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After declining for over a decade, the manufacturing sector has rebounded – led by President Obama's rescue of the auto industry– and created half a million manufacturing jobs over the past 30 months. To build on this recovery, President Obama set a .... Further, Koenen stated “Federal incentives should be limited to creating full time jobs which pay a family-supporting wage ($15 per hour or more) and provide health benefits. Improvements to highways, sewers and ...
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The Current has arranged its Voters’ Guide by issues, with the positions of select candidates and races listed. This portion of the Voters’ Guide is on jobs and the economy.
Since 2008, late in the Bush administration, the country has faced the worst depression and economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Jobs and the economy have been important topics in the election. There are big differences between the parties on how to improve the economy or increase jobs, generally reflecting two economic schools of thought. One view, associated with the “freshwater” school of economic thought and Austrian economics, thinks reducing costs for businesses is the key and advocates austerity and cutting public spending as the fix for a depression. The other view, associated with the “saltwater” school of thought and Keynesian economics, sees the major problem as unemployment and advocates more public spending to reduce it. The large national debt left by the previous administration has made this more difficult. Generally Republicans are supporters of the first view, although Democrats are mixed on the second.
The candidates positions on jobs and the economy were drawn from their campaign websites, non-partisan non-profit issues-oriented websites, fact-checking sites and voters’ guides in other newspaper. One site used was Project Vote Smart (votesmart.org), a non-partisan, non-profit organization that focuses on issues in elections and whose board of directors has included President Jimmy Carter and Senator Barry Goldwater. Where candidate refuse to respond to the questionnaire directly, Project Vote Smart inferred positions on some issues based on the candidate’s voting record and public statements, and on evaluations from special interest groups. The site also gives those sources.
According to the President’s campaign website his economic plan focuses on growing the middle class and says his opponents policies are essentially the same as the Bush administration. Under “Innovation,” it states “President Obama is investing in education, research and technology to grow the economy for the long term. Manufacturing is an essential building block of our economy because it sparks innovation, generates higher-wage jobs, and strengthens entire communities. After declining for over a decade, the manufacturing sector has rebounded – led by President Obama’s rescue of the auto industry– and created half a million manufacturing jobs over the past 30 months. To build on this recovery, President Obama set a goal to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016 and is working to double American exports over the next five years by promoting U.S. goods and removing trade barriers, expanding access to credit, and promoting strong growth.”
Under “Nation building at home,” it states “The President’s plan uses half the money we’re no longer spending on war to put Americans back to work rebuilding road, bridges, runways and schools here at home and uses the other half to help pay down the debt. While other nations are vastly outspending us on their infrastructure, American businesses are saddled with crumbling roads and bridges. The President is working to get rid of pet projects, government boondoggles, and bridges to nowhere. And he has proposed a new independent fund that will attract private dollars and issue loans for new construction projects based on: how badly are they needed, and how much good will they do for the economy.”
Both President Obama and Mitt Romney declined to answer the voters guide issues questionnaire from VoteSmart.org (see above) but non-partisan, non-profit organization infers Obama’s likely stances, which are that he supports “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth,” “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation” and “spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation.”
Romney’s economic focus, according to his website (www.mittromney.com) is to “will rebuild the foundations of the American economy on the principles of free enterprise, hard work, and innovation.” He asserts that the Obama administration has not done the right things for the economy to recover fully. “[Romney's] plan seeks to reduce taxes, spending, regulation, and government programs. It seeks to increase trade, energy production, human capital, and labor flexibility. It relinquishes power to the states instead of claiming to have the solution to every problem.” Bullet points focus on deregulation, trade policy (free trade), taxes (favoring a flatter tax) and labor (suggesting unions are harmful to workers).
As stated above, Romney declined to answer the issues questionnaire from VoteSmart.org but based on past behavior, Romney’s likely stances are that he opposes “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” but supports “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation” and “spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation.”
