{"224731":{"#nid":"224731","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Lawmakers Eyeing Income Tax Cuts","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/ries\u0022\u003EChristine Ries\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eprofessor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eexplains that \u0022when you lower income tax rates, you lower rates on production, earned income and investing,\u201d \u0026nbsp;as she was testifying to a\u0026nbsp;state Senate study committee July 17. \u201cIf you want more of something, don\u2019t tax it.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe panel, which included Ries, proposed a revenue-neutral plan to roll back Georgia\u2019s 6 percent personal income tax and offset the lost revenue by increasing the sales tax, which currently is at 4 percent. \u0026nbsp;Source: \u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2013\/07\/26\/georgia-lawmakers-eyeing-income-tax-cuts.html\u0022\u003EThe Atlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EJuly 26, 2013. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27848","created_gmt":"2013-07-26 09:52:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:35","author":"Claire Woodring","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Shannon","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2013\/07\/26\/georgia-lawmakers-eyeing-income-tax-cuts.html","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}