I was born and raised in Hanson where I attended Maquan, Indian Head, and Hanson Middle Schools while playing my little league and youth football in town. These formative years forever attached me to this great town and invested me in its success.
As a tax-payer and private citizen, I know how important it is to provide for yourself and those you love. However, I also understand that many struggle living paycheck-to-paycheck as we all navigate the costs of healthcare, commuting, and providing for our families.
That is why as your state representative, I want to help support lower taxes in order to allow each of you to bring home more money to provide for your families and yourselves.
1. Establish automatic Income tax reductions based on several factors through a Massachusetts fiscal year. The state continues to run a budget surplus which is a good thing, but then politicians often provide supplemental budgets to spend this surplus on pet projects. I will work to establish guidelines that can automatically put savings from a surplus back into your pocket after capping the amount the state is allowed to save or spend after the initial budget is approved.
2. Make dramatic changes to the sales tax rate in the Commonwealth by introducing creative savings and business incentives. I want the state to collect the minimum amount of funds needed to perform its services while allowing individuals and communities of need to grow. Not only could tax holidays be more frequent, and potentially targeted to help our homegrown community businesses, but the sales tax should be tied to the surplus as well. When businesses grow and succeed in the Commonwealth there should be a reward. I believe the State could encourage business by amended the sales tax.