Arizona's Economy
- Arizona needs to make our state's business climate more attractive for investment if we want to add jobs that are long term and stable, high paying and high skill.
- Arizona
must have a legal climate that limits frivolous lawsuits
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Arizona
must have low taxes, both personal and corporate to compete with
Nevada,
Texas and other states
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Arizona
must have a regulatory climate that promotes business and entrepreneurialism,
not one that discourages new innovation by putting up needless obstacles.
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Education
- K-12 Education makes up 34% of the current state budget - We must
demand Transparency, priority-based budgeting, outcomes focus, and
accountability
- Learn and implement what is working - Charter Schools and Private
Schools on average outperform public schools on almost every AIMS
category
- Challenge with choices - Vouchers and Charter Schools provide
parents and students with options, especially in underperforming
schools and/or districts
- Choices include everyone - Our education reform programs are
designed to provide real choices to low and middle income parents,
especially those in poorly performing districts
- Our plan only provides vouchers to those at 185% of poverty level that are not already attending a private school
- Voucher funding can be accomplished with tax credits and should be expanded to include individuals as well as corporations
Arizona education faces many obstacles. Obviously, the goal of
educational reform is to foster innovation and improve the quality of
education. That reform must be cost conscious and meet priority-based
budget requirements. Increased spending does not necessarily yield
higher test scores.
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The Issues Facing Our Businesses
My plan has six "big picture" platforms:
- Protecting Right-to-Work
- Tax reform / Tax relief
- Find the Money
- State, National and Global
- Block Destructive Government Mandates.
I recognize that small businesses are the engine to employment and are a well-defined catalyst for building wealth. Small businesses are at the core of improving the standard of living for Arizonans. The future success of our state depends on the future success of Arizona's small businesses.
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Illegal Immigration - We Must Secure the Borders
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Border Security is the fundamental platform for success. Without
controlled border security, Arizona will continue to waste precious
capital resource
- $1.3 billion cost of illegal immigrants must be used to support and provide opportunities to the legal residents of Arizona
- Deploying National Guard troops is effective, but the state and feds must fund the deployment
- Arizona laws should require citizenship or legal status to receive benefits
- Trespassing laws against illegal immigrants may not be effective
but denying state benefits and enforcing employer sanctions laws are
effective
First and foremost we must secure our borders. Currently the 389
miles of Arizona / Mexico border have been used by illegal immigrants
as a gateway into our state. Illegal immigration is a relentless drain
on the entire state’s infrastructure.
Estimates have the total cost of illegal immigrants on healthcare,
education, and jails at $1.3B. Clearly this is a Federal issue, but
the State of Arizona must in many cases act because the Federal
government is not doing enough. Without a unified effort and
fulfilled promises from the Federal government Arizona will feel the
ever-growing impact of illegal immigration.
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Protecting the 2nd Amendment
The Constitution of the United States is put in place for our guidance and protection. The
document, more specifically the Bill of Rights, gives us personal freedoms
unlike any other in the world.
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Protecting the 10th Amendment
The Tenth Amendment is put in place to identify the capacity of influence
the federal government has upon the people of the
United
States. It specifies powers given to the federal government by the people, and
leaves any other obligations to the state governments or to local governments,
depending on the issue.
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Providing Present and Future Financial Security
- Create Job Growth and Job Security for all Arizonans
- Build a better future through a diverse and robust economy
- Advance Arizona as a Free Enterprise, successful state
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Making Arizona Competitive
- Incentives to bring in additional jobs and economic development
- High-standard, high-ranking, quality education
- Foster a pro-growth, pro-innovation globally competitive environment
- Continued Support for Arizona’s Right to Work Law Status
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