A proposal for smaller government
Last session the Georgia legislature passed a measure that allows people and corporations to laser-focus their state income tax dollars directly on Georgia’s struggling rural hospitals. Contributions will flow directly to the rural hospital of their choice, skipping the bureaucratic red tape, to maximize the reach of every dollar contributed.
Today Geoff Duncan (HD-26), in an op-ed piece on the Georgia Public Policy Foundation website, suggested this type of creative thinking may actually be an effective model to reduce poverty while at the same time reducing the size and role of government.
Imagine the solutions that might be right around the corner here in Georgia if we embrace churches, charities, corporations and citizens as the solution instead of depending on bigger government. Adoption, foster care, mental health, health care for low-income individuals, homelessness, hunger, autism, child abuse services are just a few green light ideas that are all just one piece of legislation away from being positively affected by the 4 Cs.
Before writing this off to campaign rhetoric, we should note that Representative Duncan has no opposition in next week’s primary or the November general election.
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IrishPat
Patrick Malone is a Business Advisor and Leadership Mentor headquartered in Blairsville, Georgia. He co-hosts Mountain Daybreak and Mountain Mornings, weekday news programs, and hosts This Week in Blairsville a weekend program on WJUL/WJRB. He is a mentor in Union County High School, serves on his church council and writes a monthly column on leadership in the animal healthcare industry.
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So would expanding medicaid, which the feds would 100% of for a couple of years 90% there after. Its just those damn undeserving poor and all the contortions these clowns go through to make the obvious choice seem unrelated.
Tax dollars RFRA. Cool.
This piece is so vague. Big government has certainly worked out for some people out there. What morons spout this nonsense off without context?
Tell me how poor areas are going to come up with this money needed to sustain rural health. Oh, the 4C’s.
The link has a big red flag by quoting the Charles Koch founded Cato Institute. The Four C’s concept relies on promoting Corporation rights over all others. Cato Institute, Americans for Prosperity et al believe a prosperous government should not take care of the people, should not better citizens lives. In fact they promote a government should not be prosperous at all – only corporations, and a few rich citizens, should prosper. Their prosperity relies on having no taxes, no government regulations and no enforcement of any laws that impede a corporation making as much money as fast as possible.Government should only exist to protect property rights for business use. There should be no FDA, EPA, USDA, IRS etc. to impede profit. Citizens have no recourse against Corporations that poison the air, land, water, health or individual financial security in pursuit of profit.
They would like us to believe that by making corporations (and a select few citizens) rich, lots of money will flow to charities etc. for the benefit of citizens and communities who need assistance. In practice however, they must first give hundreds of millions to various worthy sounding think tanks, foundations and other noble sounding organizations. The money must be shifted anonymously between these groups and PAC funds to insure their chosen candidates are elected to remove any legislation that gets in the way of profit.
This leaves very little to give for charity.