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发帖数: 11737 | 1 http://elizabethwarren.com/issues/jobs-and-the-economy
Jobs & The Economy
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Small Business
Research & Innovation
Workers Rights/Free Trade
Fishing
Made in Massachusetts
Budgeting for our Future: Cutting Spending and Smart Investing
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Elizabeth Warren's Proposals Cut "67 Percent More" Debt than Brown's
More than three years after the greatest economic crisis since the Great
Depression, we are still in the midst of a jobs crisis. As I travel all
across the Commonwealth, I meet people who have been looking for work for
months or even years. I meet young people who played by the rules, worked
hard in college, and are now drowning in debt and moving home with their
parents because they can't find a job.
We have both a short-term jobs problem and a long-term jobs problem. Right
now, we need to put people to work. Without a job and a paycheck, people can
't spend money, and that hurts businesses and depresses the economy. There's
also plenty of work to do - rebuilding our roads, bridges, and water
systems, work as teachers' aides, work weatherizing our homes and offices.
The Senate has considered jobs bills that would have supported thousands of
jobs here in the Commonwealth, paid for entirely by a small increase in
taxes on those making more than $1 million dollars per year. Every
Republican voted against these jobs bills. That's just wrong. The people of
Massachusetts need jobs and need them now.
In the longer term, we need to invest in our future. We need to work
together to invest in the things that create the conditions for our people
to prosper and our economy to grow. We need:
A level playing field. Self-employed workers and small businesses, and
the community banks and credit unions that fund them, are drowning in
complicated regulations. Long, complex rules create loopholes that the big
companies can take advantage of, but they leave little guys out in the cold.
Instead of complex regulations that take an army of lawyers to work through
, we need straightforward rules that any small business can deal with. One
example comes from the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that I
worked to create. Complicated mortgage forms push up costs for community
banks and credit unions, but they don't help borrowers understand the terms
of the deal. We created a short, streamlined form that will soon replace the
old forms - a win for business and a win for consumers.
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. If we invest now in 21st century
energy, over time we can lower the costs of production for all of our
businesses. Right now, renewable energy is forced to compete with old, dirty
energy sources like oil and coal that get billions in special breaks from
Washington. Massachusetts can lead the world in using green technology and
increasing energy efficiency, and the benefits will help make our products
competitive around the world. Again, we could do this right here, right now
- and create jobs here in Massachusetts.
Education. Good public schools, good public universities, and good
technical training can give us a workforce better than any in the world.
Well-trained workers give us a powerful competitive advantage in world
markets. Investments in our people pay the highest dividends.
Roads, Water, and Other Infrastructure. We need to upgrade our aging
roads, bridges, mass transit and rail, water and sewage lines, port
infrastructure, broadband internet - the basic pieces it takes to
manufacture goods and to get them to market. China spends 9% of its GDP on
infrastructure, and Europe spends about 5% of GDP, while the US is spending
2.4% and looking for cuts. This is no way to build a competitive future. We
could be making improvements right now - creating good jobs and investing in
our future.
Research. Massachusetts is a world leader in the research that produces
new products and new industries - and creates the demand for new technical
jobs, in addition to supporting non-technical jobs throughout the economy.
Increasing our support for this kind of research helps Massachusetts and
helps the country.
Workers’ rights. We need to make it easier for workers who want to
organize together to have that chance. If people want to organize for better
wages, for better health care, and for better working conditions, they
should have the right to do so.
Free and Fair Trade. We need to strengthen trade laws-and we need to
back up those laws with meaningful enforcement. We need to make sure that
the countries we compete with also respect workers' rights and environmental
rules so that US companies are playing on a level playing field. And we
need to get tough on intellectual property theft and knockoffs.
Small Business
I have tremendous respect for our small business owners. Every small
business is different, and every small business owner faces his or her own
unique challenges. By putting the big banks and big corporations ahead of
small businesses, Washington makes it harder for our small businesses to
succeed, thrive and grow. So what can we do?
Jobs. There’s an old saying: “we all do better when we all do better.
” We must start by putting Americans back to work. More Americans working
means more customers for our small businesses, and more customers means more
growth. That is why it is so important that we get people back to work
right now. The three jobs bills introduced last fall that would have
supported thousands of jobs here in the Commonwealth were also small
business bills. When every Republican in the Senate voted against those
bills, they also voted against every small business that needs more
customers. We need to put people to work rebuilding our roads and bridges,
upgrading our water systems, teaching our kids, and protecting our
communities - earning paychecks and keeping Massachusetts growing.
