Georgia tax code

March 2^nd 2016

Jay Bookman, in his column on tax shift, once again points out the duplicity of the republican controlled Georgia legislature. Our governor and his allies in the Georgia house and senate have stubbornly refused to expand Medicaid using the funds offered by the Affordable care act; a move which is desperately needed by hundreds of thousands of Georgians and especially by medical facilities in our rural communities. Yet the republicans are now planning to build a tax reduction into law that cannot be reversed even if we suffer an economic downtown. Such a move will benefit the rich in our midst at the expense of the less well-off and will continue the denial of much needed medical services.  This bait and switch approach will be on the ballot in the November general election, and will most likely be phrased as a good thing for our state. I hope that Georgia is not fooled again into voting against our own interests. I appreciate the AJC providing clarity on such an important issue as this, and urge other media outlets to join force in opposing the introduction of this poison pill into our state tax code.