Issue Position: Economy Development

Issue Position

One of the key lessons I took away from the lean budget cutting years of the recession was to live within your means and to be modest about the liabilities you incur. My philosophy when reviewing funding requests is to consider whether the expenditure is going to pay dividends either immediately or down the road to the taxpayer. Policies that increase jobs and grow the economy bring organic tax growth without taking any more money out of your pocket.

For the past 2 years I have served on the Legislature Economic Development Task Force, which has studied ways to better coordinate and focus economic development efforts in the State by adding real-life input from business and industry leaders. The committee wanted to better understand how economic production can be increased, including: how more exports and high paying jobs can be created, how the State can attract more businesses and how regulatory barriers to economic production could be reduced or eliminated.

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