Governor Nixon’s policies on the economy has leaned towards austerity with some government help. During the economic crisis, Nixon has focused on balancing the state budget, according to Nixon’s website (jaynixon.com), “Gov. Nixon balanced the budget every year without raising taxes, protected our state’s perfect AAA credit rating.” The site adds Gov. Nixon “brought Democrats and Republicans together to revive our state’s hard-hit auto industry.” The site credits those policies for Missouri’s ranking as the third in the nation in job creation, behind Texas and Florida, according to the August report of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Columbia Missourian’s voters’ guide also notes that “Under Nixon’s administration, the state workforce has shed more than 4,000 employees.”
Nixon’s website lists his jobs and economic plan as: “Maintaining Missouri’s perfect AAA credit rating by balancing the budget without raising taxes; Training Missouri students and workers for the high-demand jobs of the future; Investing in science, technology and innovation; Lowering taxes for small businesses and helping them access the capital they need to create jobs; Expanding exports by helping Missouri businesses sell their goods overseas; Aggressively recruiting new employers and helping existing businesses expand.” The governor’s website touts his success in supporting small business, noting he “signed legislation to completely eliminate the franchise tax” and worked “to ensure small business owners have access to the credit they need to grow and create jobs. As a result, in just three years, Missouri jumped from 49th to 6th in the nation in small business and startup growth.”
According to his campaign website (www.spenceforgovernor.com), Spence plans to “remove impediments to job creation by getting government out of the way of responsible private sector employers, allowing them to do what they do best.”
Main points of Spence’s plan call for “appointing state agency heads with proven private sector success,” leaders from the business world rather than public policy or academics. He wants to “focus on helping the small businesses in our state versus the slip-and-fall attorneys who constantly sue them.” Spence plan to promote Missouri businesses as “the state’s chief marketing officer and salesman…maximizing agricultural exports, increasing tourism, and making Missouri a national transportation infrastructure leader.”
He supports “mandating drug tests for unemployment recipients and revoking benefits for those who fail; bringing Missouri’s employment discrimination standard into line with 49 other states; and eliminating the requirement that forces taxpayers to pay more for public-works projects through government’s flawed prevailing wage and simply let the market dictate wages.” (The “prevailing wage” is defined as a method of bidding government contracts that uses a fair wage rather than the lowest wage to prevent large government contracts from de-stablizing a local market. Many conservatives feel the rules favor union labor).
Spence proposes making it more difficult to raise taxes by requiring “at least two-thirds support from the legislature to put any tax measure on the ballot.” He favors unspecified changes to the tax code, which he feels discourages productivity, and changes to Missouri’s tax credit programs, “eliminating 28 programs as well as sun setting and capping all programs.”
Spence supports making Missouri a “right-to-work” state. Spence favors changes to workers compensation and several specific reforms to the second injury fund. He plans to “reprioritize education in Missouri’s budget and increase funding for job retraining programs such as technology training, vocational schools, and community colleges.”
Senator McCaskill’s campaign website (http://clairemccaskill.com) has a section named “Creating American jobs and a healthier economy” in which she says “After eight years of recklessness during the Bush Administration helped create the single worst economic crisis in generations, Claire has worked hard to stabilize the economy and bring jobs to Missouri. She knows the issues of unemployment, diminishing pensions, and the rising costs of living are serious threats to Missourians, so Claire’s fought to provide relief for working families and pave the way for economic growth. She has supported efforts to increase small businesses’ access to government contracts and curb the increasing health and fuel costs facing small business owners. Claire is committed to ensuring the economy continues to rebound and all Americans get back to work.”
McCaskill declined to answer the issues questionnaire from VoteSmart.org but based on past behavior, she likely supports “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” and “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation.”
U.S. Representative Akin’s campaign website (www.akin.org) states “America’s economy is undergirded by business. It is a clear sign that the businesses are not healthy when we see double digit real unemployment…From my background at IBM and Laclede Steel Company, I can see clearly that businesses will not begin creating jobs until there is certainty and a regulatory environment that encourages, rather than punishes success.
Akin also declined to respond to VoteSmart.org’s issues questionnaire but, based on public statements, voting record and assessments of issues organizations, Akin’s likely stances are that he opposes “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” but supports “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation.”
