Alexi Giannoulias on Jobs

Losing job is more than just a paycheck; it affects morale

GIANNOULIAS: We should have had a laser-like focus on creating jobs. If people aren't working, they're not gonna be able to pay their mortgages. And we're gonna continue to have a housing market collapse. Losing a job is more than just losing a paycheck; it affects your morale; it affects our communities; and it makes us a less secure nation. So, we need to do everything we can to create private sector jobs and to stimulate the private sector.

Focus on investment in clean energy jobs

Invest in clean energy jobs which cannot be outsourced

Help business create the jobs of tomorrow:
• Studies have shown that manufacturing jobs created by renewable energy--specifically wind and solar in the case of one study--have had an approximately 80% overlap with where jobs have been lost due to outsourcing.
• Congress should make every effort to capitalize on American ingenuity. Alexi believes that with the right incentives for businesses to invest in clean energy, we can create good paying jobs that cannot be outsourced.
• Illinois is home to more than 2,500 companies that have created more than 28,000 "clean energy jobs", like building wind turbines, weatherizing homes, manufacturing highly efficient lighting fixtures, and producing energy from waste.
• As a Senator, Alexi will work to build on this foundation with the right kind of government incentives so that we can grow businesses focused on clean energy and double this number in the next few years.

Evaluate workers on their abilities, not their identities