Jason Carter was elected to the Georgia Senate in May 2010, representing portions of DeKalb County. He is an attorney at the business litigation firm of Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP. Carter is the grandson of former U.S. president and Georgia governor Jimmy Carter.
Jason CarterOn an income cap for recipients of the popular HOPE scholarship
In the last 10 years, Georgia’s middle class income has dropped $6,500.
Georgia can substantially increase its funding for education by going after $2.5 billion in uncollected taxes.
"There’s $30 billion in expansion funds that we’ve paid – it’s our money and Nathan Deal wants Washington to keep it."
Women are paid 77 cents for every $1 men get for the same work.
"Since 2009, Georgia's public schools have lost nearly 9,000 classroom teachers while the number of students has gone up."
The average Georgia family makes $6,000 less than the average family did 10 years ago when inflation is factored in.
"We (Georgia) collect fewer state taxes per capita than any other state … although state taxes are low, Georgia is the eighth-most-dependent state on the…