State of Rhode Island secondary Archives: on Budget & Economy
Bobby Nardolillo:
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
Dan McKee:
Strong supporter and advocate for local small business
Since becoming lieutenant governor, McKee has spent much of his time promoting and advocating on behalf of small businesses. During the pandemic, he's used the office as a bully pulpit to call for greater support for the business community.
When asked about his greatest achievement as lieutenant governor, McKee pointed to his support of the business community, namely during the pandemic. "That's probably the highlight," he said.
Source: WPRI on 2022 Rhode Island Gubernatorial race
Jan 7, 2021
Dan McKee:
I understand that budgets reflect priorities and policy
[On COVID recovery]: "We're digging in now and I think we will be prepared to understand what we are looking at and that's an important thing," McKee said. "You can understand what the options might be based on real numbers and I think that is what
I always did as mayor," he said. "I understand that budgets reflect priorities and policy and so I'm looking forward to trying to work through this budget even if it is on short time frame," McKee said.
Source: The Independent on 2022 Rhode Island Gubernatorial race
Jan 21, 2021
Dan McKee:
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
Donald Carcieri:
We cannot sustain the present level of spending
A week from today, I will submit my budget for fiscal year 2011. It will be balanced--without raising taxes! But it will require significant changes at both the state and local level.
Make no mistake about it; we are going to have to find more structural ways to reduce spending at the municipal level! We cannot sustain the present level of spending; we simply do not have the revenues.
Source: Rhode Island 2010 State of the State Address
Jan 26, 2010
Gina Raimondo:
We've made it easier to do business in Rhode Island
We've made it easier to do business in Rhode Island, cutting thousands of pages of regulations and providing 120 loans to small business--more than half of
which have gone to women and minority-owned businesses. That small business loan fund didn't even exist when I became governor.
Source: 2020 Rhode Island State of the State address
Jan 14, 2020
Gina Raimondo:
Put line-item veto on the ballot
It is time to pass line item veto. We know this is something the vast majority of Rhode Islanders want. Nearly every other state uses line item veto to reduce waste in government spending and corruption--and to ensure that tax dollars help all citizens,
not just those with connections. Let's restore Rhode Islanders' confidence in government and put line item veto on the ballot.
Source: 2020 Rhode Island State of the State address
Jan 14, 2020
Gina Raimondo:
Investing in job training, incentives helped business
The governor, a former venture capitalist, points out that Rhode Island, and the state's manufacturing in particular, was "really hard hit" by the Great Recession of 2008. "We really had to put our shoulder to the grindstone, invest in our talent,
invest in job training, provide incentives to make it easier to do business in Rhode Island," Raimondo said. "Because of all that we have seen a pretty remarkable turnaround, including in manufacturing."
Source: Forbes magazine on 2018 Rhode Island Gubernatorial race
Jul 5, 2018
Jack Reed:
Postpone sequestration; then balanced taxes & cuts
Q: Are across-the-board cuts going into effect due to sequestration?REED: These are serious challenges to the military. I don't think it has to happen; [there is] proposed legislation that would defer the sequestration to next year. It would be paid
for in a balanced way by additional revenue as well as additional reduction in spending.
Q: Tax hikes?
REED: Indeed. And that, I think, is the way to proceed, avoiding the blunt across-the-board cuts and also giving us chance to get back into regular
order, proposing a budget, doing an appropriations bill. The sequestration will preempt us from getting a budget done.
Q: It's always that you guys need more time and that--can we put it off until next year. Answer me this: if these cuts not just go
into effect but are allowed to stay in effect, will the U.S. be less safe as a result of these across-the-board cuts?
REED: Even if you give flexibility, you still have significant reduction. It's not just defense. It's education, it's border security.
Source: CNN SOTU 2013 interview on 2014 Rhode Island Senate race
Feb 17, 2013
Lincoln Almond:
$325M tax cuts & business incentives to attract investment
We've strengthened our economy. That's enabled us to cut the income tax for the fourth year in a row and we'll do it again this year. All told, we'll ease the tax burden on families by $204 million dollars. And when you tally up all of the incentives
we've put in place for business, it's over $121 million. That's encouraging existing companies to expand, and it's attracting new investment to our state.
Source: 2001 State of the State Address to Rhode Island Legislature
Feb 7, 2001
Mark Zaccaria:
Senate bank regulators are too cozy with regulated banks
Zaccaria accused Reed, who is a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, of being too cozy with the banking industry: "The people that he regulates have been very generous to him."During his campaign,
Zaccaria said, he will also lay out Reed's "anti-economy and anti-business stands," and how much his support for the Affordable Care Act--known as ObamaCare--threaten to "cost the average Rhode Islander."
Source: Providence Journal on 2014 Rhode Island Senate race
Jun 24, 2014
Matt Brown:
Implement rent control, build 10,000 green affordable homes
RI Political Cooperative Policy Platform: - Affordable Housing for All
- Ensure that all working families in Rhode Island can afford housing
- Extend the eviction moratorium throughout the pandemic
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Implement a utility shutoff moratorium throughout the pandemic
- Build 10,000 green affordable homes for working families
- Implement statewide rent control to ensure that rent increases do not exceed 4% annually
[Brown heads this RI coalition].
Source: GoLocalProv.com on 2022 Rhode Island Gubernatorial race
Sep 22, 2021
Nellie Gorbea:
Simplify statewide process to encourage homebuilding
Consistently fund the development of supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness and those who require ongoing behavioral health services. Work with state agencies, municipalities, nonprofit and for-profit home builders on a statewide
process that simplifies and expedites the building of homes. Implement programs that incentivize the modernizing of multi-family properties. Work with municipalities to hold landlords accountable for properties not being maintained to code.
Source: 2022 Rhode Island Governor campaign website NellieGorbea.com
Jun 26, 2022
Patricia Morgan:
Over-regulation hurt RI business; do cost-benefit analysis
For over a decade Rhode Island has ranked at or near the bottom of Forbes's "Best States for Business" index. Over-regulation, harmful state laws, escalating energy costs and other damaging policies have depressed our economy and
its ability to create well-paying jobs. In an effort to counter such business disincentives, in 2012, Patricia co-sponsored H8024, a bill requiring a cost/benefit analysis and periodic review of all regulations governing or impacting small businesses.
Source: PatriciaForRI.com on Rhode Island voting record H8024
Mar 21, 2018
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