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Joe Biden on Jobs
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| Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator |
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- FactCheck: $100,000+ salaries only with college degree. (Mar 2024)
- We created 15M jobs in 3 years: a record. (Mar 2024)
- First sitting president to join a union picket line. (Sep 2023)
- Loosen rules for federal employee disciplinary actions. (Apr 2023)
- 12 million new jobs in 2 years; the most ever. (Feb 2023)
- Old Rust Belt now revitalizing American manufacturing. (Mar 2022)
- Strengthen union organizing rules; increase 6% unionization. (Dec 2021)
- Federal jobs: let's not just praise them, let's pay them. (Apr 2021)
- Support union organizing at Amazon and elsewhere. (Feb 2021)
- No one with a job should be below poverty level. (Oct 2020)
- Require federal contractors to buy American products. (Sep 2020)
- No one should have to work two jobs to get out of poverty. (Sep 2020)
- $15 an hour is too little for healthcare workers. (Sep 2020)
- Newly empowered labor unions; equal pay for women. (Aug 2020)
- Universal paid sick leave' $15 minimum wage; support unions. (Mar 2020)
- I supported $15 minimum wage in NYC years ago. (Mar 2020)
- Working on climate change can create 10 million jobs. (Sep 2019)
- We need "moral capitalism" and corporate responsibility. (Feb 2019)
- Prepare workers for new jobs and they'll support free trade. (Sep 2016)
- Labor unions have built the middle class and built America. (Sep 2014)
- Match ready-to-work trainees with ready-to-be-filled jobs. (Jan 2014)
- We can & will get unemployment under 6%. (Oct 2012)
- A job is about more than a paycheck; it's about dignity. (Sep 2012)
- We value working class; Republicans value privileged class. (Mar 2012)
- No job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Aug 2007)
- Implement current recommendations on job safety. (Aug 2007)
- FactCheck: His AFL-CIO rating of 85% is not best of all Dems. (Aug 2007)
- Couldn't afford living at minimum wage; advocates raising it. (Jul 2007)
- Bush tries to strip away 100 years of labor progress. (Mar 2007)
Voting Record
- American Jobs Plan is a once-in-a-generation investment. (Apr 2021)
- Extended unemployment benefits for COVID, to contractors too. (Mar 2021)
- Increase minimum wage gradually. (Apr 2019)
- Extending unemployment benefits is the American way. (Dec 2010)
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Chris Christie on Jobs
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| N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate |
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- We have to show people that we value vocational training. (Jun 2023)
- I fought greedy unions and irresponsible spending in N.J. (Sep 2015)
- New Jersey had 0% job growth; then I created 192,000 jobs. (Aug 2015)
- Focus on reducing unemployment but not government employment. (Jan 2015)
- Don't raise minimum wage; create better-paying jobs instead. (Oct 2014)
- Zero means zero: fight abuse of sick leave & pension fraud. (Jan 2014)
- I inherited 119,000 private-sector jobs lost. (Mar 2013)
- 75,000 new private sector jobs since taking office in 2010. (Jan 2013)
- Supports Urban Hub program and Economic Redevelopment Grants. (Jul 2011)
- Garden State Growth Zones to attract new private investment. (Nov 2009)
- NJ Partnership for Action: attract quality-paying jobs. (Jul 2009)
- Ok with either unionized state workers or civil service. (May 2009)
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Ron DeSantis on Jobs
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| Republican presidential contender; FL governor |
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- OSHA regulations make workers poorer but not safer. (Feb 2023)
- Oversaw unemployment system with maximum $275/week benefit. (Apr 2020)
- No depressed wages for Floridians due to cheap foreign labor. (Jan 2020)
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Tulsi Gabbard on Jobs
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| Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from HI-2 |
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- Prefers universal basic income to federal jobs guarantee. (Oct 2019)
- Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour. (Jul 2019)
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Nikki Haley on Jobs
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| Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018 |
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- Retrain workers for post-AI, like when textiles went abroad. (Jan 2024)
- Cutting taxes and regulations helped employment boom. (May 2023)
- Fought unionization; new jobs in 45 of 46 counties. (Jan 2013)
- Non-union Boeing jobs in SC did not cost one union job in WA. (Aug 2012)
- Right-to-work helps Boeing deliver jets despite strikes. (Apr 2012)
- Pledge that every citizen who wants a job, has a job. (Jan 2012)
- We pushed back & NLRB dropped its frivolous Boeing lawsuit. (Jan 2012)
- ReadySC: work force training; vocational & technical college. (Jan 2012)
- I love that we are one of the least unionized states. (Jan 2012)
- No unemployment benefits for workers on strike. (Jan 2012)
- NLRB vs. Boeing is "direct attack on what America is". (Nov 2011)
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Kamala Harris on Jobs
