July 2010Millard B. Grimes
Commentary: VAT Would Be Disastrous
Whether it’s called a value added tax or a FairTax, shifting the burden from income to consumption is a bad idea.
Read the full storyMarch 2010Millard B. Grimes
Commentary: Silent, Empty Plants
Can the middle class make a comeback without the industrial base on which it was built?
Read the full storyOctober 2009Millard B. Grimes
Commentary: The Third Bush Term
President Obama’s most important Bushian move occurred when he appointed Ben Bernanke to another four-year term as Federal Reserve Chairman.
Read the full storySeptember 2009Millard B. Grimes
Commentary: Leaving Readers
Commentary: Leaving Readers
Read the full storyFebruary 2009James Shepherd
Time For Trauma Funding
Only 15 of the state’s 152 hospitals maintain the medical staff and equipment needed to treat severe injuries and be certified as trauma centers.
Read the full storyOctober 2008Carl V. Patton
Tads And School Districts
Georgians have made it clear that they want their governments – including school boards – to have a redevelopment tool to attract investment and jobs to neglected communities.
Read the full storySeptember 2008Millard B. Grimes
The "Unfairest" Tax
A truly useful proposal would be to cut the FICA percentage from 6.2 percent to 5 percent and level it on all income.
Read the full storyAugust 2008Millard B. Grimes
Made In The U.S.A.
The New Deal’s public works were crucial in a nation emerging from the agrarian into the industrial age. Millions of jobs were created for those who previously worked on farms.
Read the full storyDecember 2007Millard B. Grimes
The Global Minimum
The U.S. government could impose the minimum wage on all of a company’s employees whether they work in the continental United States or in other countries.
Read the full storyDecember 2007Doug Stoner
Solutions Now, Not Later
We must provide transportation choices for our citizens. This cannot be accomplished without fixing the gigantic funding shortfall for basic infrastructure.
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