Dan McKee in 2022 Governor's State of the State speeches
On Budget & Economy:
Make a once in a generation investment in our housing stock
For Rhode Island to be an attractive place to live, work, and raise a family, we must address the availability of housing. Rhode Island has historically underinvested in housing. We are experiencing a housing shortage in part because too few units have
been built over several years. In 2020, we built fewer units per capita than any other state in New England. Let's come together again and allocate a quarter billion dollars to make a once in a generation investment in our state's housing stock.
Did you know that homeownership is one of the most important ways to build generational wealth, yet Rhode Island has one of the lowest homeownership rates in the country, largely because families and individuals cannot afford the down payment?
It's time to change that. That's why I will be sending the General Assembly a proposal for investing $50 million to provide down payment assistance to Rhode Island households who need it most.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Rhode Island legislature
Jan 18, 2022
On Health Care:
Extend Medicaid coverage for new moms to 12 months
I am proud to propose that we cover all kids in Medicaid--we've done it before, let's do it again. Let's also extend Medicaid coverage for new moms from 60 days after birth to 12 months. It's the right thing to do--let's get it done.
In addition, for the first time in decades, let's expand the income eligibility threshold for families to access the Child Care Assistance Program and let's continue our investments in early education retention bonuses.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Rhode Island legislature
Jan 18, 2022
On Tax Reform:
Reduce corporate minimum tax to help small business
Here's a few of our Small Business Article proposals: - Let's allow cities and town to exempt a portion of business property from the tangible tax.
- Let's reduce the corporate minimum tax, a tax that impacts our smallest businesses the most.
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Let's create a taxpayer steward within the Rhode Island Division of Taxation dedicated to helping individuals and small businesses navigate the taxation process.
- And let's make alcohol to go permanent, an out of the box idea that allows restaurants
and brewpubs to sell alcoholic beverages with take-out food.
For far too long, minority entrepreneurs & minority-owned businesses have faced barriers in starting and growing businesses. They've had more hurdles to jump to get over that finish line.
Let's reduce those hurdles. I'm proposing a $10 million Minority Business Support Initiative to strengthen our minority business community and increase minority business ownership in the state.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Rhode Island legislature
Jan 18, 2022
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