Economic Freedoms – As Colorado’s population gracefully ages, seniors need more opportunities to secure their financial futures. Encouraging economic freedoms means encouraging smaller government, fewer taxes and more opportunities to engage in market-based solutions to life’s problems. Investments, retirees’ IRAs and other retirement vehicles are eroded each year due to excessive taxation and regulatory fees imposed on seniors.

Other individuals and minority groups would also benefit from smaller government and increased economic freedoms. Low-income families would benefit; disadvantaged people would also benefit from an increase in economic freedoms, enabling them to control their lives and destinies.

As a whole, the Pikes Peak region and District 18 is currently experiencing an economic boom; however, that may always be the case, thus making economic freedoms a vital component of my platform. I want to empower your ability to control your financial future through the reduction of and repeal of certain taxes, as well as reducing the scope and size of our state government.

Education – It goes without saying education is important to our communities’ futures. What parents need more than ever before are more educational choices for their children. I support efforts to promote accountability for school districts and as well as competition. More competition from private and home schools will ensure parents have greater ability to determine and guide their children’s educational paths.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! – A great way to facilitate job growth is to encourage market-based solutions to nearly every problem and solution our community faces. A great way to promote jobs and economic development is to lower and eliminate barriers to jobs for people from all walks of life. Government’s role in this regard is simply to get out and stay out of the way of entrepreneurs, traders/barters and folks ambitious to start their own private businesses. We need to ensure the government facilitates those job-growth enterprises and gets out and stays out of their way.

Freedom & Liberty – I strongly believe in the Libertarian Principles of smaller government and greater freedoms and liberties for Coloradans. Today, government is too big, does too much and harms too many people. I will work to reduce those harms while promoting opportunities for people to pursue their happiness so long as it doesn’t negatively impact the lives of others.