{"63732":{"#nid":"63732","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ries on Income Tax Reform","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Overall, it is not a tax increase,\u0022 wrote Christine Ries,\u0026nbsp;about recommendations made to Georgia lawmakers by\u0026nbsp;the Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians.\u0026nbsp; A Professor in the School of Economics and member for the council, Ries said, \u0022We were very careful to avoid that. It shifts from income to consumption tax. It\u0027s now a flat tax and moving to a fair tax. All low-income families are tax neutral, will not pay more in tax ... There are no tax breaks for companies ... Individual families will pay, on average, $4-6 extra per week in grocery tax and have their income taxes reduced by a third.\u0022 The plan will make the state\u0027s economy \u0022much more efficient,\u0022 she said. \u0022It puts Georgia in the lead in terms of modernizing our code.\u0022 \u003Cem\u003ESource: Marietta Daily Journal - January 18, 2011\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mdjonline.com\/bookmark\/11054046\u0022\u003ERead full article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2011-01-19 17:52:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:18","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"ProQuest","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/mdjonline.com\/bookmark\/11054046","dateline":{"date":"2011-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11161","name":"Christine Ries"},{"id":"11690","name":"tax reform"}],"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":""}}}