U. S. Representative Clay’s congressional website indicates that he ties energy and job creation together. It states “The development of green technology and green jobs will spur tremendous growth and offer long-term relief to the American economy by making us less dependent on energy from unstable areas of the world. I believe in implementing policies that encourage investment in innovative technologies that make our economy more productive; an education agenda that trains young Americans in math, science, and engineering, so that they can compete for 21st century jobs; and forward-thinking trade policies that open markets for U.S. businesses, farmers, and workers. For these reasons, I supported the H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). This legislation will revitalize our economy by creating millions of new jobs, increase our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and preserve our planet by reducing the pollution that causes global warming. I also support the Obama Administration in their efforts to help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts that would build a clean energy future, ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025, and create millions of new green jobs.”
Although he declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey, the organization infers his likely positions as that he supports “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” and “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation.”
Hamlin’s campaign website (www.hamlinforcongress.com) states: “As a small business owner, Robyn understands what it takes to create jobs: hard work and entrepreneurship. She understands, as the economist Ludwig von Mises explained, that ‘Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.’ Robyn believes that a strong economy requires low taxes, a government that makes it easy for us to start new businesses, and a sound monetary system. For this reason, Robyn supports a full audit of the Federal Reserve System. She supports allowing the Federal Reserve Act to sunset, and proposes the legalization of competing currencies and moving forward to a full reserve gold standard banking system.”
Although she also declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey, the organization infers her likely positions as opposing “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” and unclear on “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation.”
Koenen’s campaign website (www.koenenforcongress.net) lists a section on “Job Creation.” It states “The challenge is to create stable, well paying, necessary jobs. An American worker should earn enough to provide for their family. In today’s environment that means a full time position which pays $15.00 per hour should be the base ‘quality job.’ Alas, most all “thirty years and a gold watch” jobs are gone forever. The average worker must acquire new skills for new jobs at least a couple of times during their career. Congress must insure that the federal government responds to this reality. The federal government should create strong financial incentives for employers to add quality jobs: employers should receive no help when they create part time, low paying jobs. The federal government must continue to support targeted skill training which enables workers to compete for new jobs, especially positions in emerging industries.” Koenen also expresses support for innovative businesses and research. “Direct research and development expenses deserve special tax considerations. Government should insure that the rules and taxes are fair for all businesses. Where smaller, local businesses are unfairly treated the government needs to – cautiously – work to level the playing field…. many American corporations park billions of dollars in profits offshore to avoid paying tax. That’s not fair to taxpayers or other businesses.”
Unlike many candidates, Koenen did respond to the Vote Smart issues survey. He indicated he supported federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth, providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation, spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation, temporary extension of unemployment benefits but opposed the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief. Further, Koenen stated “Federal incentives should be limited to creating full time jobs which pay a family-supporting wage ($15 per hour or more) and provide health benefits. Improvements to highways, sewers and other infrastructure will pay dividends for generations. Not collecting $90 billion per year in Social Security payments is not good policy.”
At Wagner’s campaign website (www.annwagner.com), her “job creation” section focuses on reducing regulation and her site advocates reducing taxes. Wagner declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey but the organization infers her likely positions as opposing “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” but supporting “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation”
General Enyart’s website (www.enyartforcongress2012.com) includes a job plan, which focuses on bringing back manufacturing, by offering tax credits to companies that bring manufacturing jobs to struggling communities and making the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit permanent. He also advocates changes to the tax code, to make it fairer, eliminating the tax break for shipping jobs overseas and eliminating tax havens. He advocates for infrastructure spending and tax credits for small businesses that hire new employees. Enyart declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey and the organization decided there was not enough information to assess his likely positions on economic issues.
On his campaign website, Plummer cites Illinois’ “great natural resources, a strategic geographic location, and a well-trained workforce.” He recently released a 12-point “jobs plan,” much of which focuses on reducing labor and environmental regulation, simplifying the tax code and reducing taxes and reducing federal spending, while writing a new farm bill, keeping three Department of Corrections facilities in the region open and strengthening levees. Other items in the “jobs plan” focus on eliminating the Affordable Care Act, reducing the size of government but not military spending, and his support of the coal industry.
