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A study commission on the Dillon rule and a legislative, study both recommended this year that counties be given the same taxing powers over such items as cigarettes and restaurant meals that cities and towns now have.
Wilder rejected this idea in favor of statewide taxing policy.
"We can’t afford to have a hodgepodge of tax policy in our state, especially in times when we're trying to attract business to locate here," Wilder said.
Wilder said he is proposing a heavy effort to provide job training to the unemployed and is currently reviewing ' programs already in placebo ensure that they are not duplicating each other.
Wilder said local governments need to show that they "welcome" new businesses to their area.
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