Show ' ' ' ' W ' & - il J1!y ' t s - v s v 'yjr - Vi V ' 'V s - s' s'j’-- ?' ' 0- ' " fr t ' issues well jace A quality educational experience is criticalto our well being as individuals and a state Because we live in EDUCATION ‘ X a knowledge-base' JOBSECOMOM1C DEVBjOPMENT “KarTas priority I will seek out these people and encourage them to help us' develop an economic strategy that works for determine what they earn Choice gives parents greater say of their children it gives them a reason to become even more involved in their childrensschool-- ' Choice can foster competition and innovation It may also' be a very important part of addresung the funding crisis Utah and puts Utahns to work This committee will also include the economic professionals inside and outside of government education business arid the political world " in the education J" X - ' ( ' ' vre face as 145000 new students enter our school system?' in the next decade But I won’t gut die public school sysvtern or send a message to thcmajority df our educators jY 'Ini diepast As governor Iwill create a job growth a topX Committee of lOOO’Vimd society our children will be competing for jobs in a global marketplace What they’ve learned will d r ten years a rime of unprecedented economic ri'- growth inUtah we nearlymaxedoutourdebt loadWe failed to put anything aside for the educational funding cri“ now lace and a Medicaid drain that is just around the corned Currently we are almost $2 billion indcbtA - ? j ' conservative is NOT someone who lowers ta ’ ’t '' we' f v 4) m ft' s 1 onlyw'X'vYv turn around and borrow money At the sanie time the XX-?We need to tap into all our resources to create a more '?£:'budgct increased from about S3 billion to $8 billion cohesive and T: Asgovernoti I will refocus our priorities and approach to economic development:' (1990-200finahcial house J will lead die effort to inventory all wereifoingrJuare'r in long-terour order plan through get our strengths and weaknesses see what kinds of jobs tiing conforming government to spending not die other' X-wantfor bur children and then assessing what it will cost'? way ardund and instituting nonrlapsingbudgeting to - s s Vr 7 o - if i ' c yr-- r'A - I' s ' r 'V" ‘Jia1 i Vi TAXES j I SPENDING Tax revenue 'taxi Like'a thriejbggbd - stool') " oroocr balance in all mtee aitas ' fvt1 ) r 5 JCj ' aiccotom'odate critical business infrastructure needs:- A T vconie primarily foom tbTOsburois'vstrong busine environment allows ourchildren property' tax income tax arid salesX in Utah and provides important education binding y I & "isiiiiv i4 f - Vk f' y - - believe ir would be wise for us to look carefolly at our current tax v :1 structure with tnc intent of hnd- ing any efficiencies or inequities! ' n‘ K like crime health care water or states’ rights ' ro to wunaKarras2004com ' - f - ' : ' And team bow - NoLtn looks at the challenges facing Utah today rz — i i i V ' ' - |