303101 external_news 1402666753 1475893628 "Companies 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’t think most analysts are looking at it and saying Georgia might turn around and change tomorrow," said Christine Ries, professor in the School of Economics, on the amendment to cap the individual income-tax rate at its current 6 percent. "But anything that makes the public policy more reliable is going to lower the risk assessment and increase investment in the state or country."  Source:  AJC, June 11, 2014

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