April 2, 2008...2:41 pm
Sen. Clinton’s Economic Plan: Yes, We Can!
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton laid out her plan to keep jobs from being shipped abroad as she appealed to blue collar workers in Pennsylvania, the next big primary contest. Her plan includes investing billions of dollars in remaking American industry and business.
The Senator from New York focused on job creation and challenges to the U.S. economy at campaign appearances across Pennsylvania, which holds the next primary contest on April 22 with 158 delegates at stake. She spoke about the issues facing middle class Americans.
At an economic summit in Pittsburgh on Wednesday organized by her presidential campaign, Clinton was expected to propose the elimination of tax breaks for companies that move jobs to other countries and use the savings to provide $7 billion a year in tax incentives to persuade companies to “insource” jobs in the United States.
Pennsylvania and other states holding upcoming primaries, including Indiana and Kentucky, have suffered the loss of manufacturing jobs in recent years and have yet to transition to new industries and other ways of expanding their economies.
Clinton’s plan would offer new tax benefits for research and job development. It would also create “innovation and research clusters” and provide $500 million annually in investments to encourage the creation of high-wage jobs in clean energy.
“Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky [Balboa] and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up. And neither do the American people,” Clinton said Tuesday at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia. The organization is one of America’s largest labor union federations.
Clinton characterized McCain as a candidate who would stand back and watch as the U.S. economy spiraled downward. She charged George W. Bush with creating the nation’s deepening financial difficulties. She announced support for a plan to create 3 million new jobs to rebuild the U.S. infrastructure.
Polls show Clinton with a comfortable lead in the primary vote to be held April 22.
I have grown weary of every news item about Hillary Clinton being littered with information, most of it useless, about you-know-who, as well as sexist language that graces every “news” item. So I have removed any information about her Democratic opponent, and I have altered the use of language to make it more neutral. If you want to see the original article, go to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp. I am not trying to hide anything, I am just trying to show how the news could be reported in a more objective way. Likewise, supporters of the other Democratic candidate might like to focus on his issues.
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April 2, 2008 at 3:09 pm
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April 5, 2008 at 12:09 am
this is great!
do you have that ping thing turned on?
maybe I can just quote you, like before…
yes, she will address all the wrongs and make them right — fix the outsourced problem that is killing us here.
April 5, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I believe I have the ping-thing turned on, but feel free to quote. Glad you liked the post. It’s a good economic plan, and if you separate out the clutter of Obama news, sexist garbage, etc., you can actually read about the policy.
April 5, 2008 at 8:39 pm
You know, funny but that tux reminds me of my grandparents era. It’s a nice touch. It’s hard for me to understand this era, especially the last 8 years of life post 2001. I think what is going on in the country as a backdrop is causing all the chaos.
I’m not sure how to do one of those pings but I’m going to try. This is the most hopefull thing I’ve read yet. Truly.
Obama came up out of nowhere here in CA. He’s unknown. For me, the Clinton’s are the safest bet going but in lieu of them I think I’d choose McCain — strictly because of the fact he was in Vietnam.
April 6, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Readers, check this out. Curious what you think:
http://1dumblonde.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/barack-obama-and-the-harvard-law-review-sexism-and-murder/
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