AFP-NC 2009 Legislative Agenda

 Fight all tax increases, including but not limited to sales, income, land transfer, highway use, meals, tobacco and alcohol.

  • Increase the number of public charter schools and other school choice options available to parents.
  • Promote the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) that would limit government spending to the increase in population and inflation.
  • Eliminate corporate welfare (incentives) and adjust the corporate rate to 2 to 3%. Down from 6.9 %
  • Protect private property:

o        Support a constitutional amendment stopping eminent domain abuse.

o        Stop forced municipal annexation.>

o        Stop excessive property tax increases that threaten homes & businesses.

  • Dedicate all lottery revenue to school construction.
  • Support free markets by opposing new laws/regulations that restrict businesses such as outlawing smoking in private businesses.
  • Fight “welfare for politicians” known as taxpayer funded elections.
  • Protect free and political speech rights.
  • Keep North Carolina a “Right to Work” state:

o       Protect government employees from Unions having access to pay checks.

o       Protect taxpayers from public employee strikes and work stoppages.

Support State Constitutional Amendment to protect workers’ rights to secret ballot elections