Topic: Republican Party

September 25, 2009 • Commentary

Government is no cure for health care woes

One of the biggest and most important issues for Americans right now is the health care reform being debated in Congress. This issue touches every single one of

August 7, 2009

Why a Partisan Health Plan will Never Work

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 […]

June 19, 2009

Signing Away Health Care Freedom

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 […]

April 3, 2009

Putting the State Budget in Perspective

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 […]


December 7, 2007

Shining Some Light on State Spending

By Kelly McCutchen “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever […]

September 21, 2007

The Growing Cost of Health Care

By John C. Goodman The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was originally a Republican program to provide health insurance to children in near-poor families who did not qualify for […]


January 5, 2007

Laying the groundwork for major fiscal reform

By Kelly McCutchen With more than a half-billion-dollar budget surplus and a booming stock market, Georgia’s economic future looks bright. Of course, things looked bright in the late 1990s, too. […]


April 21, 2006

Securing U.S. Borders Must Come First

By Senator Johnny Isakson  When I was running for Senate in 2004, illegal immigration ranked second only to the war on terror among the issues people asked me about on […]

September 2, 2005

Taxpayers Have Rights, Too

Georgians can protect themselves with a tax and expenditure limit on government.” By Jesse J. Weathington “Once a camel has gotten its nose into your tent, the rest will soon […]


April 4, 2003

Leaner State Budget a Better Fit

By Benita M. Dodd and Kelly McCutchen The wailing and gnashing of teeth under the Gold Dome might easily persuade some Georgians that drastic measures are needed for lawmakers to […]


March 15, 2000

Sales Taxes and the E-Commerce Revolution

Hans A. von Spakovsky Elected officials in Georgia and throughout the country have been expressing their concern over the possible loss of state sales tax revenues as e-commerce grows on […]
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