Alliance to free the Private Sector

Omaha Alliance for the Private Sector: an Alliance to free the Private Sector from excessive government!

Many of Omaha’s entrepreneurs are finding themselves fighting to survive due to over taxation, excessive mandates, obstructive government policies, restrictive local governments and flawed government policies that destroy economic activity.

Although many of the Chambers of Commerce are doing a great job of promoting new projects and communicating with elected officials to be more business friendly, a new active force that represents those who make the city’s economy healthy is desperately needed to change the balance of political power in the state. The special interest groups, unions that support government employees and organizations that push for more state spending have been driving the agenda of the city by manipulating elected officials and voters to support their self-serving strategies.

Entrepreneurs and small business owners from all areas of the city need to band together to fight a new battle to modernize and streamline Omaha’s government. OAPS recognizes that if business is expanding in one area of the city, it is good for the whole metropolitan area.  And, if businesses are being stifled or restricted due to flawed government policies or actions in one area of the city, it is bad for the whole region.

Omaha’s government must have a sense of what it takes to compete in the 21st Century. Old regulations, policies and systems must be analyzed and then modernized on an annual basis so that we become more efficient and reduce taxes on all citizens of the state.

The Omaha Alliance for the Private Sector (OAPS) will work to become a major influence on city policy and procedures by doing the following:

Creating a forum to bring entrepreneurs and small business owners from the entire metropolitan area together to begin to understand the burdens of the group as a whole, the areas where we are put in a difficult position of competing with other cities, and areas where we must band together to protect the economic interests of the state from:

1. Excessive taxation.
2. State and Federal policies that confiscate property and stop economic activity.
3. City policies that unreasonably increase the cost of doing business.
4. Mandates that are redundant and inefficient.
5. City agreements with other cities and entities that unfairly punish Omaha’s economic interests.
6. Government systems that unreasonably increase the cost of doing business.

OAPS will also work to identify the new areas of economic opportunity and present action plans for the members who have an interest in launching new ventures that promote new economic activity

Finally, OAPS will raise the necessary funds to create a large reserve that will be used to reward the elected officials that support the agenda of the organization and work to replace those candidates that maintain the status quo or work against our agenda.  OAPS hopes to serve as a balance to the powerful union and government forces who now have so much control over public decision making.