Simplifying Regulation. From Northampton to Gloucester, the small
business owners I've met aren't looking for a special deal. They just want a
level playing field - a fair shot at the chance to make it. I am glad
Congress reauthorized the Small Business Innovation Research Program and
Small Business Technology Transfer Program last December, making funding
more predictable to innovative small companies. But that's not enough. We
need to streamline regulations so small business owners don't get tied up in
red tape or strangled by hidden tricks and traps. We need to simplify the
tax code, which is way too complicated - and rigged to create loopholes for
big corporations with armies of lawyers to wiggle through. Washington works
for those who can hire armies of lawyers and lobbyists, but we need for
Washington to work for small businesses.
Research & Innovation
Research is our future. Massachusetts is a world leader in the research
that produces new products and new industries - and creates the demand for
new jobs at every stage. Research is the foundation for innovation and for
economic growth. The breakthroughs of today - in science, technology, and
engineering - lead to the success stories of tomorrow: discoveries that cure
disease; innovations that reduce the cost of power; prosthetic limbs for
wounded warriors.
The choice before us is whether we will invest in our future. Federal
investment in R&D, as a percent of GDP, has plummeted over the last forty
years. We need to invest in creating a Commonwealth and country that
continue to lead the world in the research and innovations and that powers
our economy across generations. Anything else is short-sighted.
Reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business
Technology Transfer Programs was a good first step to keep up our research
edge. But we must do more. We need to invest more in research, including in
the National Institutes of Health. We need to support public education from
Pre-K to technical training and universities. Twenty-first century
innovations require an educated workforce, especially in the STEM fields (
science, technology, engineering, and math). We need to make it easier for
entrepreneurs and start-ups to have lower capital costs, get their goods to
market, and get their workers to their jobs by investing in fixing up our
roads and bridges, extending mass transit and rail, updating water and
sewage systems, and developing a 21st century power grid.
Workers' Rights and Free & Fair Trade
We need to make it easier for workers who want to organize to have the
chance to do so. If people want to work together for better wages, for
better health care, and for better working conditions, they should have the
right to do so. I support the Employee Free Choice Act and workers' right to
organize.
Unions have been critical to building a strong middle class in America.
Unions have fought for higher wages, high quality health care, and improved
safety conditions. Union labor are also some of the most highly skilled
workers in the world - with advanced training that makes them competitive. I
support a strong labor movement in the United States and around the world.
To grow our economy, we need to sell our products to the rest of the world.
But we have to have a level playing field - strong trade laws and strong
enforcement. That means labor and environmental standards. It means
protecting our intellectual property rights by getting tough on the knock
offs that undercut our ability to compete and, in the long run, cost us
money and jobs. And it means putting pressure on foreign currency
manipulation that artificially makes our goods less competitive. As a
Senator, I will look hard at any trade agreement to determine how it would
impact jobs here in Massachusetts.
Fishing
Whenever I talk to people working in the fishing industry - whether in
Gloucester, New Bedford, or Boston - I always hear the same thing: Our
fishermen are hardworking, middle-class people who just want to get out
there and fish. They work hard and play by the rules, and they want to come
home, put food on their tables, and provide their children with
opportunities - including the chance to carry on in the same family fishing
traditions.
Fishermen face many challenges, but one of the biggest threats has come from
the federal government. For years, fishermen have been hammered by unfair
enforcement and unfair regulations.
Federal regulators need to do a better job of working with fishermen and
scientists to achieve everyone's shared goals. That means having sustainable
fishing stocks, but doing so in a way that doesn't drive fishermen out of
business. As Senator, I'll listen to Massachusetts' fishermen, I'll stand
with them, and I'll fight for them in Washington.
Made in Massachusetts
The United States should be a country that makes things. Massachusetts
already has a solid manufacturing base, and combined with our advantage in
innovation and research, I believe the Commonwealth is well-positioned to
lead the country.
Manufacturers and businesses succeed when they have the basic building
blocks to be competitive. To help our businesses, and especially our
manufacturers succeed, we must ensure:
an educated, highly skilled workforce
investment in the research that will create future breakthroughs
affordable and reliable energy sources to power facilities
a tax and regulatory environment that supports research and development
efficient roads, bridges, and port infrastructure to get goods to market
As a Senator, I'll work hard to ensure that we make things here in
Massachusetts and that we lead the country in bringing manufacturing back to
America. We need to stop providing tax incentives that send jobs and
manufacturing overseas, and when possible, the federal government should buy
American when it invests in public infrastructure and construction projects.
Budgeting for our Future: Cutting Spending and Smart Investing
A budget is about finance and economics, but it is also about values.
