Praise God for the Tea Partiers and Baptists.

<p>The Georgia GOP was on the verge of raising taxes tremendously on the middle class under the guise of lowering the State Income tax from 6 to 4.5 % but taking away charitable and mortgage interest deductions from middle income Georgians.</p>
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<p>The Democrats have been fighting this bill furiously and until this evening it looked like the GOP was going to steam roll right over us.  But the Baptists and Tea Partiers have come to the rescue at least temporarily and the GOP may actually have to negotiate.  For all the bruhaha that the GOP stands for no tax increases, that is not true in Georgia.</p>
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