• Examine every aspect of state government to reduce wasteful spending and modify or eliminate underperforming programs.

• Make better use of taxpayers’ dollars through alternative programs that can provide high- quality services and better results at lower costs.

• Implement more effective state fiscal planning to reduce long-term state and municipal unfunded liabilities and shortfalls in federal aid.

• Avoid any tax increases that would stifle economic recovery; promote predictable, consistent and fair tax policy that encourages employers to invest more in Connecticut and create more jobs here.

• Strengthen Connecticut’s private-sector health insurance marketplace through commonsense, affordable reforms that reduce health care costs, improve quality and increase access.

Labor & Employment

• Recognize that Connecticut employers provide good wages, benefits and safe workplaces; avoid imposing mandates that would increase costs and make it more difficult to create and retain jobs here.

• Build a highly skilled workforce for Connecticut and give our young people their best opportunity for success by adopting the State Department of Education’s high school reform plan to improve students’ performance and close the achievement gap.

• Meet the increasing demands of a global marketplace by maximizing Connecticut’s state and federal transportation resources and making sure those dollars are focused on priority, economy-boosting projects.

• Help Connecticut consumers better manage their energy costs and increase energy reliability by upgrading infrastructures, diversifying fuel sources and promoting innovation and competition.