Ken Krawchuk on Jobs

Lower unemployment by improving business environment

A: The best way to lower unemployment is to improve the business environment, and the best way to do that is to cut taxes. Taxes are simply too high: property taxes, corporate taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, all taxes. The reason why taxes are so high is because spending is too high. The cost of government in Pennsylvania has been rising on average at more than 3 times the rate of inflation for over 50 years! In 1964, Harrisburg took in an average of $100 per person, but today it's over $2,500 per person, and still growing. It doesn't matter if it's a Democrat in office or a Republican; the direction is always up, up, up. When I'm governor, that trend will end. I promise to veto every single tax increase. And I'll aggressively use the line item veto to eliminate unconstitutional pork barrel spending on special interests. History has shown that tax cuts always spur the economy. I plan to spur Pennsylvania's economy like never before.

Oppose affirmative action

A: Oppose.Government should not insert itself into private matters.