Bobby Nardolillo in 2018 RI Senate race
On Budget & Economy:
Rationalize onerous federal regulations
For a decade the US Federal Government has burdened our economy with more and more overhead requirements. It is high time we changed that!One Overhead Expense with which businesses have to deal is government regulation.
Without question we have to create specifications for a safe work place. When permissible levels of non-toxic chemicals in the work environment are tightened from Parts per Million to Parts per Billion,
however, the dramatic increase in cost to do that is borne on the backs of our businesses.
I believe government can rationalize many of the onerous regulations it has imposed without doing any harm whatsoever to the health and safety of its citizens
or the quality of its natural environment. With your help I will take my place as your spokesperson in the US Senate and begin implementing these needed changes.
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senate campaign website bobby4senate.com
Feb 3, 2018
On Corporations:
Trump corporate tax cuts are just what the doctor ordered
On a business' balance sheet, Overhead Expenses are those which must be paid but which do not contribute directly to the cost of goods sold. Taxes are overhead expenses. Before government can spend a nickel it first must extract that nickel from your
pocket or mine. The current push by the new Trump Administration to reduce corporate (and individual) tax rates is just what the economic doctor ordered for our economic environment.
Tax cutting must be accompanied by the cutting of government expenditures and that's where some real political will to do the right thing would be helpful.
I can supply that will on behalf of the hard working, tax paying men and women of the Ocean State... If you'll let me.
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senate campaign website bobby4senate.com
Feb 3, 2018
On Energy & Oil:
Understanding Gap: do no economic harm without certainty
The facts of global temperatures and amounts of CO2 dissolved in sea water are measurements that have been accurately recorded. What is not understood is the relative impact of human activity on climate modification as a percentage of the whole.
Do biologic or geologic factors have a greater or lesser impact than industry?The Understanding Gap that exists today is the weak link in any proposal that's made to benefit our global environment. That's why so many of the proposals which have been
floated to date have carried such huge human costs. So that Understanding Gap is also the reason so few environmental initiatives have been undertaken to date. We can't afford to economically harm so many people in the absence of more certain
understanding that such disruption is actually necessary.
If I am elected to the US Senate I hope to support the advanced research which will clarify the real parameters of climate change, making future decisions obvious.
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senate campaign website bobby4senate.com
Feb 3, 2018
On Environment:
Fishing industry suffers under needless catch limits
Government cannot produce wealth. Only Manufacturing can combine two $1 items and create a product worth $5. That's the basis of real economic growth.
What government can do is to modify the environment in which business activity occurs. And it can do so in ways that either help business activity or hurt it.
Our own Rhode Island Fishing Industry is suffering under needlessly restrictive limits on its catch as well as federal requirements to take on & pay additional crew members whose only job is to verify that commercial fishermen are playing by the rules.
Actually you and I pay those costs in the smaller selections and higher prices we face when we buy fresh fish for our dinner tables.
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senate campaign website bobby4senate.com
Feb 3, 2018
On Education:
Diversity of choice in education
It is critical that parents be intimately involved in the education of their children. We have to give those parent-led educational teams real options for the different paths on which they can launch their kids.
Traditional public schools will benefit from competing with home schooling, charter schools, mayoral academies, and technical training programs that, together, will offer real diversity of choice to our children.
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senatorial website Bobby4Senate.com
Oct 1, 2017
On Energy & Oil:
Further research needed on climate change
What is not understood is the relative impact of human activity on climate modification as a percentage of the whole. Do biologic or geologic factors have a greater or lesser impact than industry? This is an area where science
is still being developed. That's why so many of the proposals have carried such huge human costs. We can't afford to economically harm so many people in the absence of more certain understanding that such disruption is actually necessary.
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senatorial website Bobby4Senate.com
Oct 1, 2017
On Health Care:
Repeal and replace Obamacare
I support the current talk of Patient Centered Healthcare Solutions and the push for Free-Market resolution of the costs for such care. I have followed the plans developed in the US House of Representatives and
I am optimistic that a replacement plan for Obamacare will be made an Act of Congress and implemented long before I could be fortunate enough to become a Member of the Senate.
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senatorial website Bobby4Senate.com
Oct 1, 2017
On Tax Reform:
Cut tax rates, cut spending
The current push by the new Trump Administration to reduce corporate (and individual) tax rates is just what the economic doctor ordered for our economic environment. Tax cutting must be accompanied by the cutting
of government expenditures and that's where some real political will to do the right thing would be helpful. I can supply that will on behalf of the hard working, tax paying men and women of the Ocean State
Source: 2018 Rhode Island Senatorial website Bobby4Senate.com
Oct 1, 2017
On Government Reform:
Shift elections to Saturday
Nardolillo says he has lost votes in the past because supporters were too busy working to vote.
He supports holding a vote on one weekend day, on Saturday, because two days would be more expensive and he also believes Sunday is for family and for religious reflection.
Source: Providence Journal on 2018 Rhode Island Senate race
Sep 22, 2017
On War & Peace:
Supports Afghanistan war but not forever
Nardolillo acknowledged the difficulty in achieving goals that include: staying in Afghanistan "forever" and not leaving until the government can withstand challenges from the Taliban, between staying until the situation is conclusive rather than "inconc
Source: Providence Journal on 2018 Rhode Island Senate race
Sep 11, 2017
On Immigration:
Get tough on illegal immigrants
Nardolillo has pushed bills to screen undocumented immigrants out of the Rhode Island workforce by requiring private-sector employers to use the E-Verify system. Another Nardolillo bill urges Congress to allow states to require proof of citizenship
for voting. He is concerned about costs and a perceived need to level the "playing field" between businesses that follow the rules and those that gain an advantage by hiring workers--who can't complain--for less money.
Source: Providence Journal on 2018 Rhode Island Senate race
May 15, 2017
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