Lindsey Graham on Jobs Republican Sr Senator; previously Representative (SC-3)

We got Boeing in South Carolina because we welcomed them

Increasing the minimum wage makes it harder to hire people

Biggest business headache is worker's compensation system

And then there are the taxes & fees. As a business-owner I paid income taxes, corporate taxes, capital gains taxes, property taxes, Social Security taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax, excise taxes, fuel and mileage taxes in every state we so much as drove through, USDOT fees, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration fees, and on and on.

Our biggest single headache, however, was the maze of legal paperwork that is the worker's compensation system. On top of that, you can add the trial lawyer industry which is perpetually scouring the earth for clients to sue companies like mine. This means we had to carry substantial insurance coverage as well.

Rated 17% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record.

As the federation of America’s unions, the AFL-CIO includes more than 13 million of America’s workers in 60 member unions working in virtually every part of the economy. The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation. To accomplish this mission we will build and change the American labor movement.

The following ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization`s preferred position.

Let ex-cons apply freely, according to CC survey.

The Christian Coalition inferred whether candidates agree or disagree with the statement, `Eliminate Barriers to Housing and Employment for Those Who Have Successfully Completed their Sentence?`

[Ed.: `Ban the Box` refers to a checkbox that applicants must check when applying for jobs or housing, indicating whether they have an arrest record or a felony conviction.] Self-description by Christian Coalition of America: "These guides help give voters a clear understanding of where candidates stand on important pro-family issues" for all Senate and Presidential candidates.

Incentives to businesses create jobs & raise wages.

[As part of the Contract with America, within 100 days we pledge to bring to the House Floor the following bill]:

The Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act:
Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages.