ATLANTA — A proposal to place a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol has passed a state House committee.
House Bill 1080, sponsored by state Rep.Calvin Smyre, D-Columbus, passed the State Properties Committee.
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Jones: Georgia’s Underground or Shadow Economy
The United States has a massive underground economy – reportedly over $1 trillion. This economy, referred to as our cash economy, includes cash transactions by drug dealers, prostitution rings and workers paid in cash for their labor. Georgia is not immune to this issue. Our state loses millions of dollars of legitimate tax revenue as do other states and the federal government as a result of this problem.
