The work shop will look at the importance of the importance system of progressive taxation in funding government programs that meet the challenges of the 21st Century. This workshop will be in the form of a panel discussion with about 40 minutes devoted to presenting information and balance of the two hours devoted to group discussion of the issue and follow up activity. Three panelists will present information. An organizer, Adrian Boutureira, education specialist from United for a Fair Economy will present information about the Estate Tax and their campaign to preserve it. A panelist (Frank Llewellyn) from DSA will present information about the progressive income tax and the conservative game plan (beginning under Ronald Reagan) to starve government to prevent it from acting as an agent of change. Activist campaigns to prevent the Bush tax cuts from being extended will be included in the workshop. A third panelist Alan Essig Executive Director of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute will put the issue of progressive taxation into the context of the budget issues currently confronting the State of Georgia.