At a time when the federal debt is more than $15 trillion, we need to be
smart about the budget and about where and how to cut. Our budget should
reflect our values and our commitment to creating a better future for our
children and grandchildren. At a time when some big companies are paying
nothing in taxes and when profitable industries like oil and gas are getting
special breaks, it is shameful that Washington would ask seniors to live on
less or tell young people they have to take on more debt for school. Those
are not decisions that reflect our values.
Budgeting for our future means making smart cuts and smart investments. We
need to cut the tax breaks to the oil and gas industry and the loopholes for
hedge fund managers. We need to go back to Clinton-era tax rates for the
wealthiest Americans. As we wind down two wars, we can make cuts in our
defense budget - smart, targeted cuts that preserve our national security.
We should get rid of the giveaways in Medicare that prevent negotiating
lower drug prices. And we should improve efficiency throughout government by
getting tough on fraudulent and abusive practices and by cutting wasteful
spending. | l******n
发帖数: 11737 | 2 顺便附上Brown的。真他妈简单啊，可以看出是针对什么投票人群的。里面好几句都有
重合的，比如最后一句wasteful spending。
http://www.scottbrown.com/issues/economy/page/2/
Economy
I am a free enterprise advocate who believes that lower taxes can encourage
economic growth. Raising taxes stifles growth, weakens the economy and puts
more people out of work. Our economy works best when individuals have more
of their income to spend, and businesses have money to invest and add jobs.
I have been a fiscal watchdog in the state legislature fighting bigger
government, higher taxes and wasteful spending. | l******n
发帖数: 11737 | 3 ok brown的job这一项比较长，加起来也差不多了。留意一下最后一项第8项，双方都坚
持made in USA，但是咱祖国更倾向的红脖子总是时不时让祖国难受。
http://www.scottbrown.com/issues/fighter-for-jobs/
A Bipartisan Plan For Jobs
Scott Brown on Jobs – A Real Record, and a Plan for the Future
Unlike Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown has a plan to work across the aisle to
grow the economy and create jobs here in Commonwealth, no matter who is
elected President. He will be the same person he has always been – someone
who puts Massachusetts and America first. That’s because Scott Brown doesn
’t believe that one political party is right 100% of the time. No party has
a monopoly on good ideas. Instead, a good idea is any idea that will move
America forward on creating jobs, strengthening our communities, or
restoring trust in our government and our elected officials. There are
certain policies that Scott Brown believes he can work on, no matter who is
president, such as expanding opportunities for women-owned small businesses.
Scott Brown’s 2 Year Senate Record on Jobs Legislation
With an unemployment rate that remains at unacceptably high levels, Senator
Brown’s top priority as a U.S. Senator has been to advance policies that
will create and save Massachusetts jobs. One of his first votes as a U.S.
Senator was in favor of a Democratic jobs bill – the HIRE Act – and Brown
also was one of the earliest to introduce legislation to provide a payroll
tax cut for working families, a policy that has put an extra $1000 in
workers’ pockets for the past two years. Senator Brown has voted more than
50 times to advance legislation related to creating jobs and boosting our
economy, including 24 times against the majority of his own party. Despite
being a junior Senator in the minority party in the Senate, in a span of
just two and a half years, Senator Brown has been invited to stand with
President Obama at the White House on three separate occasions to see his
legislative efforts signed into law.
Reducing the burden on small businesses: Senator Brown led the efforts to
repeal the 3 percent withholding tax that would have saddled Massachusetts
employers who do business with the government with severe cash flow problems
. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) considered the requirement to be an
unfunded mandate on state and local governments. The provision would have
cost billions more to implement than it would have raised in new revenue for
the government. Brown’s repeal bill was signed into law on November 21,
2011. Brown also sponsored the repeal of the 1099 reporting mandate that
would have crushed Massachusetts jobs.
Hiring our Returning Servicemembers: Senator Brown has worked tirelessly to
reduce the unemployment rate among recent veterans, which in some states is
more than twice the national average. Brown introduced his own “Hire a
Hero” bill in February 2011 to create incentives for businesses to hire
unemployed vets, and after nearly a year of advocacy, the Brown-sponsored “
VOW to Hire Heroes” amendment was signed into law on November 21, 2011.
Brown was invited to stand at the White House when it was signed, and
President Obama mentioned the bipartisan initiative in a presidential debate.
