Issue Position: Economic Development

Issue Position

Jobs in a stable, growing economic environment form the base of any successful community and state.

-- We need a tax environment that promotes business growth and that allows families to keep more of what they earn.
-- We need a regulatory environment that promotes local control and allows individuals the opportunity to prosper.
-- While there is no question that health care needs some reform, we must do reform in a manner that
provides quality service, keeps the price affordable, and promotes personal, not government control.

I have founded and served on a variety of local economic development agencies. Since elected, I have concentrated my effort to promote the success of our rural economies. I have developed, drafted and sponsored a significant portion of the Economic Development Legislation.

My motto is "Government leave me and my family alone, leave me and my business alone, leave me and my Church alone, and leave me and my checkbook alone."

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