The Artur Davis Plan to Create Jobs

It’s time Alabama stopped doing the same old thing and started creating the jobs of tomorrow. Artur Davis' plan will get us there.

Read the outline of the plan below, then sign up to join Team Davis using the form to the right.

1. Growing Alabama Businesses and Getting the Economy Moving
   
   • A flexible and efficient New Job Tax Credit
   • Expanding small business lending
   • Rewarding existing Alabama companies
   • Increasing the availability of venture capital to boost startups and bring new products and ideas to market.
2. Building the Industries of the Future
   
   • Launch an Alabama Biotech Commercialization (ABC) Corporation
   • Capitalize an Alabama Aerospace and Aeronautics (AAA) Fund
   • Provide “innovators” tax credits
   • Found the Advancing Rural Energy in Alabama (A.R.E.A.) Initiative
   • Expansion of offshore and deepwater exploration
   • Clearing the way for nuclear power in Alabama
3. Building a Modern Infrastructure
   
   • Building a 21st century communications infrastructure.
   • Creating a Town Square Initiative
   • Speeding up the use of transportation dollars to create jobs now.
4. Investing in Alabama Workers
   
   • Institute a Smarter Start program.
   • Provide a state tuition tax incentive for working adult students
   • Create a demand-driven system that trains workers for the jobs employers need
   • Institute Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLA)
   • Help working families cope by providing a new child tax credit for parents

You can also download the full plan summary here.

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