7/26/2019 FreedomWorks' Pro-Growth Pledge

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Support Fundamental Tax Reform

I will work to support a simpler, fairer tax code.

Our tax code is over 74,000 pages. It is an overly complicated system that punishes the middle class, picks winners and

losers in American business, and costs tax-payers $168 billion and 6 billion hours to ile. We must reduce the complexity

o our tax code and slash rates across the board, leaving more money in the pockets o hard-working Americans.

Cut SpendingI will work to rein in the national debt by reducing spending.

Our national debt now tops $150,000 per American amily ar above the average household income in the U.S. Every

dollar the Government spends is taken rom our pockets. With a national debt exceeding $19 trillion, its critical that we

have a speciic agenda or reining in government spending.

Decrease Regulation

I will work to reduce the regulatory burden on individuals and businesses.

Government regulations are heavy-handed, and stile American job creation. In the last decade, we have seen new

regulations on health care, power plants, uel standards and inance. The cost o ederal regulations now tops $2

trillion dollars a year, and its the average American who ultimately pays or governments red tape. In order to unleash

Americas ull job-creating potential, we need to tackle our over-regulated economy, and reduce the governments

ootprint.

No Bailouts

I will not support government bailouts of private enterprise.

Getting the government out o the way o successul business also means we can no longer prop up ailing ones.

The banks that were too big to ail in 2008 are even bigger now, while small businesses received no help at all. The

government can no longer bail out ailing business, but must let everyone sink or swim on their own merits. Every

candidate must draw a hard line and say no to bailouts.

Sound Money

I will work to hold the Federal Reserve accountable and to maintain a stable money supply.

The price o groceries has risen signiicantly higher than our average wage growth rates, as have energy, education, andmedical costs, due to the weakened American dollar. A sound dollar is one o the most critical (yet too ofen overlooked)

elements o economic growth. Getting money right must be a critical component o any plan to reignite superior

economic growth.

Energy Policy Powered by Consumer Choice, Not Bureaucracy

I will work to remove barriers to market-based energy policies.

The United States is rich in energy natural resources and can be an international leader in energy creation or the rest

o the century. We need a ree market energy policy that eliminates government subsidies, and allows all o our energy

resources to be utilized, including our coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear power. The market, not politicians, should

choose the most economically viable power sources. This means allowing drilling on ederal lands, building energy

inrastructure, such as pipelines, and reining in Environmental Protection Agency regulations that stile American energy

production.

Patient-Centered, Free Market Health Care

I will work to implement free market health care reforms.

We will revolutionize health care in our country by repealing ObamaCare and replacing it with ree market reorms that

will make health care more affordable and expand coverage. Americans will be able to buy the care they want through

the use o patient-oriented health savings accounts, and medical malpractice reorm will reduce costs or consumers.

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