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Issue Position: Jobs & Economy

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2015
Issues: Business and Consumers Taxes

Hal Heiner has spent his life in economic development. Since 1997, Hal has developed nearly 5 million square feet of commercial office and industrial space that has helped attract and retain more than 4,000 jobs for Kentuckians. On Day One, Hal will walk into the Governor's Office with the experience, contacts and know-how to put Kentucky on the path towards new jobs and higher wages.

Kentucky has tremendous potential. We're centrally located, we know what it means to work hard and earn an honest day's pay. And yet, the Frankfort insiders have failed to create the right environment for our people to keep pace with surrounding states and the rest of the nation.

Frankfort touts that Kentucky has almost replaced all the jobs lost since the Great Recession. Yet as you travel around Kentucky all you hear is the desperate need for real, good paying jobs. Our surrounding states thrive while Kentucky continues to fall behind. We must end that -- now!

1. Pass Right to Work Legislation -- Far too often, states with right to work laws have beaten out Kentucky for the best jobs -- it is time for Kentucky to join the 24 other states that allow workers the right to choose. The stalemate in Frankfort has caused local communities to take matters into their own hands and pass local right to work laws. We need it on the state level. Period.

2. Cut Taxes and Simplify Kentucky's Tax Code -- Taxpayers deserve to have a tax code that works for them, not against them. Hal will lead the charge as we work to cut job killing taxes on small business owners, reduce the income tax rate on taxpayers, and make the tax code fairer for every Kentuckian.

3. Hotline to Hal -- The most successful Governors, who have attracted new jobs to their states, have been Chief Executives themselves. Hal will use his firsthand experience in negotiating with companies from around the world to bring them here and create good high paying jobs. CEOs from around the country will have a direct line to the Governor himself.


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