and New Jersey. Georgia’s […]
February 24, 2011
Commentary: Full Speed Ahead: Widening the Pathway to College and Career Success By Dean Alford Our "flat" world is a global economy in which other nations race to surpass American […]
February 17, 2011
Commentary: Full Speed Ahead: Widening the Pathway to College and Career Success By Dean Alford Our "flat" world is a global economy in which other nations race to surpass American […]
February 11, 2011
By Ronald E. Bachman Under the table, over the top and in need of bipartisan repeal is a little-understood mandate in the new federal health care law called the Minimum […]
February 4, 2011
By Benita M. Dodd In a week in which the crafters of the new federal health care law probably needed trauma care, two of Georgia’s best known physicians were attending […]
February 3, 2011
Home Remedies for What Ails Health Care By Benita M. Dodd In a week in which the crafters of the new federal health care law probably needed trauma care, two […]
January 28, 2011
Georgia Needs a Lone Star State of Mind By Kelly McCutchen Jobs, jobs, jobs. That's the mantra from nearly every elected official these days, from President Obama to Governor Deal. […]
January 20, 2011
Commentary By Benita M. Dodd National School Choice Week is Jan. 23-29. The Georgia Public Policy Foundation, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and was a pioneer in the […]
January 14, 2011
By E. Frank Stephenson When Georgia’s Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness released its recommendations on January 7, headline writers trumpeted the council’s proposal to eliminate the sales tax […]
January 7, 2011
By Kelly McCutchen The General Assembly gathers in Atlanta next week facing a deficit of well over $1 billion. Across-the-board budget cuts are no longer sufficient to bridge the budget gap. […]
December 17, 2010
By Nina Owcharenko Recent coverage of the proposals offered by President Obama’s debt commission managed to gloss over a huge issue that is adding to the nation’s deficit – Medicaid. The impact […]
December 10, 2010
By Benita M. Dodd The first thing to know about Georgia’s water worries is that just as Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem but a spending problem, Georgia doesn’t have […]
December 3, 2010
By Ronald E. Bachman One of the most controversial parts of the new federal health care law is the redistribution of funding from Medicare to other programs. If […]
November 26, 2010
By E. Frank Stephenson Georgia’s incoming General Assembly faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $1 billion for Fiscal Year 2012. This is a daunting challenge, and after several […]
November 19, 2010
By Marc A. Levin Georgia’s Governor-elect Nathan Deal has earned his stripes as a tough-as-nails prosecutor who rightly noted on the campaign trail that he put many rapists in prison […]
November 5, 2010
By Eric Tresh Communications service providers offer voice, video and Internet access services to customers throughout Georgia. These services are provided by a number of different types of companies using […]
October 29, 2010
By Ronald E. Bachman If ObamaCare is upheld as constitutional, Americans will spend a lifetime trying to understand the complexities and contradictions. Worse, every American is likely to be in […]
October 15, 2010
By Benita M. Dodd The free-market think tanks that focus on state policy issues often exchange and replicate their successful ideas and case studies in effective government. Reinventing the wheel […]
September 24, 2010
By Ronald E. Bachman In most families, moms are the caregivers, and most moms have a medicine “box” or tray with all kinds of cures for middle-of-the-night pains […]
September 8, 2010
By Robert A. Lawson and E. Frank Stephenson With a commission examining Georgia’s tax structure and the possibility of legislative action next year, one possible course of action is the […]
September 3, 2010
By Tom Greene As we close in on November, Georgia’s voters are firming up opinions about which Gubernatorial candidate should lead us into the 21st Century. No doubt […]
August 6, 2010
By Mark King The looming possibility of a federal tax increase if Congress allows the Bush administration’s tax cuts to expire offers the states an opportunity to protect investment. By […]
July 23, 2010
By Ronald E. Bachman The great frustration for many Americans during the debate on ObamaCare was tone-deaf politicians. No one seemed willing to listen to their concerns. Federal […]
July 16, 2010
By Mark King When it comes to the tax climate, Georgia ranks middle of the road or worse in several categories, according to the Tax Foundation. The state ranks 29th […]
June 25, 2010
By Ronald E. Bachman Megatrends represent major movements so powerful that the direction of change cannot be stopped. Federal laws can speed up or slow down megatrend forces. But, like […]
June 4, 2010
By Ronald E. Bachman At the invitation of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a dozen American policy wonks from differing perspectives traveled to Germany in December 2009. The Foundation […]
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