House passes watered-down jobs bill
The House has approved HB 1023 the long-sought jobs bill, but by watering-down the capital gains tax cut, the bill lost much of its opposition.
An amendment to the bill makes it so the state must have $1 billion in reserves before the capital gains tax — levied against the sale of stocks, bonds and some luxury goods — is cut.
The bill passed by a vote of 154-8 with little discussion.
Gov. Sonny Perdue vetoed a similar bill last year, but has been on board this time around because of the safeguards requiring the state to have rebuilt its reserves. Those reserves are largely spent now as the state deals with the lingering effects of a devastating recession.
The bill gives a small tax credit to businesses that hire unemployed workers.
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Conservative Force
March 28th, 2010
1:12 pm
Tom Graves knows how to get things done. He worked very hard on this important piece of legislation, despite Lee Hawkins’ attack and introduction of his “me too, me to” bill (which died last week by the way).
The people of the 9th want conservative leaders like Tom Graves, not political grandstanders like Liberal Lee Hawkins.
Too many Georgia Republicans are voting like liberals | Kyle Wingfield
March 31st, 2010
7:02 pm
[...] of tax cuts focused on creating jobs for the unemployed. A capital gains tax cut in the package won’t kick in until the state has $1 billion in its reserves. But the point of such a policy is to spur growth, not follow it. Even liberals can vote for a [...]