Issue Position: Fight for Fiscal Responsibility

Issue Position

Government expenses keep growing and one of the main reasons is legislators spending on themselves. Last year, the legislature spent $13.8 million on their own expenses before salaries and capital purchases! The Commonwealth faces pressing budget issues and the looming pension crisis, which means we need to wake up and get down to basics. As a results-oriented entrepreneur, I can hit the ground running to bring spending into line with the needs of the people, not the needs of the legislators. Government should be serving the people and not the other way around. It is time that we make government the people's business again!

I'll work hard to:

* Balance budgets and ensure responsible spending
* Limit increased spending to inflation rate growth and population growth as needed
* End taxpayer funded perks and special treatment for elected officials
* Reduce the size of the legislature
* Restore sanity and civility to the budgeting process

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