In December, Republicans demanded - and won - an extension of Bush's tax cuts for the rich costing $858 billion over two years.
Amazingly, that same $858 billion could create jobs for all 14.5 million unemployed Americans paying nearly $30,000 per year!
The rich don't need more tax breaks. But 14.5 million unemployed Americans desperately need jobs.
But the new Tea Party Republican Congress wants to slash jobs to give even more tax cuts to the rich.
They won't create jobs unless we build a powerful nationwide grassroots movement to demand them.
That's why we created the Job Party to organize nationwide for jobs. Move over, Tea Party - it's time for the Job Party!
The most important issue facing the nation is jobs.
Nearly 15 million Americans are "officially" unemployed. Millions more have simply given up looking for jobs that don't exist.
Thirty years of trickle-down economics have failed. Corporations are making record profits and sitting on record amounts of cash. But rather than create jobs here in the U.S., they are shipping our jobs overseas.
During the Great Depression of the 1930's, Congress created over 8 million jobs through New Deal programs like the WPA.
For the same cost as the $858 billion extension of Bush's tax cuts for the rich, Congress could create 15 million jobs paying nearly $30,000 per year for two years.
As my Representative, I urge you to create jobs now.
