Day 8: “Affordable Care
Act benefits Georgia”
Thursday 01/31/2013. Eighth
day of the Georgia Legislative Session. Hectic day, with tons of visitors at
the Capitol. For starters, we got a School Choice rally in the outside (and
then moving into the inside). We have a big and enthusiastic group of citizens lobbying
to stop violence against women. It was Savannah Day too (with a big group of
people from Savannah and Columbus University visiting the Capitol as well). We
have the meeting of the Working Families Caucus (with a great report on budget
and health by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute). And to close, the press
conference of the House Democratic Caucus to unveil their legislative platform for
the session.
From the meeting with
the Working Families Caucus, the most relevant was the presentation on the
budget of Alan Essig from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Among his best
quotes:
- “The problem of Georgia is not expenditure; the problem of Georgia is revenue”
- “Four more Republican governors have decided to accept the increase in Medicaid coverage offered by the Federal government. Their reason is that it is good math. The benefits largely surpass the costs”
We can find many
resources and reports on the webpage, among them, options to increase Georgia Revenue.
The day closed with a
press conference by the Georgia House Democratic Caucus presenting their platform
for this session. Interesting proposals, among them the repealing of the
imposition of E-Verify and the prove of citizenship to renew business licenses every
year, legislation against cyber bullying and mandatory licenses to sell guns at
gun shows and background checks to buy them at gun shows as well. Also, the
party is going to organize hearings to promote this legislation.
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