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Tom Price transfers surgical company to wife

Rather than selling his business or transferring ownership to someone outside of his circle, Tom Price, now Health Secretary, chose to transfer his medical business to someone who is both an immediate family member and in the state legislature. Betty Price (R-Roswell), Tom Price’s wife, sits on the Health and Human Services committee. Because that committee is in charge of addressing the legal areas surrounding medical professionals as well as medicinal provisions, there is a high probability

Trump

Sonny Perdue: A dangerous, regressive choice

Sonny Perdue, Trump’s appointment for the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, is a regressive choice. Perdue is known for his hostile treatment of immigrants and questionable connections to agribusiness. Perdue will support Trump’s hostile, inhumane treatment of undocumented citizens Although some reports describe Perdue as “less of a hard-liner on immigration than Trump,” in reality, he led horrific “immigration crackdowns” in Georgia that led to families being separated and a town pretty much emptied. Fueled

School Takeover

School Takeover 2.0

We don’t know the details for school takeover 2.0 but we do know that Gov. Nathan Deal isn’t listening to the people of Georgia. Even though 60 percent of Georgians voted against school takeover, Deal is working on another plan that will be equally bad for Georgia’s students. Although voters said no, Deal is working on pushing a new plan through state legislature. The AJC has reported that part of the plan could include students being

Trump

One Nasty Woman’s Rationale

I am proud to say that I took part in the Women’s March on Washington. I felt compelled to be a part of what I hoped would be, and did become, a massive peaceful protest of the incoming Trump Administration. After watching the epitome of all that is wrong with America defy expectations to win the electoral college and, thus, the presidency, I was horrified. With the rise of the Tea Party, we saw the

Student Loan Debt

How will Trump deal with student debt? 80 percent say “not well”

Student loan debt is a huge problem for Americans. About 40 million Americans have student loans and 70 percent of Americans with a bachelor’s degree graduated with debt. The current combined outstanding U.S. student debt is $1.3 trillion. Although Trump proposed debt forgiveness after 15 years and capping student loan payments at 12.5 percent of the borrower’s income, many Americans fear that he won’t deliver. In a recent study about how Trump policy would affect

Podcast Ep. 27: Tom and Sonny

Today on the show we’re talking to Zach Nikonovich-Kahn of Families First about what legislation their organization is keeping an eye on. We’re also talking about two politicians from Georgia that have been picked for Trump’s cabinet: Tom Price was nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Governor Sonny Perdue was nominated for Secretary of Agriculture. Listen in to find out why these men should not be allowed to take these positions.