Speaker of the House Philip Gunn chose to highlight pro-family, pro-life legislation championed by his Commission on Life last week at a Stennis-Capitol Press Corps luncheon at Hal and Mal’s.
He said he established his special Commission on Life to focus on protecting and strengthening the “family unit” following the U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs decision giving states the power to regulate abortion.
“The future of America depends on the strength of the family unit,” he said.
He said 11 bills were passed by the House to provide tax credits for pregnancy resource centers, adoption expenses, transitional homes for foster children, child care for young mothers, and charitable clinics; to reform laws for safe haven baby drop-off boxes, create a separate Child Protective Services agency, and establish the Foster Care Bill of Rights; to limit minors’ access to pornographic materials; and to prevent transgender care for minors.
The Speaker emphasized the increased tax credits for resource centers. "We had one abortion clinic and 37 pregnancy resource centers,” he said. “I think that tells you right there that Mississippians are pro-life.”
House Bill 1671 increased tax credits for the centers from $3.5 million to $10 million annually. The lesser credit was established by the Legislature last year as part of the Children’s Promise Act.
The Speaker said the increased tax credits would “incentivize private sector investment” in the centers. As he explained it, a business might owe $10,000 in taxes. It may now give half that amount to a pregnancy resource center and obtain a $5,000 tax credit. “They’re going to pay $10,000,” he said. But they may choose to help out pregnancy centers instead of sending it all to the state.
Hmmm.
That’s not exactly an incentive. Usually an incentive gives only a partial tax credit to spur larger investments or contributions. H.B. 1671 simply transfers tax revenue from the state to the pregnancy centers, much as appropriations do.
This is not a simple process either. Centers must qualify in advance with the state Department of Revenue (DOR) to receive the tax credit contributions. Not 37 but 22 centers had done so according to DOR’s web site. The Centers must also provide documentation to the contributing businesses. Each business must then apply to DOR for an allocation. They may request allocations for up to 50% of income taxes plus 50% of local ad valorem taxes (with a letter of approval from the local tax collector).
DOR instructions say applications will be approved on a first come first served basis. DOR may also authorize up to 25% of its total $10 million allotment to any one applicant.
A similar process applies to other tax credits in H.B. 1671.
Hopefully, the benefits projected for mothers and children by the Speaker will occur. The tax credit process just seems much more cumbersome than appropriations would have been.
“And let us not grow weary of doing good” – Galatians 6:9.
15 comments:
“prevent transgender care for minors”
ah yes, GOP direct interference in parenting. because they know better than moms and dads do.
I do so love small government!
Exactly, 11:03, party of parental rights my ass. The GOP is just as logically inconsistent and hypocritical group as it can be.
It will only take a couple of generations for todays laws to be turned against the heirs of the guys writing them. Even it Mississippi the ruling class’ days are numbered.
11:03 - moms and dads know better? Really? Haven't seen much indication of that in a long, long time.
The biology deniers have arrived.
I love how all the solutions are ways to create businesses to prosper from the management and application of services, rather than helping the new single mom directly. She may have limited resources for formula, diapers, etc.; and this helps others make money inefficiently as middlemen.
Why are people in this state still stuck in 2012 GOP? WhAt hApPeNneD tO sMaLl gOveRnmEnT? No one gives a shit about small government anymore. Small government works when you have a moral and religious people. Since we absolutely do not, I and 90% of every other right wing person younger than boomers favors as big a government as possible to stop the evil degenerate forces of the progressive left.
There’s nothing more pathetic than boomer Republicans complaining about small government. And this is most right wing pundits in our state now. Hopelessly out of touch.
5:46 - the deniers of medical science have arrived.
But do tell us what biology you learned in Sunday school.
11:03. Yes the government has intervened in parenting when children are being abused for as long as I remember. This article simply acknowledges that providing transgender care for children (who cannot make life-altering decisions for themselves because they are children) is abusive.
I'll deviate from the former posts, all written by the same person or two with the same awkward mentality...
What the hell is a Stennis Capital Press Corps?
Here's a valuable hint for you, there's more school, than just Sunday school. From what you are implying, you didn't get an education, you got indoctrination.
Medical science? Like the scamdemic?
When the parents aren't adults, and mentally ill to go with it, what are you supposed to do?
Indoctrination:
1. the process of teaching a person or a group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
2. leaving a city or state destroyed by Democrats, then continuing to vote for Democrats in the new area you just moved to i.e. starting the process of destroying the new area you just moved to.
3. being played and made mad enough to vote a certain way.
Who actually gives a shit what Gunn thinks or says? He's history. Bad history. Arrogant history. Narcissistic history
I too would like to know what the Stennis Press Corps is/was/are.
Is it sort of like the group that roasted Sammy Davis, Jr. with Rickles?
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