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Position Statement: West Virginia needs quality jobs NOW.
Description of Position:
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Senator Byrd has had 48 years to create jobs in West Virginia. While he has created a few jobs and I respect him for that. It has not been enough to grow our economy. The population in West Virginia was 1,860,421 in 1960 right after Senator Byrd took office. In 2000, the population was 1,808,344 over 50,000 less. Why would anyone want to leave West Virginia?
JOBS.
In order to get a good paying job people have to leave the state. After 48 years we still have less people in West Virginia. One out of every six has no health insurance. About 60% of jobs in West Virginia have no benefits.
Creating jobs for West Virginia and America will be a top priority when I am elected. Infrastructure projects creates jobs. According to the Department of Transportation for every $1 Billion dollars spent on infrastructure approximately 47,000 jobs are created. I intend to obtain 5 Billion dollars worth of infrastructure projects for West Virginia. How? As a businessowner for over 20 years I know what it takes to make a major purchase. One way is to cut out fat somewhere else, such as foreign aid. I intend to not only obtain the funding but I will find a way to pay for it first! And without raising taxes or the burden to taxpayers. Senator Byrd is the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, yet he has been able to obtain only limited funds for projects in West Virginia. Only a Republican could obtain the funding needed now with the Senate, House and Presidency controlled by Republicans. IT'S TIME we create jobs in West Virginia by electing a Republican Senator. I intend to be that Senator. |
 2007-05-31 |
Over six months have passed since the election of 2006. No significant jobs have been created. A few gambling jobs may arrive before the end of the year. A few low paying jobs in exchange for the election contributions received. Bought and paid for. I personally have had a successful business here in West Virginia for over 20 years. I am one of the lucky ones. I know that creating jobs takes hard work and dedication. Special interest groups will have their own agenda. Now, six months after the election neither the democratic majority here in West Virginia`s state government or in the Congress has done anything to create real job growth. The smokescreen of the Iraqi War can not hide the fact the `new` majority will not create jobs. The smokescreen of `gambling jobs` will not hide the fact that enough jobs are not being created. Ask any high school or college graduate where the opportunities are here in West Virginia. The answer is to take the Byrd-Rockefeller-Manchin ONE-Way Highway east, west, north or south. If you want a job you had better take to the highway and leave West Virginia. ITS TIME to elect new leadership that will create jobs. |
| 2007-07-07 |
Real job creation will never happen in West Virginia as long as the media praises Govenor Manchin and Senator Rockefeller. Accolades for both are pouring in across the state as 80 new jobs are being touted. Victory in the upcoming election `yes it is that time whether you want it or not` is ensured with all the positive press coverage. Senator Rockefeller’s publicist has come out of hiding to plug the senator regularly. The mothballs and cobwebs have been dusted off the press releases!
A new manufacturing plant will hire 80 people! GREAT NEWS. Or is it? While our Governor struts around like a peacock on display the real news remains overlooked. The media is happy to solidify democratic victories in the next election (and there is always a next election) by ignoring the real news and highlighting their great prowness. Did you notice one name not mentioned in the accolades? Think about it. Which prominent politician is not up for re-election????? Senator Byrd’s name was not included. Why? Did he not have a powerful influence? Or was it something more important? VOTES. He is not up for re-election. He doesn’t need the positive support of the biased media. Surely he would support the creation of 80 new jobs. He was left out because there was no political need. This makes the news media the enemy of real job creation in West Virginia.
The real news is found here. While I support the creation of any jobs including these 80 jobs, I will overlook the small positives for a minute and expose the real truth. Your news media will not expound on these but they are there buried deep within the ‘news’. Long after the accolades and headlines are embedded in the minds of the reader. Oh by the way, that new plant? Oh, it was really a replacement business for a plant that went out of business. That former business had created 300 JOBS! So the net loss is now only 220 lost jobs. Yeah that is worth your vote now isn’t it? Since Senator Rockefeller was elected to the U.S. Senate the state of West Virginia has lost 15,000 mining jobs alone. Where is the real truth in those accolades now? Fifteen thousand lost jobs do not make the headlines in West Virginia. Why? Because the voters would not want to re-elect the same politicians over and over. THAT is the most important priority of the news media. Why change when things are going so well????????
The business climate in West Virginia is so baaaaaad that 80 jobs is big news. If you would read between the lines you would see that West Virginia’s business climate is so bad and out of touch with what is necessary to create real job growth that when the news media praises Senator Rockefeller and Governor Manchin the readers are impressed. The news media must not want the economy to improve. Otherwise, they would print the real truths. And blame the lack of leadership on those who have the most power to make a difference. Instead, of praising those who are able to accomplish only a handful of jobs when their JOB is on the line. Being up for election can sure motivate those in hibernation to emerge. Heck, by the time the general election rolls around we will probably gain another 50-100 jobs.
But the real truth is that we need to elect individuals that are serious about job creation and will work for reforms in the way we do business. In five days over one thousand (1,000+) applications were filed for those 80 replacement jobs. That is the real truth that should be headlines across West Virginia. One thousand people want a good job. Only 80 will get one. What about those 15,000 lost mining jobs? In the next election incumbents who do not create real job growth should be fired. And the challenger with the best job creation solutions should be elected. ITS TIME to free up one job that is not being used to it’s potential. Senator Rockefeller has had the opportunity to create a real job market here in West Virginia. His first opportunity as Governor and since 1985 as U.S. Senator. Instead West Virginia has lost thousands of jobs under his watch and celebrates when he delivers 80.
By the way, that thousand job applications was before pay scale information was provided. And in all fairness, the Charleston Daily Mail did run a good article on July 3rd about the large number of applicants for these positions. The article was fair and the accolades were absent. |
| 2009-01-20 |
Benchmark job stats. There have been a lot of promises so here is some statistics we can use to judge correctly. Unemployment stands at 7.2% at the end of 2008. 11.1 million Americans are out of work. PE promises to create 3,675,000 jobs by the end of 2010. Course the small print says to `create or save` that save word is critical. Heck, I just saved 10 zillion jobs myself. That did not help the 11.1 million Americans out of work. The bar is set now we will see how many people can feed their families on promises.
Governor Manchin is trying to distance himself from the democratic legacy of West Virginia. Since the Great Depression democrats have ruled West Virginia. Governor Manchin claims to have created a 'NEW' West Virginia. At least he is not happy with the previous democrats either! |
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