Plummer declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey but the organization infers his likely positions as supporting “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” and “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation,” although his jobs plan indicates that his support of those ideas depends on the specifics.
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Since 2008, late in the Bush administration, the country has faced the worst depression and economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Jobs and the economy have been important topics in the election. There are big differences between the parties on how to improve the economy or increase jobs, generally reflecting two economic schools of thought. One view, associated with the “freshwater” school of economic thought and Austrian economics, thinks reducing costs for businesses is the key and advocates austerity and cutting public spending as the fix for a depression. The other view, associated with the “saltwater” school of thought and Keynesian economics, sees the major problem as unemployment and advocates more public spending to reduce it. The large national debt left by the previous administration has made this more difficult. Generally Republicans are supporters of the first view, although Democrats are mixed on the second.
The candidates positions on jobs and the economy were drawn from their campaign websites, non-partisan non-profit issues-oriented websites, fact-checking sites and voters’ guides in other newspaper. One site used was Project Vote Smart (votesmart.org), a non-partisan, non-profit organization that focuses on issues in elections and whose board of directors has included President Jimmy Carter and Senator Barry Goldwater. Where candidate refuse to respond to the questionnaire directly, Project Vote Smart inferred positions on some issues based on the candidate’s voting record and public statements, and on evaluations from special interest groups. The site also gives those sources.
According to the President’s campaign website his economic plan focuses on growing the middle class and says his opponents policies are essentially the same as the Bush administration. Under “Innovation,” it states “President Obama is investing in education, research and technology to grow the economy for the long term. Manufacturing is an essential building block of our economy because it sparks innovation, generates higher-wage jobs, and strengthens entire communities. After declining for over a decade, the manufacturing sector has rebounded – led by President Obama’s rescue of the auto industry– and created half a million manufacturing jobs over the past 30 months. To build on this recovery, President Obama set a goal to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016 and is working to double American exports over the next five years by promoting U.S. goods and removing trade barriers, expanding access to credit, and promoting strong growth.”
Under “Nation building at home,” it states “The President’s plan uses half the money we’re no longer spending on war to put Americans back to work rebuilding road, bridges, runways and schools here at home and uses the other half to help pay down the debt. While other nations are vastly outspending us on their infrastructure, American businesses are saddled with crumbling roads and bridges. The President is working to get rid of pet projects, government boondoggles, and bridges to nowhere. And he has proposed a new independent fund that will attract private dollars and issue loans for new construction projects based on: how badly are they needed, and how much good will they do for the economy.”
Both President Obama and Mitt Romney declined to answer the voters guide issues questionnaire from VoteSmart.org (see above) but non-partisan, non-profit organization infers Obama’s likely stances, which are that he supports “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth,” “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation” and “spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation.”
Romney’s economic focus, according to his website (www.mittromney.com) is to “will rebuild the foundations of the American economy on the principles of free enterprise, hard work, and innovation.” He asserts that the Obama administration has not done the right things for the economy to recover fully. “[Romney's] plan seeks to reduce taxes, spending, regulation, and government programs. It seeks to increase trade, energy production, human capital, and labor flexibility. It relinquishes power to the states instead of claiming to have the solution to every problem.” Bullet points focus on deregulation, trade policy (free trade), taxes (favoring a flatter tax) and labor (suggesting unions are harmful to workers).
As stated above, Romney declined to answer the issues questionnaire from VoteSmart.org but based on past behavior, Romney’s likely stances are that he opposes “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” but supports “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation” and “spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation.”
Governor Nixon’s policies on the economy has leaned towards austerity with some government help. During the economic crisis, Nixon has focused on balancing the state budget, according to Nixon’s website (jaynixon.com), “Gov. Nixon balanced the budget every year without raising taxes, protected our state’s perfect AAA credit rating.” The site adds Gov. Nixon “brought Democrats and Republicans together to revive our state’s hard-hit auto industry.” The site credits those policies for Missouri’s ranking as the third in the nation in job creation, behind Texas and Florida, according to the August report of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Columbia Missourian’s voters’ guide also notes that “Under Nixon’s administration, the state workforce has shed more than 4,000 employees.”
