Issue Position: Economic Development

Issue Position

Our state's approach to economic development is broken. Sam believes that we need to replace the corporate welfare model with the proven techniques that have worked so well in Massachusetts. Instead of just giving companies cash, we need to invest in public infrastructure, in creating great places where people want to be. We need to develop an environmental cleanup fund, push for more European-style planning rules, and invest in affordable housing. The results in Massachusetts speak for themselves.
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When the wealthy PawSox owners wanted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to move McCoy Stadium to the planned waterfront park on the I-195 land, Sam knew it was a bad deal for our state. He chaired the Stop the Stadium Deal campaign, which successfully defeated the proposal. (He also opposes the new proposal to tear down McCoy and move it to the Pawtucket waterfront, with more than $100 million in total public subsidies.)

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