{"63973":{"#nid":"63973","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ries on State Tax Reform","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristine Ries, Professor in the School of Economics, was interviewed by Tax Foundation for a Tax Policy Podcast. In the interview, Ries describes her recent experience serving as a member of Georgia\u2019s Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness. The council recently completed its deliberations and presented state lawmakers with a list of recommendations, including eliminating special exemptions and credits, lowering income tax rates and broadening the base of the sales tax. Ries is not an official\u0026nbsp;spokesperson for the council; the views she discusses are her own and are not intended to represent the entire council.\u003Cem\u003E Source: Tax Foundation - January 20, 2011\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.taxfoundation.org\/blog\/show\/26990.html?utm_source=feedburner\u0026amp;utm_medium=feed\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TaxPolicyBlog+%28Tax+Foundation+-+Tax+Foundation%27s+%22Tax+Policy+Blog%22%29\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.taxfoundation.org\/blog\/show\/26990.html?utm_source=feedburner\u0026amp;utm_medium=feed\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TaxPolicyBlog+%28Tax+Foundation+-+Tax+Foundation%27s+%22Tax+Policy+Blog%22%29\u0022\u003EListen to Podcast\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2011-01-31 15:28:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:18","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"ocean sciences","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.taxfoundation.org\/blog\/show\/26990.html?utm_source=feedburner\u0026utm_medium=feed\u0026utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TaxPolicyBlog+%28Tax+Foundation+-+Tax+Foundation%27s+%22Tax+Policy+Blog%22%29","dateline":{"date":"2011-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11161","name":"Christine Ries"}],"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":""}}}