Topic: Georgia Public Policy Foundation

January 8, 2016

A 2016 Legislative Wish List for Georgia

Conventional wisdom says a budget surplus plus an election year equals a legislative session that adjourns quickly to maximize time for campaigning and fundraising, but not before spreading government funds […]

January 5, 2016

New York Times Quotes Foundation on Atlanta Streetcar

“Let’s view this as a lesson.” The New York Times quoted Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd in a January 1, 2016, article by Alan Blinder about the Atlanta Streetcar System. The full […]

December 18, 2015

Friday Facts: December 18, 2015

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “To the Founders, free speech was indispensable. How could the people choose among candidates or public policies if debate were not free? As Benjamin Franklin […]


December 17, 2015

Could Georgia Education Funding Reform Impact Achievement?

The very first recommendation in the final report from the Georgia Education Reform Commission was this: Develop a student-based funding formula. What does this mean? According to education experts from the Reason […]

December 11, 2015

Friday Facts: December 11, 2015

It’s Friday! ICYMI: On December 5, we sent you some great news about results at the Foundation. If you missed it, you can read it here. Quotes of Note “Let […]

December 11, 2015

Solving the Failure of Education Desegregation

How do you reverse racial segregation in America’s schools? By Benita M. Dodd Education desegregation started out with such lofty promise in America. So why have decades of massive government […]


December 5, 2015

Foundation Results

Yes, we offer 30,000-foot policy proposals, but we also have “boots on the ground.” This post was sent to readers of the Friday Facts on December 4, 2015, by Foundation […]

December 4, 2015

Friday Facts: December 4, 2015

It’s Friday! Events Today’s the deadline! Register TODAY to attend, “The Case for K-12 Student-Based Budgeting in Georgia,” a summit and luncheon on Tuesday, December 8 hosted by the Georgia […]


November 20, 2015

Friday Facts: November 20, 2015

It’s Friday!  A personal note: Our condolences to those affected recently by terrorism in France and elsewhere. “There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source […]

November 20, 2015

This Thanksgiving, Call Us ‘Thank Tanks’

Hundreds of liberty-minded activists from around the world were gathered for the Atlas Network’s Liberty Forum. By Benita M. Dodd As terrorists were detonating deadly bombs in Beirut, hundreds of […]

November 19, 2015

Foundation Testifies at EPA Field Hearing on Clean Power Plan

Georgia Public Policy Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd testified Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the federal Environmental Protection Agency public hearings in Atlanta on the proposed federal plan and model rules for the […]

November 13, 2015

Friday Facts: November 13, 2015

It’s Friday!  Have you seen our Giving Tuesday posts? Visit our Facebook page and follow as we give you 30 reasons you should not contribute to the Georgia Public Policy […]

November 13, 2015

A Success Story in Helping Lower-income Workers

By Kelly McCutchen With the media focused on partisan gridlock in Washington, it’s easy to overlook major success stories in bringing bipartisan public policy and innovative business partnerships together to […]


November 6, 2015

Friday Facts: November 6, 2015

It’s Friday!  Giving Tuesday is December 1. Follow daily on our Facebook page as we count down the reasons you should not contribute to the Georgia Public Policy Foundation!  Quotes […]

November 6, 2015

Innovation is the True Health Care Solution

It’s not Medicaid expansion that will solve Georgia’s health care challenges. By Josh Daniels Political support for Medicaid expansion in Georgia is on life support and the prognosis may be […]

November 5, 2015

Heartland’s Broadband Article Quotes Foundation’s President

Heartland Institute interviews Kelly McCutchen on Peachtree City’s taxpayer-funded broadband. Georgia Public Policy Foundation President Kelly McCutchen was interviewed for a November 2, 2015, Heartland Institute article by Tony Corvo […]

November 3, 2015

Checking Up On Health: November 3, 2015

ObamaCare’s co-ops and OPM; a vaccine from a dog virus; drug issues. Health Care News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Open enrollment began Sunday for health care coverage […]

October 31, 2015

Halloween, ‘Sugar’ and The Right To Try

Twenty-one states now have Right-to-Try laws. Are you ready for Halloween? I’m looking forward to good weather and good times with the hordes of trick-or-treaters this evening! Whenever Halloween and the predictions of “sugar […]

October 30, 2015

Friday Facts: October 30, 2015

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress […]

October 30, 2015

Opportunity’s Knocking Hard at Georgia’s Door

Economic opportunity still lags the nation in Georgia. By Benita M. Dodd Six years after the economic downturn, the job market for able-bodied adults in Georgia remains one of the worst […]

October 23, 2015

Municipal Broadband Puts Taxpayers’ Wallets at Risk

For centuries, too-good-to-be-true deals have snagged investors with promises that they can ignore past failures because “this time it will be different.” Peachtree City’s leaders appear to have been told […]

October 19, 2015

What It Takes to be Free, In the Long Run

Free speech is in danger; think tanks must create and protect conditions for open debate. By Joseph Lehman Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to declare its independence from brutal […]

October 19, 2015

How I Grew to Appreciate Entrepreneurs: I Met Some

I developed negative opinions about affluent people, especially people who were successful in business. By Jim Walker Oxford, Michigan, was a small farming community when I lived there during my […]



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