Dallas Woodhouse at Americans for Prosperity North Carolina sent us this list of his group’s 2009 legislative goals:
*Fight all tax increases, including but not limited to sales, income, land transfer, highway use, meals, tobacco and alcohol.
*Increase the number of public charter schools and other school choice options available to parents.
*Promote the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) that would limit government spending to the increase in population and inflation.
*Eliminate corporate welfare (incentives) and adjust the corporate rate to 2 to 3%. Down from 6.9 %
*Protect private property:
o Support a constitutional amendment stopping eminent domain abuse.
o Stop forced municipal annexation.
o Stop excessive property tax increases that threaten homes & businesses.
Dedicate all lottery revenue to school construction.
Support free markets by opposing new laws/regulations that restrict businesses such as outlawing smoking in private businesses.
Fight ?welfare for politicians? known as taxpayer funded elections.
Protect free and political speech rights.
Keep North Carolina a ?Right to Work? state:
o Protect government employees from Unions having access to pay checks.
o Protect taxpayers from public employee strikes and work stoppages.
o Support State Constitutional Amendment to protect workers? rights to secret ballot elections
