I offer a platform for our current and aspiring legislators below, I call it the Iowa Competitiveness Initiative. We are competing for people, talent and capital with other states, I hope this stimulates good thinking. This platform is compatible with millennial views, but its value crosses all generations and people who want to embrace a stronger economy, better education, civil liberties and good government. With Iowa values, ethics and ingenuity, anything is possible. I would love to hear your thoughts.
IOWA COMPETITIVENESS INITIATIVE
ECONOMY - EDUCATION - LIBERTIES - GOVERNANCE
Economic Prosperity
- Implement Tax Reform –flat tax, low corporate tax, property tax equity.
- Flatten income tax, eliminate loopholes
- Eliminate Corporate taxation
- Shift to consumption taxes
- Rationalize regulations, maintain right-to-work, foster entrepreneurship, end crony capitalism
- Invest in prudent public infrastructure to move people, products and information
World-Class Education
- Encourage school choice, fund the student
- Return curriculum and programming control to local levels that encourages innovation, leadership, merit pay and fiscal accountability
- Re-balance funding for Regent institutions - commit to making UNI the preeminent PK-12 institution for teacher training in US.
Civil Liberties
- Preserve, expand and celebrate individual liberty and rights, defend the constitution.
- End the war on drugs, implement sensible solutions for decriminalization
- Stop legislating morality - embrace inclusiveness, choice and social tolerance
Effective Governance
- Properly fund justice department, implement tort reform
- Right-size state spending, drive efficiencies
- Reduce number of counties, eliminate non-essential programs, institute cost-benefit measures for program justification)
- Strategic regional investments, proven QoL investments
- Environment – institute environmental policies protecting shared resources (water, air, and soil
- Make polluters pay a lot
- Restore home rule doctrine for all political subdivisions (local versus state control) for labor management, budgets, pensions, intergovernmental cooperation
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