Work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients is a good thing. By Benita M. Dodd To hear progressive groups tell it, states are hurting low-income Americans by requiring “food stamp” recipients […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “There is a place for government in the affairs of men, and our Declaration of Independence tells us precisely what that place is. The role […]
By Kelly McCutchen As Congress returns next week from its Independence Day recess, health care will be front and center. Amid the noise from special interest groups drowning out substantive […]
Road space is scarce and valuable, Why not use prices to allocate it like we do for almost everything else? Georgia is moving toward dynamic tolls and a network of […]
By Kelly McCutchen Addressing pre-existing issues and helping low-income individuals afford health insurance are two major issues being debated in health care reform. The challenge is avoiding unintended consequences by […]
By Kelly McCutchen The chart below breaks down Georgia’s 1.38 million uninsured residents based on Census Bureau data for 2016. The vertical axis represents income as a percent of the […]
It’s Friday! Canada 150: Happy birthday, O Canada! Canada was created on July 1, 1867, by the British North America Act (now the Constitution Act) and celebrates its 150th anniversary Saturday. Georgia has […]
The biggest problem is bad habits, not a lack of intelligence or poor schooling. By Bill McGahan Georgia Works! helps formerly incarcerated and homeless men become productive citizens. Since our […]
Audit could save Georgia up to $56 million. In a June 27, 2017, article by James Salzer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted Kelly McCutchen, president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, […]
The Georgia Supreme Court declares tuition tax credit scholarships constitutional. GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release June 26, 2017 Contact: Benita Dodd, Georgia Public Policy Foundation | (404) 256-4050 […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Federal laws and regulations raise the costs and slow the construction of infrastructure such as highways and pipelines. Federal subsidies for infrastructure distort the capital […]
It’s Friday! Remembering the Heroes Many lives were likely saved by the actions of Crystal Griner and David Bailey, the Capitol Hill police officers who were on duty when Rep. […]
GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release June 7, 2017 Contact: Benita Dodd, Georgia Public Policy Foundation | (404) 256-4050 Foundation Joins National Coalition Urging Trump Administration To Champion Constitutionally […]
It’s Friday! Events There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but there is a free doughnut today! Today’s National Donut Day, the food holiday featuring free doughnuts at shops […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Health-care reform is a test of whether Republicans, having been handed the gift of ObamaCare’s failure, can show voters that they can do better with […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “The biggest problem with alarmist claims, however, isn’t the repeated falsehoods and false prophecies. No, the greatest damage is the way ‘addressing climate change’ has […]
How will managed express lanes help metro Atlantans? What promise do metro Atlanta’s express toll lanes hold for congestion relief, mobility, quality of life and affordability? In a nutshell: NewGeography.com […]
The topic of civil asset forfeiture, the practice of law enforcement seizing and holding property even if the owner is never charged with or convicted of a crime, has made […]
By Harold Brown Global warming, simplified: Burning fossil fuels generates carbon dioxide into the air, trapping energy radiated from the globe. The earth is made warmer because this energy is […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Each generation of humanity takes the earth as trustees. … We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted […]
By Benita M. Dodd It’s no secret that a 2017 legislative session begun with a smorgasbord of meaningful education reforms disintegrated into crumbs for Georgia families struggling to find viable […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note Tax Day: “Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will always […]
It’s Friday! Welcome to a special “By the Numbers” Friday Facts to mark Tax Day on April 18! Quotes of note “Take not from the mouth of labor the bread […]
Let’s reawaken the constitutional idea of federalism. By Ralph T. Hudgens Much of the impasse in Washington regarding health care reform relates to health insurance regulation and mandates. There is […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Governments create nothing and have nothing to give but what they have first taken away. … Every vote given for Protection is a vote to […]
Last-minute rush leaves behind important ideas. Again. By Kelly McCutchen Last year, we wrote that the General Assembly is often, and appropriately, chided for passing last-minute bills with little debate […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “Problems arise when political decision-makers attempt to distort what scientific studies conclude, but also when scientists and others attempt to exert influence on policy decisions […]
It’s Friday! Quotes of note “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” – Voltaire “A good judge doesn’t give a whit about politics or the political […]
Foundation provides testimony on Direct Primary Care for House committee hearing. This testimony on Direct Primary Care was prepared for delivery to the Georgia House Insurance Committee on March 20, […]
It’s Friday! Events March 23: The deadline is Tuesday to sign up for the Foundation’s March Leadership Breakfast, “Capitol Insight,” with keynote speaker Lynn Westmoreland, who retired recently after six […]
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