Doug Smith for HD 95 and for Small Businesses

The Republican candidate for Iowa House District 95, Doug Smith, got into politics to be a civil servant.  He was inspired to run when the Iowa legislature took away the people’s right to vote on the marriage amendment.  He knows that the government is supposed to represent the people and not control the people, and he is convinced he can win on November 4th. 

Doug Smith also knows about the economy and the challenges facing Iowa’s small businesses.  He makes a living and supports his wife and eight kids by owning and operating his restaurant in Osceola.  While the opposition out there is preaching for more regulation, Mr. Smith knows that regulation will only cost his business more money and therefore will force his customers in small town Iowa to pay more money at his restaurant.  A good example of this is the raising of the minimum wage last year.  Even though all of Doug’s hourly employees received more than that wage, the regulation still took away $33,000 from his business at the beginning of the year.  This money could have been used to staff another full and part time position, but instead it forced him to raise prices.  So much for creating jobs and keeping prices down.  Doug Smith knows small business and is aware how every decision at the statehouse affects it.

Doug Smith is a real conservative.  He believes that education should be given back to local control and that schools should be focused on teaching fundamental skills and not social agendas.  He is 100% pro-life and will fight for the marriage amendment.  He is against over-taxation and out of control government spending and would like to see a fair or flat tax that would better serve the people.  And because Doug will represent a rural district, he also realizes that the family farm is also a small business and knows that we must keep government’s increasing regulations and higher taxes out in order to encourage growth.

Learn more about Doug Smith and join me in supporting him for district 95′s representative.