The state House passed a measure that would support the Senate's idea to cut state income taxes by ten percent. But, there is a catch; it would go into effect in three years, and only if Georgians pass a constitutional amendment to cut car tag taxes - a measure preferred by the house.
House speaker Glen Richardson said, at this point, its time for the Senate to make a decision.
"Its fairly clear that the Lieutenant Governor and the Senate does not want to give Georgians tax relief because the have played every game they can," said Richardson.
Senate leaders said they think they can come up with a compromise in these last few days of the session to deliver some sort of tax relief to Georgians.
But, for Georgians living in areas with little or no trauma care, the demands placed on the Senate by the house could prevent them from getting relief any time soon. With only two days left in the session, if the Senate votes "NO" to the car tag tax cut, it could get bogged down in committee leaving Georgians in the south and west portion of the state with below average trauma care.
