Issue Position: Moving Our Economy Forward!

Issue Position

Before being elected to Congress Jared Polis was an entrepreneur and started several successful companies including America Information Systems, BlueMountain.com and Proflowers.com and created hundreds of jobs. With American families and businesses still struggling to recover from the Great Recession, Congress must have a singular focus on job creation and expanding opportunity. A sustainable and successful economic recovery rests on supporting new and small businesses, reforming our bloated tax code, expanding markets for U.S. goods and services, providing every American with a high-quality education, and balancing the federal budget. These steps will get our economy growing and creating jobs again.

We need to ensure our small businesses are competing on a level playing field by reforming the tax code and eliminating loop-holes and special treatment for those with the best lobbyists.
We need long term investment in a strong public education system. A strong education system means economic stability now and prosperity in the future
Restore Fiscal Integrity - Polis supports a constitutional amendment requiring the federal government to balance the budget, and believes that the wealthiest 1% should pay at least the same tax rate as the middle class.

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