Issue Position: The Federal Government and Budgets

Issue Position

...as Congressman of the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois, I will lead the charge to propose and file bills in The 115th Congress to bring back the Work Program Administration, known as the WPA. This Depression-era program put 8 million Americans back to work, infusing money earned, into the pockets of men and women to support their families, being a stabilizing force for congressional districts all across this nation.

It is time to become a patriotic American in 2016, and beyond, as it comes to the stabilizing of resources for job creation, investment in new technologies and giving a new hope to the current and future generations. We will refocus what this country spends its resources on to get the type of return that does not feed hopelessness, but destroys it. This must be coupled with the fair share of paying taxes by the higher income brackets that have benefited over the past 30 plus years in tax cuts, to be more responsible to shoulder the burden and pay their fair share to help reduce the debt this nation currently faces.

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