Endorsements

Idaho Education Association

Professional Fire Fighters of Idaho

AFL-CIO

Conservation Voters for Idaho

Idaho Statesman
GRANT BURGOYNE-

A fellow attorney and Boise Democrat, Burgoyne’s focus is jobs. And he strikes a good balance; he advocates for green energy tax incentives while saying the state must break its 15-year pattern of disinvesting in higher education. ”That’s not a money issue. That’s an attitude issue.“

A Revenue and Taxation Committee member, Burgoyne is on the right track about modernizing the tax code — cutting income tax rates and eliminating the tax on business ”personal property,“ while eliminating dated sales tax exemptions and taxing Internet sales. To him, robust tax enforcement is a practical and ethical issue, and he argues for it passionately. ”When people don’t pay their taxes, they’re making chumps out of the rest of us.“

Read more: click here