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Georgia Revenue / Expenditure Gap Comes Down to Medicaid and K-12
Figures from Georgia’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (2002 – 2009)¹ show that inflation adjusted² State expenditures per citizen³ have increased to $4,191 in 2009 from $3,512 in 2002. [more]

The Pitfalls of National Data
Similar experiences originating from different times and places provide a hint at the truth of a matter. So it was with the founding generation as they learned that British excesses in Williamsburg matched those in Boston. [more]