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Action Plan for the Economy |
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Economic Action Plan:
Economies and societies change and adapt to new circumstances. We need to keep taxes low, streamline the regulatory environment, and spur entrepreneurship. And we need to go even further, and address underlying fundamentals. You can show your support for these goals and send a message to Olympia when you sign your name in support of the Economic Action Plan.
Some next steps for Washington should include:
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Teach the work ethic in high school, and get more high school students into business internships, where they can directly connect with the working world and keystone industries for their local economy.
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Make college, apprenticeship, and technical training affordable, and recruit more people into developing the post-secondary skills needed by keystone industries. For example, let high school students earn scholarships for college or apprenticeship by completing internships in high-demand fields.
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Pay our schools and colleges for the results they produce, not just for process. For example, make a portion of each school and college’s funding based upon student completions and student success. We can’t keep paying based solely on the number of people in each class, regardless of results.
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This emphasis on the work ethic, education, and skills should result in a larger, more secure middle class. Actively track whether the middle class in Washington is growing, shrinking, or stagnating, and report the results each year to the public and the press.
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Prevent drug abuse, dropout, and unintended teen pregnancy. Help more of our children and teens avoid these obstacles to their own personal success, and we’ll be doing the right thing for each person, and for our society as a whole. These prevention strategies also result in tremendous long-term savings to the state’s taxpayers.
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Advocate for national strategies to level the playing field for US exports. Exports bring resources into our economy, which then re-circulate to all parts of the economy. Other nations whose economies are now surging should be expected to have meaningful human rights, worker, and environmental policies. This will level the playing field a little, and help people at home and abroad. It will ensure that nations with fast-growing economies become responsible members of the community of nations—before they become the most powerful economies in the world.
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Ensure Washington’s business incentives and business recruitment activities make job creation their top priority. Within that priority, make secure family wage jobs the focal point.
Read Tim's cover letter regarding the Economic Action Plan.
Read the background information that supports the Economic Action Plan.
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