Issue Position: Budget

Issue Position

When our current lawmakers pushed our state to over 700 days without a budget, they tripled our State debt, plummeted our credit rating to junk status, and almost closed the doors of necessary service providers like shelters for domestic violence victims. Our current State Representative helped keep this impasse going, forcing families in our state to waste $1 billion in taxpayer dollars on interest payments due to late payment to vendors. When I saw that our leaders weren't listening to real people in our community, I knew that I had to step up and be the change that I want to see in our government. I believe that if lawmakers don't pass a balanced budget, they should not receive a paycheck. We need real representation who will stand up for people in our community and not take any taxpayer funded checks unless their job is done correctly. If elected, I will support real balanced budgets that do not raise taxes on middle-class families and won't accept a single dime unless the budget is balanced.

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