Issue Position: Economic Development

Issue Position

Economic Development

As a small business owner, I know that we can do better to support our local economic development. In 2011 I was the author of a new law that gives local units of government great tools to assist in economic development by enhancing property tax abatement methods and allowing rebating of local option income taxes as a jobs growth incentive. Unlike our neighboring states, the state of Indiana lowered it's corporate income taxes in 2011. This will continue to strenghten our state as an attractive place to locate new businesses and grow our existing ones. Building Interstate 69 is a critical key for our area and I will continue to support funding this project without any partisan political games. I support continuing the personal property tax elimination on the equipment investments at our (19) Certified Tech Parks, like Crane Westgate, around in Indiana. These are the areas that are going to bring the high paying jobs to our state that we need.

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