LIVE: Morgan Promises to End Tolls in “Blueprint for a Stronger Rhode Island”
Thursday, May 03, 2018
House Minority Leader and Rhode Island Republican gubernatorial candidate Patricia Morgan joined GoLocal News Editor Kate Nagle on LIVE to talk about her "Blueprint for a Stronger Rhode Island" released on Wednesday.
Read the plan HERE
"We cannot waste any more time throwing taxpayers’ hard-earned money at out-of-touch insiders or chasing unproven ideas hoping they will help grow our economy – hope is not an economic policy," said Morgan. "We must focus on unshackling job creators, creating better futures for Rhode Islanders, and changing our business climate from hostile to helpful. The plan I put forward offers proven, researched strategies that are constructed to minimize cost and maximize the benefit to hardworking Rhode Islanders.”
Morgan spoke about the following elements of her plan, including:
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- Establishing an Office of the Inspector General within the Executive Branch and requiring a continuous schedule of fiscal analysis for social services to "help cut out wasteful spending, fraud and abuse"
- Eliminating the “death tax” and the state income tax on military pensions.
- Repurposing Commerce Rhode Island from the corporate model it currently uses and establishing three additional State Business Parks (Quonset North, Quonset East bay and Quonset South) to advocate for local businesses and to help bring more jobs and better jobs to our Ocean State.
- Strengthening the connections between career and technical high schools, employers, and CCRI, beginning grant programs for employer-based apprenticeships, and offering tax credits for companies that offer college loan and repayment programs to combat “brain drain” and to keep college graduates in Rhode Island.
- Ending the practice of “scoops” – a one-time revenue from ratepayers.
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