Joshua Behling for State Representative

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Government should live within its means, just as Minnesota families have to do every day.
Minnesota families should decide how to save and spend their money, because they know what's best for their needs.
Taxes should be fair to all people.
Property tax reform
Reduce taxes on small businesses and encourage them to stay in Minnesota. (Minnesota places in the top five highest for all 50 states in it's business tax rate.)

Patients and doctors should make ALL health care decisions, not the Government.
Reduce/eliminate governmental mandates on our health care system.
When purchasing insurance allow additional pooling of small businesses to achieve more economical health care premium rates. Therefore reducing the costs employees’ pay for health care insurance.
Eliminate fraudulent lawsuits against doctors therefore reducing the cost of medical malpractice insurance, and saving EVERYONE more money.

Children are our future. A strong understanding of core academics is essential to educating our children.
Reform the education funding formula to make sure ALL Minnesota children have an equal opportunity to learn.
Schools are a place for learning; let's make sure the money we pay to fund education goes to the classroom first where it can most positively affect our children's learning.
Good educators deserve to be paid well. I support pay plans that encourage educators to teach our children to succeed to their highest potential in school.
Eliminate excessive ascetics on schools and focus bond money on building a functioning educational environment.
Do not extend "in-state" tuition breaks for illegal immigrants.

I believe Minnesota has the best workforce in the country, and that businesses provide financial security for their workers.We need to encourage businesses to not relocate to other states, by ensuring they are not over taxed.
Allow businesses to contact past employers and get an accurate reference on a potential employee.
Encourage partnerships between schools and businesses to provide for the best education of our future workforce.

I support strong energy policies through private initiative.
Research and development into alternative forms of energy is important to our future.

Innocent human life, born and unborn, must be protected from the time a baby is conceived.
Stop any public funding of abortions.
Allow families to make decisions for loved ones when a living will is not present, not the Government.
Partial birth abortions should be banned.
I support parental permission laws, that would require parental permission before a minor can receive an abortion.

I am a strong supporter of a citizen’s right to keep and bear arms.
Violent criminals should not be allowed access to firearms at any time.
Keeping children safe is a priority. I support laws designed to keep firearms out of the reach of children.