Growing jobs is the answer,
NOT growing government
Former Republican State Legislator Pat Hickey is running for Assembly District 25. Pat, who served in the Assembly in the '97 Session, is a small business owner and has worked as a journalist and conservative columnist covering the Nevada Legislature.
“I will go to Carson City as sensible citizen legislator prepared for the enormous budget challenges facing the 2011 Session. Legislators should understand we cannot tax our way out of this recession. Imposing stifling new taxes and fees will not be the answer for kick-starting Nevada’s economy. Nevada lawmakers must make sure their efforts empower—and not over-burden businesses--so that the necessary revenues can be generated to support vital institutions like UNR and the state’s essential social services.”
Entitlement spending must be reigned in, or Nevada will go broke like California. Of the $763 million in taxpayer-funded “Stimulus Money” (which Nevada won’t have in the 2011 Session) went to entitlements like Medicaid, welfare, the prison population and public education--frequently for children of illegal immigrant families.
Education is vital for our future
We are in the midst of a budget crisis. This means we need to look at creative alternatives. By giving local school districts more control, we can empower them to use the money allocated more efficiently. It's important that students in both K-12 and our universities are given the most assets we can afford for a complete education. However, money is not the total answer. Like so many of you, Pat wants to see hard working teachers rewarded for their excellence. Support for the best elements of our schools must be preserved where possible, even in these tough economic times.
Illegal immigration is a problem for Nevada
Workforce demographics show “Nevada tops the nation in the percentage of illegal immigrants in the workforce” (Pew Hispanic Center). Unfortunately, many are not paying their fair share.
The children of Nevada’s 240,000 illegal immigrants working in Nevada cost approximately $10,000 per child to “educate, medicate and sometimes incarcerate.” It’s also been estimated by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), that illegal immigration costs Nevada almost $650 million annually, that is 70% of the budget hole the Special Session of the Legislature tried to fill.
Problems in Nevada with illegal immigration are affecting our tax revenues and social entitlements and are bringing us to the brink economically. We have to tackle these problems in the next legislative session.
Your vote will help me go to Carson to introduce groundbreaking legislation to mitigate the costs illegal immigration has placed on Nevada’s social service networks.”
Thank you for voting for me and telling your friends to vote in the Primary Election on
Tuesday, June 8th