Issue Position: End Excessive Spending and Put Money into Vermonters' Pockets

Issue Position

For too long, those in power in Montpelier have grown state spending at a rate that Vermonters simply can't afford. In the last eight years, the General Assembly has added more than $700 million in new fees and taxes while Vermonters struggle with stagnant wages and a sluggish economy. A new legislature must understand that Vermonters can't afford even more taxes and fees.

That's why I've pledged to find an unprecedented $100 million of savings during this campaign. These revenues will not come from tax increases, but from prudent cost reductions, attracting capital, promoting new investments, innovating in the delivery of government services and encouraging the development of new niche industries.

We need desperately to find prudent cost reductions, attract capital, promote new investments, innovate in the delivery of government services and encourage the development of new niche industries.

We must move in a new direction, one that recognizes the needs of Vermonters and their inability to pay ever-rising taxes and fees to support a government that seems to provide less and less. In the Senate, I'll continue to speak up on fiscal issues to get our state budget back on track and finally provide relief to our overburdened citizens.

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