Issue Position: Jobs

Issue Position

In Southwest Missouri we have watched company after company pick up and move their plants to more viable, jobs-friendly environments. Having had family members lose their jobs this way, I know the pain that too many have families have felt in recent years.

One of my favorite movies is Field of Dreams. Do you remember the line, "If you build it, they will come"? That is my philosophy about government's role in creating jobs. Companies will move to and grow in environments that have a strong infrastructure and pro-business legislation.

The government has no business picking winners and losers in business, and no small business owners' tax dollar should ever be used to subsidize a competitor's business through special tax benefits extended only to the politically well-connected.

Southwest Missouri has a reputation as being the home of hard working and well-educated individuals. Businesses are aware of this reputation, and I will do everything to draw upon that reputation to bring more businesses and good jobs to our communities.

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