Tom Foley in Survey of Gubernatorial campaign websites, 2010-2011
On Government Reform:
Reduce the cost and size of state government
We need a new direction and new leadership that will deliver the opportunities and promising future our citizens want and deserve. We need change that will get Hartford working for us again.
We need a plan that will keep businesses and young people from leaving our great state.I have a plan that will get Connecticut headed back in the right direction.
It is a plan that will restore a promising future by focusing on the four things that Connecticut families tell me they care about most and want to see changed. They are:
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Bringing Back Jobs and the Economy
- Reducing the Cost and Size of State Government
- Reducing the Tax Burden on Connecticut Working Families
- Changing the Way Business is Done in Hartford
Source: 2010 Gubernatorial campaign website tomfoley2010.com, "Plan"
Oct 9, 2010
On Jobs:
Focus on developing industries with high job potential
Connecticut's unemployment rate rose to 8.9% in January. Businesses and our young people see more opportunity elsewhere and are migrating out of state at an alarming rate. We can change this. Connecticut is rated one of the least 'business friendly'
states in the nation. Our legislature keeps piling new and costly mandates on businesses causing some to leave and others not to come here. As Governor, I will focus on attracting new businesses with highly skilled, high paying jobs to Connecticut.
I will have the Governor's office and our state development agencies focus on the seven industries already identified as having high potential for Connecticut. The industries include:
Healthcare ServicesHighly Engineered Manufacturing
Financial ServicesMedical DevicesAlternative Energy Research and Development and ManufacturingPharmaceuticalsBiotechnology
Source: 2010 Gubernatorial campaign website tomfoley2010.com, "Plan"
Oct 9, 2010
On Tax Reform:
Aggressively reduce spending so we can reduce taxes
As Governor, I will order a top to bottom review of state tax policy to ensure the way we tax our citizens and our businesses is fair & equitable, doesn't put us at a disadvantage versus other states, and supports strong economic growth and job creation.
- I will compare our tax rates and tax policy to other states to be sure our taxes are not driving businesses and working families away from Connecticut
- I will aggressively reduce spending so that we can reduce taxes and still comply with our
constitutional requirement to balance the state budget
- I will increase transparency so that Connecticut taxpayers aren't being hit with "stealth taxes" they cannot see, such as the gross receipts tax on gas stations
- I will work with the legislature
to agree on a bi-partisan, long term tax policy for Connecticut that is based on sound economic policy and fairness, and which puts an end to the old-world politics of pitting groups of citizens or regions of the state against each other.
Source: 2010 Gubernatorial campaign website tomfoley2010.com, "Plan"
Oct 9, 2010
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