AFPF's Economic Freedom Tour has made its way to the State House! The GA House of Representatives has chosen to take a hard look at what small businesses say they need in order to thrive and create jobs. They are taking the question on the road to businesses around the state, talking about onerous regulations that are stifling expansion. If you are a business owner in Georgia, they want to hearing from you! Click HERE to request an appearance.

The committee will hold a series of hearings with small business owners and operators so they can talk about ways the state can streamline the government bureaucracy that impedes their ability to do business efficiently. The House will take these recommendations and enact repealing legislation or enacting legislation that will improve the business climate in Georgia.

Liberty-loving Americans For Prosperity Georgia members have an active year ahead with rallies, War Rooms and Days at the Capitol championing limited government solutions to the challenges facing Georgia.

AFP-GAs 2012 agenda will continue to focus on taxes and spending, opposing any tax increases including the controversial T-SPLOST legislation being discussed in Georgia. While transportation is a legitimate function of government and Georgia does face many such obstacles, the current T-SPLOST plan includes unfair regional governance models, a large tax increase on all Georgians with disproportionate benefits and burdens and an impractical project list. We’ll be keeping a close eye on tax reform again this year; AFP-GA will only support legislation that benefits businesses and individuals.

News Release
GEORGIA - Yesterday Georgia Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson went on a rambling tirade on the House floor, making ridiculous and demonstrably false accusations about the national tea party movement.

Calling the tea party movement a “corporate driven animal,” that was financed by “secret organizations” like Americans for Prosperity, Rep. Johnson displayed a stunning level of ignorance about the organic movement of liberty-minded Americans that continues to rise up in response to wasteful government spending and abuse of taxpayer money.

Georgia’s Americans for Prosperity State Director Virginia Galloway said, “This isn’t the first time Rep. Johnson has made statements that left us shaking our heads here in Georgia. Rep. Johnson is either willfully unaware or ignoring the 45,000+ patriotic members of Americans for Prosperity in the state of Georgia who resent being called ‘corporate animals’ by a politician in Washington D.C.”