Kerry Releases New State-by-State Report on Job Growth Compared with Job Losses Under Bush
BOSTON, March 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following fact sheet on job growth was released today by John Kerry for President:
-- Message to America: States Win Under Kerry, Lose Under Bush
-- Kerry Releases New State-by-State Report on Job Growth Compared with Job Losses Under Bush
-- Unveils Interactive Web site map allows voters to compare job facts at http://www.JohnKerry.com
As George W. Bush stood by and allowed unemployment insurance to expire for 1.1 million Americans - the largest number of workers to have their benefits expire in over 30 years - John Kerry today released a new study detailing the state-by-state job growth his economic plan will spur across the country, in contrast to the nearly 3 million jobs lost since Bush took office.
At a roundtable in Boston today with workers who have been laid-off from their jobs and have exhausted their unemployment benefits, Kerry stood before a giant map of the United States with state-by-state job statistics and contrasted his plan to create jobs with Bush's record of job loss. Earlier that morning, Kerry addressed the Building Trades legislative conference via satellite, which was made available to television stations across the country.
The new study - as well as an interactive map unveiled today on the campaign Web site, http://www.johnkerry.com includes data from all 50 states comparing the jobs created under Kerry's plan with the loss of manufacturing jobs under the Bush presidency and the number of people whose unemployment insurance has expired because of George Bush's refusal to extend benefits to out-of-work Americans.
For instance, in Michigan since Bush took office, 129,000 manufacturing jobs had been lost as of the end of January - and more than 35,800 people have seen their unemployment insurance expire. Kerry's plan will create 342,000 Michigan jobs. In Ohio, Kerry's new plan would create 417,000 jobs - while Bush has lost 169,000 Ohio manufacturing jobs as of the end of January, and 31,300 people have seen their unemployment insurance expire. In Florida, Kerry's plan will create 556,000 new jobs - while Bush has lost 65,000 manufacturing jobs as of the end of January in the state, and 41,900 people have seen their unemployment insurance expire.
Democrats across the country are using the new data in radio and television interviews, in op-eds and other media activities to highlight the contrast between the jobs John Kerry's policies would create for Americans and the jobs George W. Bush's policies have cost Americans. Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich hosted a conference call with reporters to discuss the new economic numbers and John Kerry's jobs plan. Reich and others will conduct satellite television interviews with news stations across the country highlighting the devastating impact of job loss under George Bush. Other key economic experts - like former Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Altman - will be on radio and television shows around the country.
This week George Bush once again stood by while Republicans voted, along party lines, not to consider a bill to extend unemployment benefits to these millions of workers. The number of Americans who have lost their unemployment benefits will continue to grow, as 80,000 more jobless workers are expected exhaust their regular benefits and go without any additional aid each week.
"As of today, more than one million Americans are unemployed and have been unable to find new work for so long that their unemployment insurance has expired," said John Kerry. "To make matters worse, George Bush has turned his back on the extension of those benefits - leaving out of work Americans and their families without the vital assistance they need."
"George Bush promised us results - and now all he has to offer is excuses. At every turn, George Bush has put jobs last. We've lost 3 million jobs since he's been President, and he has absolutely no plan to bring them back. Now it's time for a new direction for our country."
John Kerry will create 10 million new jobs in four years by eliminating incentives for corporations to send jobs overseas and creating good jobs here at home by giving small businesses the help they need to hire new workers. Kerry's plan will reduce health care costs that are preventing businesses from growing, and help American workers gain skills for the jobs of the future.
To create these jobs, John Kerry has announced his plan for the most sweeping international tax reform in 40 years. Today, if a company is trying to choose between building a factory in Indiana or India, our tax code tells them to send the jobs overseas if they want to make more money. This is crazy, and when John Kerry is President, it will end.
Under John Kerry's plan, 99 percent of American companies will see a tax cut and more incentives to help them create good jobs in America. Because if we are willing to put an end international tax abuses we will not only remove incentives to send jobs overseas, we will be able to use the savings to invest in good jobs here in America.
John Kerry will also expand the manufacturing tax credit he proposed last summer to include industries that are at risk of being outsourced. This credit rewards companies who create good jobs here in America.
John Kerry will also expand his jobs tax credit to cover all small businesses and their employees. For most small business owners that create jobs, then, a Kerry Administration will mean lower taxes than they're paying under President Bush.
JOHN KERRY: "AMERICA, WE CAN DO BETTER"
Kerry's Plan Will Create 10 Million New Jobs in America
Today, as the number of Americans who have lost unemployment insurance reached 1.1 million, Americans learned another hard lesson of the Bush Administration. Not only is George Bush a job- killing machine, but he's turned his back on those looking for work. America deserves better than another four years of broken promises and lost jobs. John Kerry will do better. He has a plan to create ten million jobs. It is time to take our country in a new direction.
JOHN KERRY WILL BRING 10 MILLION NEW JOBS TO AMERICA: John Kerry has a plan to bring new jobs to America. By eliminating the incentive for corporations to send jobs overseas and giving small businesses the help they need to hire new workers, John Kerry will create new opportunity in this country. His plan will reduce health care costs that are preventing businesses from growing, and helping America's workforce gain skills for the jobs of the future.
-- International tax reform that will grow jobs at home by ending incentives to ship jobs overseas, cutting corporate tax rates by 5 percent.
-- Tax credits for businesses that create American jobs in manufacturing, in other businesses affected by outsourcing, and in small businesses.
-- Cutting health care costs that will reduce costs to employers by ending runaway health care premiums and help make employers more competitive.
-- Middle-class tax cuts to make college affordable for everyone to prepare the workforce for the jobs of the future.
GEORGE BUSH'S JOBS RECORD: After three years and the loss of nearly 3 million private sector jobs, George Bush has the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. Despite the jobs crisis, time and time again Bush has chosen to put job creation for middle-class families absolutely last, and a single- minded strategy of long-term tax cuts for the well-off first.
-- OVER 2.7 MILLION LOST MANUFACTURING JOBS: During George Bush's Administration over 2.7 million Americans have lost their jobs. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
-- OVER 1 MILLION LOST BENEFITS: Now, over one million Americans have lost their unemployment benefits. "From late December through the end of March, an estimated 1,150,000 unemployed individuals will exhaust their regular unemployment benefitsThis figure will continue to mount as the weeks go by, with each new week bringing an average of nearly 80,000 more jobless workers exhausting their regular benefits but going without further aid." ("More Than One Million Of The Unemployed Have Now Been Denied Aid Due To End Of Federal Program," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 3/25/04)
-- WHITE HOUSE HAS DONE NOTHING TO HELP: Despite paying lip service to unemployment benefits, George W. Bush has stood by and done nothing has benefits have run out. The San Francisco Chronicle reported, "Bush has said he would sign a bill to prolong benefits for jobless workers, but the White House has done little behind the scenes to promote it." (San Francisco Chronicle, 3/17/04)
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