FLORIDA'S FUTURE PROSPERITY
"Our Employees Vote... Florida Wins"

The Florida Prosperity Project believes in the power of voting. When Florida voters are informed and play an active role in the elections process, our families, our communities and our state benefit.

The Florida Prosperity Project is a non-partisan organization, formed to help the state's employers educate their workers about state and federal elected leaders and political issues that impact job security, wages and benefits - and ultimately your company's bottom line.

Our mission is to enhance the competitiveness of Florida's business industry by shaping a political climate that is conducive to continued growth in the business community and the future prosperity of our state.

Getting Started
Empower your Employees to Vote with Confidence

The Florida Prosperity Project provides a convenient and user-friendly web-based political toolkit that you have the ability to customize to suit your company's culture and needs. The materials provided by the Florida Prosperity Project have been scrutinized by a team of legal experts to ensure all information available to you and your employees is provided in a non-partisan and ethical manner. Some of the tools available to you include:

• Voter registration, early voting and absentee ballot information

• Internet or intranet sites with elected officials' voting records

• Samples of employee letters and emails that can be easily sent to elected officials

• Issue materials on business topics including healthcare and liability reform

Benefits of the Florida Prosperity Project

• Easy to use

• No cost to AIF members for co-branded Web sites (custom sites are available for a fee)

• Tracks voting records of state and federal elected officials

Sign Up for Florida's Prosperity Project!
www.flaprosperityproject.com | (850) 224-7173

Florida's PRO-BUSINESS Agenda
Sustaining a Path to Prosperity

Our local, state and federal elected leaders need to hear from business leaders and their workers to better understand the importance of business to Florida's economic strength. The Florida Prosperity Project offers employers a simple way to give their employees information about incumbent elected officials, statewide ballot issues, and other public policies that affect your company, including job security, employee benefits and wages - information to consider when they and their family members go to the polls to vote.

Repeal of Joint & Several Liability
Florida should join the 23 states that have eliminated joint and several liability and adopt a system of liability which assigns damages based on the degree of fault and amount of damage a business or individual causes. This way, no person or business would be responsible for any more than their fair share.

Health Care
Health Care is one of the biggest costs to Florida employers. The business community must pay careful attention to legislative actions that drive up the cost, such as mandated coverage, as well as those actions designed to keep costs down, such as encouraging businesses to provide Health Savings Accounts to employees. Long term care is another health care priority for businesses, with more and more employees concerned that their loved ones receive adequate care while they are at work.

Growth Management
There have been significant changes to Florida's growth management policies recently dealing with transportation, water, school concurrency and local comprehensive plans. Florida highways are congested, making it harder and harder to move goods and people throughout the state. Certain regions may have limited water supplies which could stop growth. Because of all of the complexities of the new growth management laws and the ever changing environment we live in, the Florida Legislature will have to revisit certain provisions to tackle unresolved issues.

Elimination of Sales Tax on Manufacturing Equipment
Currently Florida levies a 6% sales tax on manufacturing machinery and equipment, creating a disincentive for Florida-based manufacturers to invest in new equipment. Legislation is needed to help put Florida on competitive footing with the 36 states that levy no taxes on manufacturing machinery and equipment.

Communication Equals Success

Polls show that the more employees hear from their companies about political subjects, the more they approve of and want the information - and the more inclined they are to participate in the election process.

Source: Bi-Pac P2 Poll, Public Opinion Strategies 11/18/04

What people are saying about the Prosperity Project

"By taking advantage of Florida's Prosperity Project I have been able to provide my PAC members with up to date information on issues of importance to the company, the voting records of our legislators tailored to the issues we are monitoring, and established an online enrollment process for our employees. The web site is very easy to use and to update."
      - Audrey Burzynski, Governmental Affairs, Florida Power & Light PAC Coordinator

" The Prosperity Project is the most powerful tool that business has today as it relates to elections."
     - Kendig Kneen, CEO, Al Jon Inc.

"You feel more comfortable about voting when you are more informed."
     - Employee, Prosperity Project Focus Group Participant

"It is heartening to see our members engaged in the political process, many through the Prosperity Project. Three years ago, many questioned the need to get involved. We don't hear that anymore. Today, employers better understand the powerful role they play in the political process."
     - Sandra Boyd, VP-Human Resources, National Association of Manufacturers

"The Prosperity Project is by far the largest, fastest growing and most sophisticated program of its kind."
     - John Runyan, International Paper Company

"The Prosperity Project has proven impact on election outcomes and unlimited potential for managing pro-business issues grassroots."
     - Red Cavaney, American Petroleum Institute

" After growing slowly in the two previous election cycles, employer activism has entered the mainstream in 2004. Companies that do not communicate with workers about political issues have become the exception, amounting to a quiet revolution in the way business conducts itself in the political world."
     - The Los Angeles Times, November 2004

By sharing important political information
with our employees, Florida's business community
can take a leading role in protecting and growing jobs in our state. Together we can make a difference in fostering a pro-business environment in Florida.