Looking ahead to the 2022 election season, a number of Georgia Republican candidates for statewide offices are running on a platform of repealing the state income tax.
However, other lawmakers believe that this could potentially create a massive hole in the state’s finances.
“What we get from income tax in the state of Georgia basically equates to what we put on K-12 education,” Republican state Rep. Terry England told WABE. “So if you’re looking at eliminating the income tax, there’s quite a hole that gets pulled out.”
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