Terry Brandstad in 2011 Governor's State of the State speeches
On Budget & Economy:
End the days of unsustainable commitments
The results of our past budget practices have been across the board cuts and a mountain of broken promises. The days of unsustainable commitments are over. It will come as no surprise to any of you that I am submitting a biennial budget that includes my
recommendations for both Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013. Also included with this budget is a five year financial projection that shows how the decisions we make this year will impact the bottom line over the next five years.
Iowa desperately needs these financial planning tools and I will insist the Legislature join me in this commitment to provide Iowans with an honest, open, and transparent approach to spending the public's money.
We will make our government as good, as dependable, as well-managed as the people it serves.
Source: 2011 Iowa State of the State Address
Jan 27, 2011
On Corporations:
Reduce state corporate income tax from 12% to 6%
This budget make it clear that Iowa is ready for job creation. We all know that small businesses are the engines of our growth. Yet, our small businesses pay an income tax rate that is highest in the nation at 12%. And our small business pay commercial p
Source: 2011 Iowa State of the State Address
Jan 27, 2011
On Jobs:
Reduce burdensome regulation by public/private job team
I will be bringing forth legislation to transform our current Department of Economic Development into a public/private partnership. This will be a partnership that unshackles our economic development efforts from an alphabet soup of bureaucratic programs
and brings the best practices from both sectors to recharge our job creation mission. And I intend to give that new partnership new tools to market our state to job creators.[We'll] eliminate impediments to job growth. While tax policy can take us a
significant way forward in our effort to compete for new jobs, much of that work can be undone by a bureaucracy that fails to understand the critical relationship between burdensome regulation and job creation. The rules and regulations identified throug
this process will be the first subjected to our proposed rolling sunset and I will further order all future proposed rules and regulations to contain a jobs impact statement so we can identify those that cost jobs before they impact our Iowa employers.
Source: 2011 Iowa State of the State Address
Jan 27, 2011
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