Americans for Prosperity will be encouraging the N.C. General Assembly to continue pushing back against environmental regulation, offering more patient-centered freedom in health care, continuing to push for tax reform, and providing for more educational freedom during the 2015 legislative session.
AFP released its 2015 agenda on Thursday. It includes:
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Passage of a repeal of North Carolina’s Renewable Portfolio Standard;
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Passage of legislation seeking to push back and limit the EPA’s overreach of power into North Carolina’s electrical grid;
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Patient-centered health care reform through reform of the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) laws and Right to Try legislation;
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Defeat of any legislation seeking to expand Medicaid;
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Medicaid reform that will prevent the risk of cost overruns by state government;
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Continue the path of comprehensive tax reform by reducing the tax burden on North Carolinians and eliminating corporate welfare;
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Repeal or reform of the state’s capital gains tax;
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Passage of legislative spending limits that could include a Taxpayers Bill ofRights (TABOR);
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Increasing educational freedom for North Carolina families by expanding the Opportunity Scholarship Program and removing barriers to entry for charter schools;
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Eliminating barriers to entry for small businesses by reforming North Carolina’s occupational licensure laws; and In general, greatly reducing the regulatory burden on businesses and citizens.
Right to Try laws allow terminally ill patients the opportunity to try experimental drugs that have yet to win Food and Drug Administration approval.
“Our aggressive state and federal legislative agendas reflect our tireless commitment to standing up for the taxpayers, workers, parents, and job creators against the special interests that want more of their money,” said Donald Bryson, N.C. state director for AFP. “There are dozens of opportunities for lawmakers to improve the lives of their constituents by getting government out of the way – our agenda is only a starting point.”
