Issue Position: Economy, Job Creation and the Middle Class

Issue Position

"As the son of hard-working immigrants who achieved the American Dream, I am committed to strengthening the middle class by focusing on job creation, raising the minimum wage, making higher education more affordable and helping workers save for retirement." - Senator Ted Lieu

Ted Lieu has been a leader for economic development, job creation and strengthening the Middle Class.

SB 1402, called a "Job Creator" by the California Chamber of Commerce, updated and extended a program that helps business develop its workforce. (Author, Chapter 361, Statutes of 2012).

SB 118 implemented a "sector strategies" approach to workforce development by requiring the state's jobs plan to train today's workers for sustainable and in demand jobs. (Author, Chapter 562, Statutes of 2013)

AB 650 required employers to notify their employees they may be eligible for the earned income tax credit. (Author, Chapter 606, Statutes of 2007)

AB 1412 & SB 209 reversed a retroactive tax imposed by the Franchise Tax Board on entrepreneurs and small business investors. (Author, Chapters 545 & 546, Statutes of 2013)

Ted Lieu's economic, job creation and Middle Class priorities:

Extending to students the same low interest rates on their college loans that the federal government currently charges to big banks.

Protecting Social Security and Medicare and stopping plans to privatize them.
Raising the federal minimum wage.

Overhauling the federal government's approach to workforce investment by focusing precious resources for job training in areas where there is a pathway to a good, high wage job.

Expanding investment in research and development to directly help job growth around Silicon Beach and UCLA.

Expanding job creation by investing in infrastructure and improving our transportation system.

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