This came from a resident of Batavia Ohio who has shown interest in our campaign. I felt I should share her statement and question along with my answer for everyone who follows this page to read. She raises a very good point.
From Stephanie Zimmerman:
Greg Pollitt, I'm interested, however would like to know more about your thoughts. The middle class is shrinking while the wealthy and big busine...ss make more and more. The cards seem to be stacked against the average Joe and just supporting a family becomes more and more difficult. How do you plan to make a difference? We say we are the greatest nation in the world, yet we have children who go to bed hungry, people who sleep on the streets, elderly who choose between eating and taking their medication and millions who don't have health care. S, I am interested in making this great country better and would welcome your thoughts."
My response:
"One if the biggest issues we need to control, is foreign aid. I am all for helping countries that are in need where starvation and malnutrition hits approximately 75% of its citizens such as many African countries. The problem is something we have as human beings to combat and no man, woman or child should ever go to bed hungry. So as a nation, we need to reign in foreign aid to a minimum. We should not be buying friendship by paying them billions of tax dollars to train or harbor terrorist. I want to use those billions of dollars right here in our country. I would like to see everyone with a job. That is why I would like to see the unemployment office, become the employment office. By using existing tax dollars saved from paying foreign aide we can distribute a lot of that money to state and local governments to accomplish many issues such as rehabbing neighborhoods, infrastructure building or repair so on and so forth that create jobs. So with the revamped "employment bureau" if you lose your job you could work for state and local communities to earn a paycheck as well as draw your unemployment benefits as a way of prevention of many people falling back on the welfare system as possible with a temporary job or permanent if you so choose. Many families who when one person looses a job fall back to the welfare system for help, and that is what it is there for. These positions created by the communities some would be part time but there should be many new full time positions as well. These jobs would be a way of putting pride back in the communities as well as paying for operating existing programs and creating new ones to re-invest in our cities. Making better neighborhoods helps in appearance, helps reduce crime, creates many new jobs for police, fire, ems and gives you a chance to work and earn a living while still looking for a new job.
I would like to see business get a tax incentives to create (x) amount of jobs per year here in the United States and taxed high rates if they ship jobs overseas. I think with many big companies job creation should be mandated based on percentage of growth. This will provide many new jobs across the country, which will open the door for better competition in the job market as well as drastically reduce the employment rate. New jobs doesn't come with just that simplistic approach, but we must have living wage pay increased so that you can actually afford the necessities you need to put food on your table, clothes on your back, provided for your family, pay for health insurance, and finally have a dew dollars extra to spend that grows our economy. All of these pieces in place will grow the middle class, drastically reduce our poverty level. Reduce families and kids going hungry or homeless and get America on track where we should have been 30 yrs. ago to finally be that great nation we call ourselves. By saving many of the billions of dollars spent on foreign aid, this can all be achieved with a huge re-investment back in our country and this is just the beginning of my version of a new, "New Deal" .
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
From Stephanie Zimmerman:
Greg Pollitt, I'm interested, however would like to know more about your thoughts. The middle class is shrinking while the wealthy and big busine...ss make more and more. The cards seem to be stacked against the average Joe and just supporting a family becomes more and more difficult. How do you plan to make a difference? We say we are the greatest nation in the world, yet we have children who go to bed hungry, people who sleep on the streets, elderly who choose between eating and taking their medication and millions who don't have health care. S, I am interested in making this great country better and would welcome your thoughts."
My response:
"One if the biggest issues we need to control, is foreign aid. I am all for helping countries that are in need where starvation and malnutrition hits approximately 75% of its citizens such as many African countries. The problem is something we have as human beings to combat and no man, woman or child should ever go to bed hungry. So as a nation, we need to reign in foreign aid to a minimum. We should not be buying friendship by paying them billions of tax dollars to train or harbor terrorist. I want to use those billions of dollars right here in our country. I would like to see everyone with a job. That is why I would like to see the unemployment office, become the employment office. By using existing tax dollars saved from paying foreign aide we can distribute a lot of that money to state and local governments to accomplish many issues such as rehabbing neighborhoods, infrastructure building or repair so on and so forth that create jobs. So with the revamped "employment bureau" if you lose your job you could work for state and local communities to earn a paycheck as well as draw your unemployment benefits as a way of prevention of many people falling back on the welfare system as possible with a temporary job or permanent if you so choose. Many families who when one person looses a job fall back to the welfare system for help, and that is what it is there for. These positions created by the communities some would be part time but there should be many new full time positions as well. These jobs would be a way of putting pride back in the communities as well as paying for operating existing programs and creating new ones to re-invest in our cities. Making better neighborhoods helps in appearance, helps reduce crime, creates many new jobs for police, fire, ems and gives you a chance to work and earn a living while still looking for a new job.
I would like to see business get a tax incentives to create (x) amount of jobs per year here in the United States and taxed high rates if they ship jobs overseas. I think with many big companies job creation should be mandated based on percentage of growth. This will provide many new jobs across the country, which will open the door for better competition in the job market as well as drastically reduce the employment rate. New jobs doesn't come with just that simplistic approach, but we must have living wage pay increased so that you can actually afford the necessities you need to put food on your table, clothes on your back, provided for your family, pay for health insurance, and finally have a dew dollars extra to spend that grows our economy. All of these pieces in place will grow the middle class, drastically reduce our poverty level. Reduce families and kids going hungry or homeless and get America on track where we should have been 30 yrs. ago to finally be that great nation we call ourselves. By saving many of the billions of dollars spent on foreign aid, this can all be achieved with a huge re-investment back in our country and this is just the beginning of my version of a new, "New Deal" .
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
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