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| Democratic nominee;Vice President; former California Senator |
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- Will sign PRO Act: Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act. (Sep 2024)
- $100M for manufacturers and labor unions in EV industry. (May 2024)
- Women are still only paid 80 cents compared to $1 for men. (Nov 2019)
- Require "equal pay certification" for government contracts. (Nov 2019)
- Time for action: enforce equal pay for equal work. (Jul 2019)
- Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour. (Jul 2019)
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Mike Huckabee on Jobs
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| Republican Presidential candidate |
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- Wages for bottom 90% of the economy stagnant for 40 years. (Nov 2015)
- 3 million jobs left since 2001, but not due to trade. (Nov 2008)
- Continue farm subsidies for low prices & competitiveness. (Nov 2008)
- No class warfare: talk to both rich & poor. (Jan 2008)
- Excessive taxes, red tape, and litigation cause job losses. (Dec 2007)
- Unions more prominent to fight high CEO salaries. (Oct 2007)
- Blacks still face racism & unequal opportunity in job market. (Sep 2007)
- No "sexual orientation" in Employment Non-Discrimination Act. (Sep 2007)
- Supports farm subsidies & fully-funded crop insurance. (Sep 2007)
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Mike Pence on Jobs
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| Former Republican Vice President (withdrew Oct.2023) |
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- Right of every American to join a union or not. (Sep 2023)
- Government mandates on energy kill jobs. (Oct 2020)
- Raising minimum wage is inflationary; would eliminate jobs. (Sep 2020)
- 2010: to create jobs, need across the board tax relief. (Sep 2019)
- Increasing minimum wage causes lay offs. (Sep 2019)
- Indiana's unemployment rate was cut in half since 2013. (Oct 2016)
- Blocked statewide & local minimum wage increase. (Jul 2016)
- Defended Indiana's "Right-To-Work" law. (Jul 2016)
- Education is critical to our success in job creation. (Mar 2014)
- $700B stimulus did not deliver promised employment. (Jan 2010)
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Vivek Ramaswamy on Jobs
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| CEO & Republican Challenger |
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- I have sympathy for workers but no patience for union bosses. (Sep 2023)
- We pay people to stay home; put people back to work. (Sep 2023)
- End affirmative action, end unlawful DEI indoctrination. (May 2023)
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Marco Rubio on Jobs
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| FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate |
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- Raising minimum wage would replace people with machines. (Nov 2015)
- Give wage subsidies rather than raise minimum wage. (Jan 2015)
- Voted against Paycheck Fairness Act (equal pay for women). (Sep 2014)
- Ok to extend unemployment if it's paid for. (Jan 2014)
- Grow the middle class; don't grow the government. (Feb 2013)
- 1984: Enthusiastic union activist during dad's strike. (Jun 2012)
- Oppose card check & Employee Free Choice Act. (Feb 2010)
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Bernie Sanders on Jobs
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| Independent Senator (VT) amd former Presidential candidate |
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- Create jobs with infrastructure repair & Green New Deal. (Oct 2019)
- Help transition for miners: income for 5 years, & education. (Sep 2019)
- Ain't nobody in Congress more pro-worker than I am. (Jul 2019)
- Tax companies for public benefits used by workers. (Apr 2019)
- End racism in hiring, redlining, & disparate pay. (Apr 2019)
- Equal pay for equal work: anything else unacceptable. (Apr 2019)
- FactCheck: Unemployment under Trump is lowest in decades. (Feb 2019)
- Women still earn only 80% of men; minorities earn 63%. (Aug 2017)
- A job is more than income; it's how we relate to the world. (Nov 2016)
- Middle-class wages have been in a 40-year decline. (Nov 2016)
- Establish worker-owned cooperatives to counter corporations. (Nov 2016)
- I investigated undocumented farm workers in FL. (Mar 2016)
- Minority youth more underemployed than others. (Mar 2016)
- Obama rebuilt jobs; but middle class is disappearing. (Oct 2015)
- Corporate opposition makes union organizing difficult. (Mar 2015)
- Create worker-owned cooperatives & grow unions. (Jan 2015)
- Real unemployment is 16%; official unemployment only 9%. (Nov 2012)
- Extend unemployment benefits whenever jobless rate over 7.2%. (Dec 2010)
- 1950s manufacturing job created middle class, but not now. (Dec 2010)
- Unions are freedom of association; but gets you fired. (Jun 2007)
Minimum Wage
- Tax CEOs making more than 50 times median worker pay. (Nov 2019)
- Make minimum wage a living wage. (Feb 2019)
- Real wages for working class in 2019 are lower than in 1973. (Feb 2019)
- Accompany minimum wage increase with pay equity for women. (Nov 2018)
- Helped raise minimum wage at Amazon to $15 per hour. (Oct 2018)
- Minimum wage increase helps economy because workers spend it. (Aug 2017)
- Current $7.25/hr and $2.13/hr is starvation wage. (Aug 2017)
