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Growing the California Economy
California leads our country and the world as an economic superstar with our agricultural, high-tech, biotech and entertainment industries. I support growing the California economy through government policies that encourage entrepreneurship and that encourage existing industries and companies to choose California as their national and international headquarters.
California businesses should be free to create new jobs, products, and services with a minimum of government regulation. Economics 101 teaches that economic growth is maximized through free enterprise when government is limited. California should grow the market for its products by increasing access to foreign markets and, where appropriate, by making use of foreign innovations and cheaper goods and services to boost California’s efficiency.
I support the building of new or expanding freeways, roads and rails to help alleviate congestion, save fuel and improve commerce. California must provide more affordable, abundant and cleaner electric generation capacity to relieve upward pressure on energy prices, and to support and grow domestic industries to keep jobs in the state. We must reduce California’s dependency on foreign fossil fuels. I support building new infrastructure for water recycling and developing new sources of water by and for end-users, and preserving existing water rights.
