Good Jobs in a Growing Economy

• Accelerate the diversification of Michigan's economy by investing in Michigan's competitive advantages to spur job growth;


• Promote Michigan as a global center for renewable energy production and innovation;


• Empower and encourage local communities to develop local venture capital funds, including partnering with local community colleges and universities to develop a community infrastructure (e.g., startup management training, links between venture capital and entrepreneurs, etc.) in which these funds can flourish;


• Expand access to high speed internet across the state to ensure we have the infrastructure necessary to support today's mobile workforce and attract new businesses and the jobs of tomorrow;


• Direct public investment to areas like rebuilding roads and hiring teachers that not only provide jobs in the short-term, but create the social infrastructure to make Michigan more competitive in the future;


• Provide incentives and develop a series of best practices to create a statewide entrepreneurial culture;


• Market Michigan as a destination through increased and reliable investment in tourism promotion (including the creation of a public-private Michigan Tourism Investment Corporation that takes the politics out of tourism promotion);


• Assist efforts to promote Michigan agriculture and agri-tourism and assist in efforts to promote Michigan agriculture;


• Intensify the commercialization of university research and link to incentives for incubating/commercializing efforts across Michigan (keep the business here);


• Expand the "No Worker Left Behind" program to provide access to further education or training for all Michigan workers displaced by the state's changing economy;


• Make work pay by defending Michigan's Earned Income Tax Credit;


• Fight attempts to make Michigan a "Right to Work" state;


• Push for a competitive, simple and predictable business tax structure, that provides the comfort of certainty to businesses deciding whether to invest in, grow or stay in Michigan; and


• Streamline the bureacratic steps new and small businesses need to take to establish operations in Michigan (e.g., state help/hotlines and online toolkits/welcome kits for those looking to start or expand their business).

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