Issue Position: House Republican "Pro-Growth Agenda
Issue Position
Each year the House Republicans work collectively on an Economic "Pro-Growth" Agenda. The method behind determining what bills will be in our Agenda, we look at the leading economic impact studies as well as any study where Rhode Island ranks poorly (usually in the bottom 5 performers), and we seek to address these issues that are negatively impacting our residents. Our Agenda is based on facts and studies that demonstrate a true negative effect on Rhode Island. These are not "pet-bills" or special interest bills - they are based on data, they are aimed at correcting problems and they are extremely well researched before they are written.
We look at our approach as "finding a cure for the disease, rather than putting a band-aid on the symptoms." As a matter of policy we look at our neighboring states first and we work to make RI more competitive with our neighbors so that more people (both from RI, and from out of state) will want to spend their money in Rhode Island. We also want to create a business environment where businesses will want to either move to Rhode Island, start-up in Rhode Island and very importantly - stay in Rhode Island.
When our state is in an economic, taxation and regulatory position to draw companies into our state, or to grow in our state, we create jobs. The more jobs that are created, the greater the demand for workers and the lower our unemployment will be. In fact, if we can make ourselves MORE attractive than our neighbors, the businesses will come and grow, and RI will have a population of residents that will be able to find jobs, careers and entrepreneurial opportunities and that will make our state thrive! There will be less dependence on the social services which are a drain on our annual budget. There will be a higher retention of high school and college graduates who stay in Rhode Island to build their lives here. We will find out of state residents coming here to spend their money on vacations, durable goods and services and our state will start to grow.
That is the goal of the Republican Pro-Growth Agenda
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