Issue Position: Taxes, Spending, Jobs and Economic Growth

Issue Position

I'm a strong believer that low taxes and responsible spending act as an engine that drives economic growth and results in job creation. Over the last year while state lawmakers have reduced spending and held the line against tax increases, our economy has grown and 286,000 private sector jobs have been created in Texas. When you are able to keep more of your money in your pocket, you are able to enjoy more freedom. After all, you earned the money the government didn't. So when the government comes knocking and makes a demand for a percentage of our treasure, it's our duty as citizens to demand in turn, that the government invests our treasure and doesn't spend it frivolously. Only an active citizenry can provide the oversight required to ensure that our cities, school districts and state government operate in an efficient manner. We, as citizens, need to be more fiscally vigilant than ever and we need legislators that will do the same.

Our state is doing a bit better than the rest of the country. There are 5 key reasons for that.

*We are a right-to-work state.
*Texas does not have a state income tax. And we never should. I would never, and let me repeat, I would NEVER support Texas having a state income tax. It's one of the reasons why people chose to come to Texas. Most people get an immediate pay raise when they come here. And so long as that's true, they'll keep coming.
*We have a reasonable and predictable regulatory system coupled with tort reform that discourages and, at times, penalizes frivolous lawsuits.
*Largely, Texas does not engage in debt spending practices. We keep our state debt artificially low, so low that Texas ranks 49th out of 50 states in debt per-capita.
*Texas crafts responsible spending plans that do not burden our economy with having to support a bloated state budget. In fact, Texas spends less per-capita than any other state in the nation.
This type of pro-business environment is why last year Texas accounted for nearly 40% of all new jobs that were created in this country, despite being only 8% of the country's population. This type of atmosphere can certainly be attributed to common sense conservatives with private sector backgrounds being in control of the state house, state senate and governor's mansion.

With job creation and economic growth being the most important issue for many Texans, doesn't it make sense to send folks to represent us in Austin that have personal and direct experience in job creation and economic growth? I started my company 16 years ago with only about 100 dollars and a dream. Since then, I've been blessed and have been able to create nearly 100 American jobs and open up a dozen locations across the country.

I think is an exceedingly good idea to elect folks to our Legislature that have experience in directly creating jobs in the private sector. In order to run our State like a business, we need to elect people that know what it's like to be responsible, meet a large payroll and to run an efficient business operation that actually generates a profit. It's a sad state of affairs when the President of the United States, the one who claims he can fix the world's largest economy, has never signed the front of one private sector paycheck in his life. No surprise we haven't enjoyed the promised "recovery' in the last three years. However, Texas has always been a leader amongst our fellow states and we will continue to do so with your support of business minded candidates.

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