224401 external_news 1374585944 1475893595 Christine Ries, [professor in the School of Economics], discussed the 2010 unsuccessful attempt to eliminate income taxes in Georgia:  '"As academics and as politicians...You can go out and tell people, 'We've got the numbers. We've done a study. We promise you we're going to stick to this. We're going to actually keep lowering rates'....You can tell them all you want, but all the time people would just say, 'I don't believe you. I don't trust you. I don't trust them.' That's the environment. It doesn't seem to be getting better.'"  Source: The Rome News-Tribune, July 22, 2013

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