Rick Beard
Candidate for Governor, with Keenya Barnes for Lieutenant Governor
- City
- Omaha
- On the ballot as
- Rick Beard and Keenya Barnes
- Campaign website
- None found
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Property taxes and cost of living
Summary
Supports higher income tax rates on top earners and ending excessive corporate tax breaks.
“Raise income taxes by one or two points on Nebraska's top earners with incremental brackets for different levels of earning.”
“We need to quit giving excessive tax breaks to corporations and require them to pay their fair share of community needs through appropriately taxing and charging them for local resource consumption.”
Economy, jobs and trade
Summary
Supports ending ImagiNE Nebraska Act tax incentives for all Nebraska data centers.
“I fully support rescinding ImagiNE Nebraska Act tax incentives for new Nebraska data centers. This should apply to all Nebraska data centers, not just new hyperscale projects.”
Agriculture and rural Nebraska
Summary
Wants to create an industrial hemp industry that gives farmers a new rotational crop and rural manufacturing jobs.
“We also want to promote an industrial hemp industry, which is completely different from medical cannabis”
“A separate industrial hemp industry will give farmers a new rotational crop, create rural manufacturing jobs and make Nebraska a pioneer in renewable green-building materials.”
Health care
Summary
Says a state-run cannabis program would lighten the load on the health care system by providing alternative treatment and addiction relief.
“This program directly lightens the load of our stressed healthcare system by providing alternative treatment for many medical conditions and addiction relief.”
Abortion
No public position found.
Immigration and the border
No public position found.
Education and school choice
Summary
Proposes sending 90% of state-run cannabis program profits to public schools to remove the need for local levy hikes.
“When we distribute 90% of all profits from our state-run cannabis program to our public schools and $300 million a year goes to our schools, it eliminates the need for local levy hikes.”
Energy, water and environment
Summary
Supports a moratorium on data centers until their effects on water, infrastructure and residents are assessed.
“Put a moratorium on data centers until we can accurately assess the impacts on Nebraska water, infrastructure and citizens.”
Guns and public safety
Summary
Wants a state-run cannabis program and says residents should be able to use cannabis with a doctor's recommendation.
“Like a state-run liquor program, we will have a state-run cannabis program with wholesale, retail, testing, enforcement and distribution.”
“As long as an adult doctor gives you a recommendation, from this state or any other state, I feel that our citizens should be allowed to use it compassionately”
Elections and government
Summary
Supports removing corporate and special interest money from politics through legislation based on the Montana Plan, and says he would uphold the will of voters.
“Removing corporate and special interest money from our politics through legislation based on Montana Plan I-95 is one of the biggest things we can do to protect our economy.”
“I will uphold the will of the vote, even if I don’t agree with it.”