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Agriculture Agriculture is one of the most important industries to the 9th District and the state. As a second generation farmer, I deal with the challenges on a daily basis. This past session there were many attempts to burden the agricultural industry with additional costs that could not be passed on. These included sales tax on fertilizer, sales tax on crop protection products, Business and Occupation tax on gross receipts, trade in allowance, and other hidden oil-based product taxes. We must protect the jobs that agriculture brings to our region. I will work continually to keep the agricultural industry healthy. Taxes We don’t have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem. In an effort to make it more difficult to raise taxes, the voters enacted I-960, requiring a 2/3rd majority vote in the legislature to raise taxes. While I voted against the legislation that killed I-960, the Democrat controlled legislature this session passed the legislation and the governor signed this bill into law. As a state we need to live within our means. As families and employers are having to tighten their belts, so should state government. And, any new spending proposals need to be paid for from existing revenues. Education The funding of education is of “paramount duty” according to our state constitution. It is the only item specifically singled out that the state must spend taxpayer money on. I have two principles on education. First, there should be more control given to the local school board. Decisions made a t the local level are usually the best decisions. And second, the burgeoning state education bureaucracy needs to be kept in check. |
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JoeSchmick |
For State Representative ~ District 9 ~ GOP |
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John Aeschliman Milton Aldrich Inez Broweleit Mark and Jaynae Bunch Kent Clausen John Conniff Brooke Cloninger Ken and Paula Forester Bob Fuller Amir Ganji DMD Jeff Hawbaker Robin Henderson DDS John Hinnenkamp KW Hipps Russ and Sandy Jamison Larry Jensen Charles Leathers Gene Leinweber Keith McIvor Rex Menke DDS Bill Myers Barb Nasralla Francis Pettit Bonnie Quinn Connie Robohn Grant Rodkey DMD Joe and Jeanne Schmitz Chris and Jana Schulteis James Scott Bruce Toillion DDS Dennis Tracy Dr. James Valentine Ron and Barb Wachter Gene and Mary Warren Careton Waldrop Rodney Huber Charles and Gwen Oldenburg |
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