October 16, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen Disguised as “reform,” numerous health care proposals are finding support. The result is a mishmash of plans that do little to improve access, quality or cost. There […]
October 2, 2009
By Ronald E. Bachman How will health care reform affect you? It may be confusing and complicated but it does not take a degree in mathematics. At an early age […]
September 11, 2009
By Ronald E. Bachman Now that Congress is back in session and President Obama has spoken, Washington’s focus on the various health plans will intensify. But health legislation passing […]
September 4, 2009
By Benita M. Dodd It’s become a holiday for great sales, the last trip to the lake, the last neighborhood pool weekend and a few parades. It’s the unofficial end […]
August 14, 2009
By Ronald E. Bachman The loudest voices clamoring for health “reform” in Washington are seldom considering health or health care first. The furor is about power: Controlling $2.5 trillion gives […]
August 7, 2009
By Brad Alexander President Obama appears to believe a new national health care system can be created by winning the support of every Democrat in Congress and enough Republicans to […]
August 4, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen As state government faces falling tax revenues, it is critical to identify core government functions, prioritize those services and reduce spending on other lower priority programs. The […]
July 31, 2009
By Daniel Groce Georgia prides itself in being set apart from other states for its diversity and innovation, but a sore thumb is its lack of diversification in investment through […]
July 24, 2009
By Benita M. Dodd For years, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International and Chicago’s O’Hare airports have competed for the title of nation’s busiest airport. Last year, Atlanta won. As the official temperature […]
July 17, 2009
By Ross Mason At charity clinics throughout Georgia, patients with no health insurance or who don’t qualify for government programs jam telephone lines to obtain an appointment. If the clinic doesn’t take appointments, patients […]
July 10, 2009
By Phred Barnet Giving a tax incentive to a business to encourage economic development sounds like a great idea, but it is not. Tax breaks for businesses are little more […]
June 19, 2009
By Benita M. Dodd Georgia’s Democratic Party is asking Georgians to sign its petition asking the state’s two senators to “support President Obama’s health care reform proposals, even if it […]
June 12, 2009
By H. Sterling Burnett and Ross Wingo About 82 percent of Americans receive drinking water via publicly owned water systems, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of […]
June 5, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen Technology pundits may be debating whether we are in Web 2.0 or 3.0, but all too often, government is stuck in Web 1.0. Many governments are starting […]
May 1, 2009
By Jeff Flake and Ronald Utt Georgia clearly could use an extra $206 million a year to fix its roads and bridges. And it could get that much – without increasing […]
April 24, 2009
By Benita M. Dodd They weren’t playing nice at the Capitol this year, and when legislators grabbed their toys and went home, neither chamber had won the transportation legislation tug-of […]
April 3, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen Georgia families and businesses are facing difficult economic times, but there is a bright side: At least they’re not residents of New York or California. New York’s […]
March 20, 2009
By Benita M. Dodd What you don’t know can indeed hurt you, especially when it comes to government. Just ask this week’s alleged victim, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who claimed […]
March 6, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen In these difficult economic times, it’s increasingly important to increase state employees’ retirement security and avoid future reductions in benefits. Yet a new study finds that the […]
February 20, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen The ongoing debate over how best to finance nuclear power plant construction in Georgia has generated more energy than utilities do. One side argues it will save […]
February 13, 2009
By Chip Rogers Georgia’s property tax system is a broken relic of a bygone agrarian-based economy. It fails every test of what constitutes good tax policy. It is not transparent, […]
February 6, 2009
Commentary By Kelly McCutchen Georgia’s revenue numbers are going from bad to worse, and education is one of the areas facing challenges. These trying times could provide parents of the […]
January 30, 2009
By Charlie Bethel Among the taxes Georgians pay, the property tax rises to the top of “most hated.” It is not the tax that takes the most money from Georgians, […]
January 16, 2009
By Sam Olens The goal of good government is the efficient use of taxpayer money to best serve the community. Transparency helps meet this goal by providing mutual accountability […]
January 9, 2009
By Dr. Joseph P. Fuhr, Jr. If one thing stands out from recent news reports on auto insurance in Georgia, it’s that economic regulation and rate review are not needed […]
November 21, 2008
By Benita M. Dodd “If you build it, they will come,” was the mantra for opponents of road-building in metro Atlanta, the economic engine of Georgia. So we didn’t build […]
November 14, 2008
By Kelly McCutchen It was not Webvan or Pets.com this time. It was Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG and Wachovia. Gone or sold for pennies on the dollar. It was […]
October 31, 2008
How can health care be reformed at the state level? We propose the 10 steps outlined below. Step 1 – Subsidize Private Insurance The current system encourages people to be […]
October 24, 2008
By Chick Krautler A recent fact-finding mission to Texas, led by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, was an excellent opportunity for Georgia’s state and regional transportation policy-makers to learn from folks […]
October 10, 2008
By Steve Stancil The belt-tightening called for by Governor Sonny Perdue is being accomplished with some astonishingly commonsense measures in Georgia government. The Georgia Building Authority followed the example of […]
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