I believe in an efficient state government, one which serves the needs of its people and does not take away our rights. We cannot allow unnecessary expansion of state government and state budgets need to be held to increases that do not exceed the rate of inflation.

State Budgets must use solid figures to estimate the growth in revenue. We cannot rely on inflated figures and cannot keep raising fees to make up for budget shortfalls.

In the case where a surplus is created from a state budget, the surplus funds should be placed in a rainy day fund to help plan for harder times. If our state is faced with an emergency, whether it be a natural disaster or economic downfall, we will be ready to fund the recovery.