Issue Position: Creating Jobs in Illinois
Issue Position
Issues: Business and Consumers
House Republicans support an economic stimulus package to boost business productivity and individual purchasing power. Also critical to Illinois' business climate is the need to begin a comprehensive capital program that would target resources to roads, school buildings, higher education facilities, state facilities, and mass transit, creating jobs and community prosperity.
*Negotiate a comprehensive capital plan that will reinvigorate Illinois' economy and create jobs statewide.
*Introduce job-creating business incentives, such as (1) broadening the investment tax credit for businesses, (2) readopting the job training expense credit, (3) reinstating the entire research & development income tax credit.
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