Issue Position: Creating Jobs

Issue Position

The economy can't tell the difference between a job created by the Government or the Private Sector. If you are out of work, and your children are hungry, their stomachs don't know the difference between a meal bought with money earned at a public sector job, or a private sector job.

The Private Sector and the Free Market have continually failed to create a thriving economy, continually failed to provide jobs that benefit society as a whole, and failed to create jobs that don't require the wasteful abuse of our planet's resources. In light of these failures, I fully support the use of government funding to do what the private sector and the free market are incapable of doing: Creating Jobs. The economy knows that when people are employed, they have money to spend on goods and services, and it doesn't care if those jobs are in the private or public sector. The public sector can play a role in economic stimulus through public funding for living-wage jobs in community and environmental service. Environmental clean-up, recycling, sustainable agriculture, food production, sustainable forest management, repair and maintenance of public facilities, aides in our schools / libraries / childcare centers, and the construction and renovation of housing that is energy-efficient, are all examples of work through which the whole of society benefits.

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