Issue Position: Our Economy

Issue Position

from Todd's endorsement speech:
"I have no choice but to run my business in a fiscally responsible way, and that includes making smart investments to help us grow into the future.

Smart investments in infrastructure and schools are good for our kids, our workforce, and our economy. Those investments will improve our standard of living, attracting more people and businesses, and most importantly, create new jobs."

LGA legislation from the 2013 legislative session can help reverse the last twelve years of neglect of our infrastructure that has lead to crumbling roads and falling bridges. At the same time, it will help create new jobs and relieve individual cities from needing to raise property taxes to fund city functions. This new legislation includes new formulas for better fairness in distribution, but it still only restores one sixth of what has been lost since 2002.

There should also be a more robust bonding bill, especially with such low borrowing rates. My opponent seems to think the austerity measures of the last twelve years is the way to go, even though that way has been proven to be harmful to our state's schools, our safety, and our economy.

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