With the primaries fast approaching here in Georgia, the candidates in the various races have been blanketing the airwaves with ads, as one would expect.
Until relatively recently, the Republican side of the Governor's race was relatively civil. The ads going up were primarily positive ads talking about positions, and it was one such ad that caught my eye, from John Oxendine, our current Insurance Commissioner.
The specific ad is on YouTube, under the title "Oxendine's Contract With Georgia", with the line that piqued my interest at 0:17. Oxendine promises that he will "scrap the [state] income tax". He goes on to say that he'll fix our state's myriad transportation and water problems, all while downsizing state government. This, he concludes, will naturally lure unsuspecting businesses to Georgia, because the shittiest education system in the country is no bar to those eager companies.
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