Issue Position: Jobs
I've said that America's middle class and working families have been nickeled and dimed by this administration, but the truth is far worse. Bush tax policies have shifted the burden from the wealthiest to struggling wage earners. His trade programs make it easier to ship American jobs overseas and actually reward corporations for doing that, while making everything more expensive here at home. The income difference between CEO's and even middle managers, let alone those working on factory lines and mill floors, has expanded from a gap to a gorge. It's time to turn things around and start standing up for the working families that built this nation, protect this nation and keep it strong.