Bud Pierce on Tax Reform

Reduce taxes and regulations on small businesses

Tax relief on mid-tier income earners, to create more jobs

Some of the ways he wants to achieve this is through tax relief on mid-tier income and by providing more affordable post-secondary education for students. He also supports programs that support career technical education, such as Measure 98, which would require state funding for dropout-prevention and career and college readiness.

Beyond growing the private sector, Pierce also highlighted his belief that private industry could help run state agencies more efficiently. "The government has to live within the realm of what it has," Pierce said. "It can't keep going to the citizens asking for more money, it needs to learn how to manage money."