Georgia Ranks 42nd in the Country on a Survey of Childhood Outcomes

August 11, 2015
David Leister

Over at The Atlantic, Ronald Brownstein notes that the states with the fastest growing populations of under 20 year olds are the ones are the ones that tend to leave their children in worse shape, compared to the states Continue reading →

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Georgia Life Alliance Issues Statement Praising Senators Vote on Planned Parenthood Measure

August 4, 2015
David Leister

Last week, we told you about Senate Bill 1881, which would have prohibited federal funds from flowing to Planned Parenthood. Monday evening, Senate Democrats decided to filibuster a motion to open debate on the bill, and that motion ended up Continue reading →

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Congressman Tom Price on the Fiftieth Birthday of Medicare and Medicaid

August 1, 2015
David Leister

July 30, 2015 marked the fiftieth anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare and Medicaid into law. They were the crowning achievements to LBJ’s Great Society programs designed to eliminate poverty, improve education, and ameliorate racial injustice. House Budget Committee Continue reading →

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Taming the Tax Hog: Cap Property Tax Reassessments

July 30, 2015
David Leister

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They’re Back! Like a horror film sequel, Georgia property owners this year are seeing a return of spiraling property tax reassessments leading to staggering back door tax increases by local governments. It is time to put an end to this Continue reading →

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Georgia GOP barely breaking even, while Dems have cash advantage

July 21, 2015
David Leister

This, according to the AJC, reporting that Republicans have raised $636,000 and spent $613,000 between February and June. The party had a a net balance of $105,000 — but also $91,000 in outstanding debts, all incurred since January.

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6 surprising things the government spends way more on than the Pluto mission

July 21, 2015
David Leister

NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto showed us an entirely new world this week. And it did it for less than you might think.

The whole mission cost about $700 million. That’s about $46.7 million per year for the Continue reading →

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Largest Tax Increase In History? Hardly

July 20, 2015
David Leister

spending1105_imageThis week’s Courier Herald column:

On July 1st, many new Georgia laws went into effect. Chief among them was the implementation of Georgia’s “Transportation Funding Act of 2015”. Additional tax dollars are now being collected to get the 4th fastest Continue reading →

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