Ending the Middle Class Job Drain

By Steve Young

My 5 prong program will bring middle class jobs back to America.

American business can compete and win on any level playing field. Why is America then losing all its jobs? Because the Administration's unfair trade bills have so tilted the playing field that American business now stands no chance in America. Economic expediency is forcing otherwise patriotic business leaders to send good-paying blue and white collar jobs with benefits to cheaper labor markets. I oppose the unfair trade bills like CAFTA that export our jobs. I believe that no American who works forty hours a week should live under the poverty level.

My five step economic program will restore broad-based prosperity and the prospect of a brighter future. It consists of:

1) Supporting education to create new technologies on which to base new manufacturing jobs, and to retrain America's workforce;
2) Passing legislation to level the international playing field for our businesses so that our manufacturing and technology jobs do not leave the country;
3) Amending the tax code to encourage savings such as ending taxes on interest income (Tax Savings for Savers);
4) Encouraging a culture of responsible consumption; and
5) Ending wasteful Washington spending so we can balance the Federal budget and eliminate the $6 trillion deficit.

Our economy will continue to founder until we reinvigorate and energize our middle class. I am running for Congress to ensure Washington, D.C., hears the voice of the hard-working residents of California's 48th District.