AWidmar

HB9 AWidmar republican Arkansas Jhon Boozman [|BOOZMAN HOMEPAGE] -Known as the hot water state -The only open diamond mine that is open to the public -A man can legally beat his wife but not more than once a month. - Religion is mainly Protestant. - In Arkansas, it is illegal to misprounce Arkansas - They are big in agriculture. - They have low housing costs and taxes. - They have a medium polution rate. - High transportation costs. - High in health care costs. 1. ECONOMY ** __Problems:__ Their states unemploment rate has incresed dramatically over the last two years. People are low on money and need jobs. Small businesses and local businesses are constantly going out of business because they can't afford to buy more employees and they can't pay their taxes. __Solutions:__ More money should be sent to small businesses. We could reduce corporate income taxes. Give more opputunities for higher education outside of highschool. We could eliminate unessecary taxes. Small businesses should not have to pay export taxes. __Problems:__ We have too many greenhouse gasses in the atomosphere. We aren't recycling as much as we need to. Polution is filling the air. We are using too much energy. We need more sources for energy other than fossil fuels. __Solutions:__ Less imports of fossil fuels could be a solution. We should put higher taxes on imports of fossil fuels and other things that are bad for the enviroment. We could charge for companies who go over a certain polution limit. We could charge people who don't recycle. We could make more electricity and make it cost less for another alternative. __Problems:__ America is being over taxed and that is a partial reason of our debts. Americans are working harder than ever for their money and the government is taking it away. Companies are charging too much for tax help. __Soultions:__ VITA is an association that helps people who cannot prepare their own tax returns. We could lower taxes on wages. Minimum wage could be higher. We could make taxing software be free.
 * 5 Interesting facts about Arkansas:**
 * 5 Important facts about my state that relate to my issues:**
 * 3 Issues that are important to me:
 * 2. ENVIROMENT **
 * 3. TAXES **