Nixon’s website lists his jobs and economic plan as: “Maintaining Missouri’s perfect AAA credit rating by balancing the budget without raising taxes; Training Missouri students and workers for the high-demand jobs of the future; Investing in science, technology and innovation; Lowering taxes for small businesses and helping them access the capital they need to create jobs; Expanding exports by helping Missouri businesses sell their goods overseas; Aggressively recruiting new employers and helping existing businesses expand.” The governor’s website touts his success in supporting small business, noting he “signed legislation to completely eliminate the franchise tax” and worked “to ensure small business owners have access to the credit they need to grow and create jobs. As a result, in just three years, Missouri jumped from 49th to 6th in the nation in small business and startup growth.”
According to his campaign website (www.spenceforgovernor.com), Spence plans to “remove impediments to job creation by getting government out of the way of responsible private sector employers, allowing them to do what they do best.”
Main points of Spence’s plan call for “appointing state agency heads with proven private sector success,” leaders from the business world rather than public policy or academics. He wants to “focus on helping the small businesses in our state versus the slip-and-fall attorneys who constantly sue them.” Spence plan to promote Missouri businesses as “the state’s chief marketing officer and salesman…maximizing agricultural exports, increasing tourism, and making Missouri a national transportation infrastructure leader.”
He supports “mandating drug tests for unemployment recipients and revoking benefits for those who fail; bringing Missouri’s employment discrimination standard into line with 49 other states; and eliminating the requirement that forces taxpayers to pay more for public-works projects through government’s flawed prevailing wage and simply let the market dictate wages.” (The “prevailing wage” is defined as a method of bidding government contracts that uses a fair wage rather than the lowest wage to prevent large government contracts from de-stablizing a local market. Many conservatives feel the rules favor union labor).
Spence proposes making it more difficult to raise taxes by requiring “at least two-thirds support from the legislature to put any tax measure on the ballot.” He favors unspecified changes to the tax code, which he feels discourages productivity, and changes to Missouri’s tax credit programs, “eliminating 28 programs as well as sun setting and capping all programs.”
Spence supports making Missouri a “right-to-work” state. Spence favors changes to workers compensation and several specific reforms to the second injury fund. He plans to “reprioritize education in Missouri’s budget and increase funding for job retraining programs such as technology training, vocational schools, and community colleges.”
Senator McCaskill’s campaign website (http://clairemccaskill.com) has a section named “Creating American jobs and a healthier economy” in which she says “After eight years of recklessness during the Bush Administration helped create the single worst economic crisis in generations, Claire has worked hard to stabilize the economy and bring jobs to Missouri. She knows the issues of unemployment, diminishing pensions, and the rising costs of living are serious threats to Missourians, so Claire’s fought to provide relief for working families and pave the way for economic growth. She has supported efforts to increase small businesses’ access to government contracts and curb the increasing health and fuel costs facing small business owners. Claire is committed to ensuring the economy continues to rebound and all Americans get back to work.”
McCaskill declined to answer the issues questionnaire from VoteSmart.org but based on past behavior, she likely supports “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” and “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation.”
U.S. Representative Akin’s campaign website (www.akin.org) states “America’s economy is undergirded by business. It is a clear sign that the businesses are not healthy when we see double digit real unemployment…From my background at IBM and Laclede Steel Company, I can see clearly that businesses will not begin creating jobs until there is certainty and a regulatory environment that encourages, rather than punishes success.
Akin also declined to respond to VoteSmart.org’s issues questionnaire but, based on public statements, voting record and assessments of issues organizations, Akin’s likely stances are that he opposes “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” but supports “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation.”
U. S. Representative Clay’s congressional website indicates that he ties energy and job creation together. It states “The development of green technology and green jobs will spur tremendous growth and offer long-term relief to the American economy by making us less dependent on energy from unstable areas of the world. I believe in implementing policies that encourage investment in innovative technologies that make our economy more productive; an education agenda that trains young Americans in math, science, and engineering, so that they can compete for 21st century jobs; and forward-thinking trade policies that open markets for U.S. businesses, farmers, and workers. For these reasons, I supported the H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). This legislation will revitalize our economy by creating millions of new jobs, increase our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and preserve our planet by reducing the pollution that causes global warming. I also support the Obama Administration in their efforts to help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts that would build a clean energy future, ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025, and create millions of new green jobs.”
