A Call to Service: on Jobs

Weekly economic policy summit to create jobs

Our first has to be to put jobs back at the top of national agenda. As president, I will commit this country to turning the tide on manufacturing jobs. I'll start with a tax incentive to encourage companies to keep jobs in America. I will also propose a job-creation tax credit that would give businesses a one time break from the payroll tax for every new worker they hire. and my health-care plan, which I will explain in a alter chapter, will stop spiraling health-care costs, one of the biggest problems facing businesses struggling to maintain employment levels.

Beyond any specific proposals, getting this economy moving gin, stopping job losses and creating new jobs depends on national leadership that believes it can make a difference and can muster the courage and imagination to do so. If elected president, I will hold economic policy once week for the first six months of my administration, aimed at developing targeted strategies to create jobs in key regions and key industries.

Source: A Call to Service, by John Kerry, p. 74-5

*The above quotations are from A Call to Service, by John Kerry, published Oct. 2003.* Click here for definitions & background information on Jobs. Click here for more quotes by John Kerry on Jobs.
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