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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Christine Ries, [professor in the School of Economics], discussed the 2010 unsuccessful attempt to eliminate income taxes in Georgia: '"As academics and as politicians...You can go out and tell people, 'We've got the numbers. We've done a study. We promise you we're going to stick to this. We're going to actually keep lowering rates'....You can tell them all you want, but all the time people would just say, 'I don't believe you. I don't trust you. I don't trust them.' That's the environment. It doesn't seem to be getting better.'" Source: The Rome News-Tribune, July 22, 2013
