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The ongoing needs exceed $1.6 billion\u2013and they are included to illustrate in part the opportunity cost of the flat tax. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arizonans would likely identify sustainable water, rising housing costs, and investing in children as top issues facing the state.\u00a0 These are central to GCI\u2019s budget priorities. GCI aims to mitigate the traumas that prevent at-risk children from reaching their potential by providing systematic support for children and their families.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand Canyon Institute (GCI) identifies six key investment areas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/research\/budget\/six-arizona-budget-priorities-if-people-mattered\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,29,5,12,27,20],"tags":[205,16,203,53,25,204,147,148,206,69],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Six Arizona Budget Priorities, if People Mattered - Grand Canyon Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/grandcanyoninstitute.org\/research\/budget\/six-arizona-budget-priorities-if-people-mattered\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six Arizona Budget Priorities, if People Mattered - Grand Canyon Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Grand Canyon Institute (GCI) identifies six key investment areas &hellip; 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