Adam Millsap writes in Forbes about the importance of innovation and economic growth.
- Economic growth has been taken for granted in the U.S., as evidenced by state and federal policies that hurt innovation.
- Economic growth not only improves living standards, but also environmental health.
- As states or countries rise up the economic ladder, consumers are able to spend their money on cleaner (and often more expensive) products and companies can invest in innovation.
- Lawmakers should look to streamline regulations and lower taxes broadly to spur innovation and economic growth to benefit society and the environment.
“More pro-growth policies are the only way to ensure that the United States remains the world’s innovation leader. These policies include light-touch regulation on new technologies such as AI, tax policies that encourage investment such as full expensing, new free-trade agreements with friendly countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines, and a better immigration system that encourages the best and brightest to live and work in America. If we continue to take innovation and growth for granted, eventually we will fall behind.”
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