{"303101":{"#nid":"303101","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ries on the Tax Amendment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Companies do this all the time, (judging) whether a particular political climate is inherent in a state or is going to change over time. Right now, Georgia is seen as a fiscally conservative state, and I don\u2019t think most analysts are looking at it and saying Georgia might turn around and change tomorrow,\u0022 said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/ries\u0022\u003EChristine Ries\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Economics\u003C\/strong\u003E, on the amendment to cap the individual income-tax rate at its current 6 percent. \u0022But anything that makes the public policy more reliable is going to lower the risk assessment and increase investment in the state or country.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E Source:\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/news\/opinion\/economists-agree-tax-amendment-means-jobs\/ngJpt\/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#8a85dbfb.3422936.735396\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAJC\u003C\/a\u003E, June 11, 2014\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-06-13 13:39:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:08","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"big tech","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/news\/opinion\/economists-agree-tax-amendment-means-jobs\/ngJpt\/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#8a85dbfb.3422936.735396","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9733","name":"ries"},{"id":"8840","name":"tax"},{"id":"95431","name":"tax amendment"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}