Proven Leader...Community Servant
The Issues
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Mike is dedicated to working on your behalf for...
- Pro-Life Conservative Policies - Having delivered over 2,000 babies, I have not ever performed an abortion and never will.
- Less Taxes and reducing the size of Government
- Support of our Constitutional Republic
- Stopping Illegal Immigration - I'm a supporter of H.B. 1804 and an opponent of illegal immigration.
- Strong Support of Law Enforcement - I am married to an Oklahoma Highway Patrolman's daughter and our son is completing a Criminal Justice college degree at NSU-Broken Arrow.
- Fire Department Protection - I was the first Broken Arrow Police Physician, State of Oklahoma Medical Examiner. My wife is an R.N. and I helped develop the first EMT/Paramedic program for the City of Broken Arrow.
- Affordable Healthcare
- Strong Education - B.S. degree and two graduate degrees in medicine and forensic science (Summa Cum Laude) and an adjunct-professor at NSU-Broken Arrow and OSU-COM.
- Support of the Free Enterprise System - As a business owner in Broken Arrow for 33 years, it's vitally important to me that private businesses are allowed to grow and flourish with minimal government intervention.
- Pro-Business-Workman's Comp reform, repeal State Corporate Franchise Tax, eliminate State tax on retirement income and on Capital gains and support legislation to deduct healthcare premiums.
- Economic Development and Jobs
- Better Roads, Streets and Bridges
- Tort Reform
- Reducing Energy costs by expanding energy alternatives
- Working against Corporate Welfare
- Improving Correctional Facilities
Seven Point Plan for Dr. Mike Ritze
Pro-Business, Pro-Life, Pro-Education Candidate for OK State House of Representatives District 80
Lawsuit Reform:
- Enact certain medical liability reforms.
- Enact broad-based product liability reform including the FDA defense for pharmaceuticals.
Workman’s Compensation Reform:
- Explore and support all possibilities to lower the cost of workers' compensation on Oklahoma Employers.
- Support legislation that clarifies exclusive remedy and protects medical providers from district court actions for opinions rendered under workers' compensation laws.
- Ensure workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for any job-related injury or illness.
Taxation Reform:
- Work for repeal of the state's corporate Franchise Tax.
- Oppose any expansion of the sales tax to include services and labor.
- Continue to seek legislation that eliminates or reduces the state's income tax on retirement income and the tax on capital gains.
Transportation Infrastructure Reform:
- Advocate reallocation of motor vehicle license fees now going into the general revenue fund (approximately $260 million) to transportation needs.
- Ensure that 100 percent of fuel tax revenues are dedicated to transportation (excluding tribal compacts).
Research and Technology Reform:
- Develop incentives, such as income tax exemptions or tuition refunds, for college graduates who go to work in Oklahoma after graduation.
- Develop incentives for companies to utilize Oklahoma interns, because interns often become permanent employees and stay in the state.
Rural Economic Development Reform:
- Support legislation that encourages the development of infrastructure in rural areas to include both traditional infrastructure such as roads and bridges, and technical infrastructure to assist with e-commerce efforts.
- Support incentives that better promote the creation and expansion of business and jobs in rural areas.
Healthcare Reform:
- Eliminate medical related liability on any employer who provides coverage to employees.
- Support legislation requiring cost/benefit analysis prior to imposing any new mandates.
- Support legislation to allow for the tax deductibility for all out-of-pocket health care related expenses, including premiums, deductibles and co-pays.
- Tort Reform.