KEY ISSUES
From 1995 to 2005 over 1,000,000 people moved to Florida to pursue the American Dream. In 2003 the Florida economy ranked first in the nation, as people invested in new business and unemployment dropped to 3%. From 2002 to 2006 local and state government spending increased from $93 billion to $151 billion. Our “leaders” taxed all of the disposable income from consumers and turned the American Dream into the Florida nightmare. Florida’s economy now ranks 47th in the nation and we are losing population as retirees, second homeowners and small businesses are moving to other states with a lower tax burden.
There is a way to revive the American Dream in Florida. Quite simply, it is to return Florida to a healthy business environment by lowering taxes, tolls and fees. We can achieve this by reducing waste in government and by focusing tax revenues on the core functions of government. That is why I am running for the Florida House of Representatives. I want to revive the American Dream in Florida, save small business, and put people back to work.
My plan to revive the Florida economy is to reduce the size of government allowing more money to flow into the private sector. There 1,000,000 small businesses in Florida and if each one hires just one person our unemployment will go to zero. We need to revive the Florida economy from small business up, not from government down.
My platform is simple:
Lower taxes through greater government efficiency
Jobs created by small business, not government
Ethics reform to give government back to the people
There are two paths forward for the Florida economy. The first is for more government spending and control of our economy. That plan is not working. The other path is to reduce the size of government giving consumers more disposable income to spend in our small business economy. This is the path to prosperity.
Florida needs leaders who understand how our small business economy works and lead Florida back to prosperity.
