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What Georgians think about the House’s proposed tax overhaul

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Nov 15, 2017

House Republicans are moving at breakneck speed to approve their tax overhaul bill this week, with a final vote expected to come Thursday. We asked our Georgia panel what they made of one of the signature proposals in the House bill: immediately slashing the corporate tax rate to 20 percent from the high 30s.

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