Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I'll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs.
What we have to do is support business, but also support our workers with job training programs and with reasonable wages.
I think the Founding Fathers probably knew what they were doing in setting up the government to have a healthy tension between the executive branch and the legislative branch.
I respect public employees and school teachers. They deserve a secure retirement.
My vision for a better Rhode Island starts with a simple idea - we are all in this together.
We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests.
I want to show two things. One, that Democrats can solve big problems and get things done. And two, that as a public official, you can make tough choices, do the right things for the right reasons, and upset some people. And still get elected.