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Trump’s tariffs could cripple Georgia’s economy

The Trump administration just announced they were imposing new tariffs on China. The new tariffs will affect almost 6,000 items, including handbags, rice and textiles. The tariff will begin on September 24 at 10 percent of up to $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, and will increase to 25 percent in the new year. After the first round of tariffs, Chris Clark, president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber told the AJC, “Georgia businesses and their

Economy

End the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent

Tax cuts signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2003, which disproportionately benefit the richest 2 percent, will expire at the end of 2012. Ending them for those with household income above $250,000 would save the nation about $1 trillion over 10 years and would be an important first step toward requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes. That revenue also could be used to reduce the deficit

Georgia can’t afford the Romney-Ryan budget

After years of pushing an extreme agenda, the far-right wing of the Republican Party has its dream candidate for Vice President, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, author of the Romney-Ryan budget. Georgia’s own former Congressman Newt Gingrich called Ryan’s budget plan “right-wing social engineering” and a “radical change” from current economic policy. Romney quickly attacked Gingrich and defended Ryan’s budget for months before naming him Saturday as his running mate. But Newt Gingrich was right! The

Georgia dead last in jobs: WGAU talks with Better Georgia

The word is getting out. Better Georgia is raising awareness around the fact that Georgia is dead last in job growth over the past two years. Radio talk show host Tim Bryant interviewed Better Georgia Executive Director Bryan Long on Newstalk 1340 WGAU the morning after we published a full page ad in Gov. Deal’s hometown newspaper to highlight these bleak facts about Georgia’s economy. The full coverage is included in the video clip below.

Deal’s response to full page ad: ‘Liberal, Liberal, Liberal’

Gov. Nathan Deal didn’t like the full-page ad Better Georgia placed in his hometown newspaper on Tuesday. 11Alive’s Jeff Hullinger was the first reporter to get reaction from the governor’s office. The Governor’s response was half expected and half surprising. On the expected side, the Governor’s office called us names. “It’s interesting that this is a liberal group, placing a liberal ad, with a liberal message in one of the most conservative pockets of voters

Create jobs for Georgians: Invest in property we own, not private investment firms

Georgia needs jobs. There is no way to paint a silver lining around Georgia’s dark job climate. Georgia’s level of job creation over the past five years is among the worst in America. We rank 47th in the nation. The Georgia Department of Labor announced recently that Georgia’s jobless rate increased to 10.3 percent, marking the 50th straight month that we exceeded the national jobless rate of 9.1 percent. In fact, Georgia lost 31,000 jobs