Issue Position: Right to Work

Issue Position

The Right To Work is a powerful thing. Most of our competitor states, including Indiana and Tennessee, have passed laws to limit the oppressive power of unions that has made Kentucky less competitive. Coupled with our high overall tax burden, the lack of a Right To Work law works against the natural benefits we enjoy -- central location in the Eastern U.S., high quality of life and a productive workforce. We can do better. With your support, I'll be a leader to knock down the economic walls that are keeping jobs out of Kentucky.

Past union-controlled politicians in Kentucky passed a mislabeled law referred to as "Prevailing Wage". The effect of these laws is to require that projects using public money -- your tax dollars -- to pay an inflated and fictitious union-based wage. The bottom-line is that every school construction or renovation, road project or government building costs about 15% more than it should.

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