Legislators in the State Senate and House pass most of their Bills at the behest of the cities and counties looking for some increased authority, assistance, capability or funding. State government receives funds through income and sales tax collections and from the federal government.
Criminal & Civil Law
State Legislators also pass, repeal and amend laws prohibiting
criminal activity and fraud. These are
the laws enforced by Police, the District Attorney and the Courts. They also
pass civil law to handle law suits.
State Budget & Taxes
State Legislators review expenditures and needs and pass
State budgets. They pass laws to establish
tax rates and fees to collect revenue.
Regulations
State Legislators consider Bills to pass regulations and
activities, normally based on special interest pressure.
Scorecards
States are judged by how well they maintain their
infrastructure including roads, highways, bridges, sewers, landfills, water
supplies and water treatment. Equally important is energy cost, taxes, land cost and
value.
Georgia’s Current Problems
Over the past decades, K – 12 public education, generally
the responsibility of each county has failed to be competitive with other
States. This has prompted the State to
increase funding to meet federal mandates.
School boards have spent this money on marble palaces and the outcomes
for students is worse than ever. It is
much the same for public higher education except where entrance standards have
remained very high. Georgia spends over
half its budget on education.
State Legislators need to be grounded in the Constitution
to avoid taking over responsibilities better managed in the private sector or
at the local level. State governments
have allowed the federal government to encroach on healthcare, education,
transportation, energy and the environment to ruinous affect.
State government has grown ever more insular and
separated from the voters. Their
representatives spend all their time with other government officials and
special interests rather than in looking for ways to preserve our freedom to
operate within the free market economy.
Regulations and fees are a burden that destroy productive economic
activity.
Finally, the Georgia Legislature has failed to protect
our 10th Amendment rights and has allowed federal government overreach
with Obamacare, Common Core and dangerous, regional Agenda 21 implementation,
in exchange for federal bribes. All
Georgia laws passed to accommodate these unconstitutional abuses should be
repealed.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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