Although he declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey, the organization infers his likely positions as that he supports “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” and “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation.”
Hamlin’s campaign website (www.hamlinforcongress.com) states: “As a small business owner, Robyn understands what it takes to create jobs: hard work and entrepreneurship. She understands, as the economist Ludwig von Mises explained, that ‘Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.’ Robyn believes that a strong economy requires low taxes, a government that makes it easy for us to start new businesses, and a sound monetary system. For this reason, Robyn supports a full audit of the Federal Reserve System. She supports allowing the Federal Reserve Act to sunset, and proposes the legalization of competing currencies and moving forward to a full reserve gold standard banking system.”
Although she also declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey, the organization infers her likely positions as opposing “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” and unclear on “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation.”
Koenen’s campaign website (www.koenenforcongress.net) lists a section on “Job Creation.” It states “The challenge is to create stable, well paying, necessary jobs. An American worker should earn enough to provide for their family. In today’s environment that means a full time position which pays $15.00 per hour should be the base ‘quality job.’ Alas, most all “thirty years and a gold watch” jobs are gone forever. The average worker must acquire new skills for new jobs at least a couple of times during their career. Congress must insure that the federal government responds to this reality. The federal government should create strong financial incentives for employers to add quality jobs: employers should receive no help when they create part time, low paying jobs. The federal government must continue to support targeted skill training which enables workers to compete for new jobs, especially positions in emerging industries.” Koenen also expresses support for innovative businesses and research. “Direct research and development expenses deserve special tax considerations. Government should insure that the rules and taxes are fair for all businesses. Where smaller, local businesses are unfairly treated the government needs to – cautiously – work to level the playing field…. many American corporations park billions of dollars in profits offshore to avoid paying tax. That’s not fair to taxpayers or other businesses.”
Unlike many candidates, Koenen did respond to the Vote Smart issues survey. He indicated he supported federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth, providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation, spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation, temporary extension of unemployment benefits but opposed the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief. Further, Koenen stated “Federal incentives should be limited to creating full time jobs which pay a family-supporting wage ($15 per hour or more) and provide health benefits. Improvements to highways, sewers and other infrastructure will pay dividends for generations. Not collecting $90 billion per year in Social Security payments is not good policy.”
At Wagner’s campaign website (www.annwagner.com), her “job creation” section focuses on reducing regulation and her site advocates reducing taxes. Wagner declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey but the organization infers her likely positions as opposing “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” but supporting “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation”
General Enyart’s website (www.enyartforcongress2012.com) includes a job plan, which focuses on bringing back manufacturing, by offering tax credits to companies that bring manufacturing jobs to struggling communities and making the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit permanent. He also advocates changes to the tax code, to make it fairer, eliminating the tax break for shipping jobs overseas and eliminating tax havens. He advocates for infrastructure spending and tax credits for small businesses that hire new employees. Enyart declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey and the organization decided there was not enough information to assess his likely positions on economic issues.
On his campaign website, Plummer cites Illinois’ “great natural resources, a strategic geographic location, and a well-trained workforce.” He recently released a 12-point “jobs plan,” much of which focuses on reducing labor and environmental regulation, simplifying the tax code and reducing taxes and reducing federal spending, while writing a new farm bill, keeping three Department of Corrections facilities in the region open and strengthening levees. Other items in the “jobs plan” focus on eliminating the Affordable Care Act, reducing the size of government but not military spending, and his support of the coal industry.
Plummer declined to answer the VoteSmart issues survey but the organization infers his likely positions as supporting “federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth” and “providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation,” although his jobs plan indicates that his support of those ideas depends on the specifics.
Dr. Guoqiang Li is an Assistant Professor teaching Physical Optics and Optometry. He received his Ph.D from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese ...
The fall semester at University of Missouri-St. Louis begins Monday, August 20, but the Office of Student Life is getting things started early with the ...
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