Tag Archives: job creation

Safety net, worker rights being shredded, Dems say

By Tom Crawford | Published: March 8, 2012

Democratic lawmakers say legislation moving through the General Assembly will give Georgia the weakest unemployment insurance system in the country . . .

Tags: Fran Millar , job creation , jobless benefits , Nan Orrock , unemployment insurance trust fund , Virgil Fludd

Is Georgia getting its money’s worth from tax breaks?

By Tom Crawford | Published: December 16, 2011

Fiscal analyst Alan Essig calls for some accountability from corporations that get tax breaks from the General Assembly . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Alan Essig , Georgia Budget & Policy Institute , job creation , tax breaks

Deal, Barnes have similar plans for business growth

By Tom Crawford | Published: September 30, 2010

Nathan Deal and Roy Barnes disagree about a lot of things, but their economic development proposals have some areas of similarity . . .

Tags: business tax breaks , economic development , job creation , Nathan Deal , roy barnes

How much good did the stimulus act do? Quite a lot, actually.

By Tom Crawford | Published: February 21, 2010

This past week marked the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s signing of the federal stimulus act. It’s a fair question to ask how much good, if any, the stimulus act did in creating new jobs or saving existing jobs.

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: gop , hypocrites , job creation , Republicans , Stimulus funds