As recently as 6 weeks ago, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives David Ralston was saying that there would be no talk of tax increases to balance the state budget.
Now, it appears he and other legislators may be ready to sing a new tune – though they are going to do their best to avoid the term “tax increase”.
I know I’ve already talked to a few legislators who have mentioned this issue to me, and their claim is that this will charge the user what it currently costs the state to do the service.
The problem is, a lot of these things the State charges user fees for aren’t really things government needs to be handling in the first place.
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