2 In 2002, he was elected to the Georgia State Senate. Before entering politics, he owned several agribusinesses, financial services, and real estate companies. This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation. Born in Athens, Georgia, Kemp is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Nikema Williams, D-Atlanta, chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia, criticized Kemp on Tuesday for not declaring publicly whether he supports abolishing the tax. David Perdue, who is challenging Kemp in next month’s Republican gubernatorial primary, is calling for eliminating the state income tax entirely.
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“The shift to a flat tax structure would weaken the state’s ability to respond to the needs of its residents, while also exacerbating racial and income inequality by widening the gap between the wealthiest and all other Georgians,” said Danny Kanso, senior tax and budget policy analyst with the progressive Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Abrams vows to raise minimum teacher pay to 50K if elected governor. “But we’re doing our part to lessen the pain on people’s wallets in Georgia.”ĭuring the legislative debate, Democrats argued most of the income tax cut’s benefits would go to the wealthiest Georgians.
“We can’t fix everything Washington has broken,” he said.
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