- Fight for $15: worker wages so low they need food stamps!. (Apr 2017)
- $15 minimum wage, plus pay equity for women. (Nov 2016)
- Minimum wage increase most helps minority workers. (Nov 2016)
- $15/hour minimum wage indexed to inflation. (Jul 2016)
- $15 minimum wage might lose some jobs, but it helps many. (Nov 2015)
Voting Record
- Raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. (Mar 2015)
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Tim Scott on Jobs
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| Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator |
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- Unions can't get more benefits with fewer hours. (Sep 2023)
- Made in America plan: create 10 million jobs. (Sep 2023)
- Opportunity Zone jobs have seen up to 8% wage increase. (Feb 2020)
- $1,000 tax credit for job-training apprenticeships. (Apr 2014)
- 2010: Fought the National Labor Relations Board, and won. (Apr 2013)
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Jill Stein on Jobs
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| Green Challenger |
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- Guaranteed jobs for all who need work. (Oct 2015)
- Focus on pink jobs: the jobs of meeting human needs. (Jun 2015)
- Pay liveable wages, not just minimum wage. (Mar 2013)
- Directly create jobs, not via tax breaks. (Oct 2012)
- Stimulus spent $220K per job; I propose $20K per green job. (Jan 2012)
- Economic Bill of Rights: unionize; fair taxation; fair trade. (Jan 2012)
- Full Employment Program: green jobs and community needs. (Jan 2012)
- Green New Deal: emergency program for 25M jobs. (Dec 2011)
- Casinos' costs are far greater than their benefits. (Apr 2010)
- Require living wage. (Nov 2001)
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Donald Trump on Jobs
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| Republican former President |
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- FactCheck: Tariffs would result in reduction of 675,000 jobs. (Aug 2024)
- Immigrants are taking black jobs and Hispanic jobs. (Jun 2024)
- America First includes gas-powered cars made in Detroit. (Sep 2023)
- Stricter rules for federal employee disciplinary actions. (Apr 2023)
- FactCheck: 9 million jobs offset by 22.2 million job loss. (Aug 2020)
- Unemployment at record low, including women & disabled. (Feb 2020)
- Fact-Check: Job creation has increased, but at lower rate. (Feb 2020)
- FactCheck: Unemployment under Trump is lowest in decades. (Feb 2019)
- 600,000 new manufacturing jobs with rising blue-collar wages. (Feb 2019)
- Get Motor City revving its engines again. (Jan 2018)
- 200,000 new manufacturing jobs with lowest unemployment ever. (Jan 2018)
- Fact-check: African-American unemployment lowest in history. (Jan 2018)
- Two core principles: buy American, and hire American. (Feb 2017)
- How do people make it on $7.25? Raise state minimum wage. (May 2016)
- I'm the only one on this stage who's hired people. (Feb 2016)
- Bring jobs back from China, Mexico, Japan, and Vietnam. (Feb 2016)
- Don't raise minimum wage; it makes us non-competitive. (Nov 2015)
- I have relevant experience by creating jobs and assets. (Nov 2015)
- Teachers unions are obstacles to improving schools. (Nov 2015)
- Rebuilding America will create 13 million jobs. (Nov 2015)
- Don't raise minimum wage, but create more opportunities. (Aug 2015)
- Take jobs back from foreign countries to lower unemployment. (Aug 2015)
- Real unemployment rate is 20%; don't believe 5.6%. (Jun 2015)
- Raising business tax causes businesses to move jobs overseas. (Dec 2011)
- Keep loyal hardworking people around as long as they'd like. (Mar 2004)
- Unions fight for pay; managers fight for less; consumers win. (Jul 2000)
- Foreign companies are taking jobs from US. (Dec 1999)
Casinos
- 1990: fined $65,000 for money-laundering via casino chips. (Aug 2016)
- Opposed to casinos on Indian reservations. (Sep 2015)
- FactCheck: Yes, Trump wanted a casino, and Jeb opposed it. (Sep 2015)
- 2013: Failed to persuade Florida legislators on large casino. (Sep 2015)
- First Atlantic City casino ever finished on-time & on-budget. (Jul 1993)
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JD Vance on Jobs
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| Republican Vice Presidential nominee |
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- Protecting transgender workers betrays traditionalists. (Aug 2024)
- Opposed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. (Jul 2024)
- Railway Safety Act: Reasonable regulation to enhance safety. (Jul 2024)
- Put more people to work by rebuilding our industrial base. (May 2024)
- Raising minimum wage to $15 is solution from the 1960s. (Nov 2022)
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Tim Walz on Jobs
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| DFL Governor & V.P. nominee |
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- Paid leave and paid sick days . (Aug 2024)
- Minnesota Miracle: expanding workers' rights. (Jun 2023)
- Vetoed minimum wage for rideshare drivers. (May 2023)
- $24M for job training and economic development programs. (Jul 2022)
- Push back against right-to-work legislation. (Oct 2018)
- Supports $15 minimum wage for Minnesota. (Oct 2018)
- Close the wage gap that still exists between women and men. (Apr 2015)
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