“Crowdfunding” to provide grassroots funding for start-ups: Studies by
the Kauffman Foundation on innovation and U.S. competitiveness found that
new businesses have been the primary source of American job creation over
the past 25 years. With many businesses lacking the funding needed to hire,
Senator Brown introduced the first “crowdfunding” bill in the Senate,
which would allow entrepreneurs to raise up to $1 million in capital from
regular citizens over the internet without being subject to onerous red tape
. Brown worked across the aisle to introduce a compromise version of the
bill – the CROWDFUND Act – and he stood with President Obama at the White
House when he signed it into law in April 2012.
Senator Brown’s Plan
Senator Scott Brown has a jobs agenda that will put people to work right
here in the Commonwealth. Reflecting Brown’s determination to get things
done regardless of who is elected president, Brown’s plan includes
priorities where he could work together with either President Obama or
Governor Romney.
A Jobs Plan to Let America Be America
More Likely with President Obama
More Likely with Mitt Romney
Reform our Job Training Programs
Repeal the Medical Device Tax
Expand Opportunity for Women Entrepreneurs
Keystone / Energy Independence by 2020
Boost American Manufacturing
Balanced Budget Amendment
Clean Energy Jobs
Crack Down on China and Expand Exports
The Eight Point Plan
1) Keep Taxes Low on Small Businesses, Repeal the Medical Device Tax and
Reform our Uncompetitive Tax Code
Higher taxes on American businesses make our products less competitive,
destroying jobs. The medical device tax included in the federal health care
legislation is a jobs killer for Massachusetts. The medical device
industry is huge in the state, with hundreds of companies employing 25,000
people. If it is not repealed, this tax will kill 43,000 jobs across the
country and employees will suffer $3.5 billion in lost wages. Massachusetts
stands to lose thousands of jobs, while many will simply never be created in
the Commonwealth as businesses shift work elsewhere. The last thing we
need to do during this economic downturn is raise taxes that will harm
employment in the Commonwealth. Senator Brown has introduced legislation to
repeal the tax without damaging the deficit, and would work to repeal the
medical device tax so that this industry will continue to grow and thrive in
the Bay State. Both President Obama and Mitt Romney support lowering the
corporate tax rate – currently the highest in the industrialized world- to
make America more competitive. This is something Elizabeth Warren has not
said she would support. Furthermore, in 2011 alone, 61,248 pages of
regulations were added to the federal register, including 468 new rules at
an estimated cost to our economy of $79.9 billion dollars and an added
paperwork burden of 81.9 million hours. In addition, when creating
regulations, concerns of small businesses and individuals – who will bear
the disproportionate share of the costs – are often overlooked.
2) Better job training for unemployed workers who need to keep skills sharp
Earlier this year, Senator Scott Brown introduced the “Learn to Earn
Reemployment Training Improvement Act of 2011” (S. 1743). This critically
needed legislation would give those on unemployment insurance the option to
receive paid, on-the-job training at private businesses, helping workers
keep skills sharp in real work environments that are relevant to their prior
work experience. President Obama has announced an intention to train two
million workers with the skills for good jobs through new partnerships with
employers, and the President also introduced a similar job training proposal
in his own jobs plan in 2011.
3) More Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs
President Obama’s jobs council has featured America’s need for more women
entrepreneurs and business owners. As the author of the successful
crowdfunding bill and other innovation legislation designed to boost
Massachusetts entrepreneurs, Senator Brown is very frustrated that women-
owned small business account for only 29% of our small businesses. The
majority of women-owned small businesses earn only about a quarter of the
revenue of men-owned small businesses.
With Massachusetts ranked 34th in women-owned small business growth in the
past 15 years, Scott Brown has sponsored legislation to study why and how we
can expand the number of women-owned small businesses, as well as their
growth and profitability. For women entrepreneurs focused on growing their
businesses, in a second term, Scott Brown would look to expand connections
to various funding sources, such as new crowdfunding platforms and angel
investing groups. Even though the federal government has a formal goal of
awarding five percent of federal contracts to women-owned small businesses,
our government has never met that goal and women-owned small businesses
continue to lag behind in the federal contract marketplace.
To assist federal agencies in achieving their women-owned small business
contracting award requirements, Scott Brown co-sponsored legislation to
remove contract-award limitations and provide women the tools that they need
to compete fairly for federal contracts. Scott Brown is a co-sponsor of
legislation that would also allow women-owned small businesses to receive
non-competitive contracts, when such contracts are permitted and appropriate
. This legislation is supported by the National Association of Women
Business Owners, Women Impacting Public Policy and the U.S. Black Chamber,
Inc. Scott Brown is also pushing legislation to ensure that the Women’s
Business Development Centers are reauthorized and expanded, which provides
vital training and counseling to female entrepreneurs.
4) Boosting Manufacturing to Bring Jobs Home
As a member of the Senate Manufacturing Task Force, Senator Brown has
prioritized creating manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts. The National
Association of Manufacturers awarded Scott their2012 Award for Manufacturing
Legislative Excellence. Senator Brown led the fight in the Senate to repeal
a “stealth tax” on government contractors known as 3% withholding.
Senator Brown also co-sponsored and helped repeal of the so-called 1099
reporting requirement in the federal health care bill that would have
crushed manufacturers in Massachusetts.
Senator Brown will build on this past success of working with President
Obama to pass bills that boost manufacturing opportunities. He and the
President both agree that America needs a tax reform plan that will lower
the corporate tax rate to make American products more globally competitive.
The Administration and economic analysts have pointed out that due to a
number of economic factors, for the first time in years, some manufacturing
companies are seeking to bring back jobs that were sent overseas. Senator
Brown crossed the aisle to take up the “Bring Jobs Home Act” that helps
companies bring jobs back from overseas and will continue to work with the
President to support the policy. The bill would give a tax credit for 20
percent of their expenses associated with bringing business activities back
to the U.S.
5) Clean Energy
Senator Brown supports policies that help consumers save on energy costs and
encourage fuel-efficient technologies. He filed a bill that would provide
a tax credit to help convert older, inefficient fleet vehicles into energy
saving hybrids. Technology for such conversions has been developed right
here in Massachusetts. This would help businesses and individuals save on
rising fuel costs while making our environment cleaner.
The Obama Administration has said that wind energy production in the US now
supports over 75,000 clean energy jobs across the country. Senator Brown
has co-sponsored the bill to extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind
energy (something Mitt Romney has said he will not support) to ensure we
can continue to grow these jobs in the U.S. as part of a true all-of-the-
above energy policy.
6) Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment
With nations in Europe in turmoil because of their unwillingness to tackle
the tough issue of overspending, it is more important than ever that America
signal to investors and businesses looking for certainty and stability that
Washington can get its fiscal house in order. As a co-sponsor of a
balanced budget amendment, Senator Brown will make sure that the world knows
America is finally serious about fiscal responsibility and is open for
business.
7) Approve the Keystone Pipeline and other traditional energy sources to
make America energy independent by 2020:
Senator Brown supports approving private sector projects such as the
Keystone Pipeline to expand supply and keep prices at the pump low. The
pipeline would create thousands of union and non-union jobs while reducing
our reliance on Middle East oil and making us more energy independent. The
pipeline project would expand our energy partnership with a friendly North
American ally who, if we don’t act, will instead partner with China. But
that’s not the only new energy infrastructure we should build. Senator
Brown believes that with recent natural gas discoveries in the Midwest, a
new pipeline to New England would help keep electricity prices low for rate-
payers, making Massachusetts businesses more competitive nationally and
around the globe.
8) Crack down on Chinese trade practices and expand new trade opportunities
Senator Brown is an advocate for new export markets, but believes trade must
be fair. He helped ensure passage of the free trade agreements (South
Korea, Panama & Colombia) that allowed Massachusetts manufacturers to sell
their products to more countries around the world. Senator Brown was one of
just a few Republicans who crossed the aisle to support the expansion of
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) – a program that protects workers
displaced by new trade deals.
Senator Brown has also supported passage in the Senate of legislation that
would empower the President to crack down on China due to its unfair trade
practices. That bill has not yet gotten through the House, and it remains
unfinished business. China still artificially undervalues its currency – a
practice that must end. Senator Brown will work to ensure that China plays
fair and Massachusetts workers are not disadvantaged. | a**u
发帖数: 7128 | | l******n
发帖数: 11737 | 5 我看靠右比较激进，比如crack down China什么的，听着多解气啊。
【在 a**u 的大作中提到】
: 靠左的比較容易吸引年輕人。
| a**u
发帖数: 7128 | 6 這點是有區別：
共產主義全世界都是兄弟。
右派喜歡在地球上畫界線， 搞地方主義， 國家民族主義 。
【在 l******n 的大作中提到】
: 我看靠右比较激进，比如crack down China什么的，听着多解气啊。
| l******n
发帖数: 11737 | 7 其实左派一样出政策打压中国经济，只不过没说这么激进煽动罢了。
【在 a**u 的大作中提到】
: 這點是有區別：
: 共產主義全世界都是兄弟。
: 右派喜歡在地球上畫界線， 搞地方主義， 國家民族主義 。
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