Focuses on Creating Jobs, Cutting Outsourcing
CONCORD, NH - Kuster for Congress released its second television ad, “Get Real,” which focuses on Kuster’s plans to create jobs and the importance of shutting down tax loopholes that help companies send jobs overseas. The ad airs on WMUR-Channel 9 and cable stations across New Hampshire.
Watch the ad here:
FULL SCRIPT:
[footage of NH worker getting up in the morning]
“Brian got up every day. Worked hard. The same job for 13 years. So when the mills shut down and jobs moved to China, it was devastating.”
Kuster: “I’m Annie Kuster, and enough is enough.”
“Kuster’s plan? End tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Provide tax incentives to small business and companies that create jobs here at home.”
Kuster: “I’m Annie Kuster, and I approved this message because it’s time to get real about jobs.”
(Source material below)
In her campaign, Kuster has made job creation her #1 issue and has spent the last six months visiting job sites across New Hampshire and talking with workers and managers about how to help grow good jobs at home. She has published her jobs plan online and in New Hampshire newspapers, and last week she detailed her plans for clean energy jobs in particular.
Born and raised in Concord, Ann McLane Kuster has a long history as a community activist, author, public policy advocate, and attorney with deep roots in the Granite State. She worked with New Hampshire colleges to create the UNIQUE 529 College Savings Program to help families save for their children to attend college, and worked with a coalition of health care providers to create the Medication Bridge Program that distributes free medication to New Hampshire families and seniors who cannot afford the high cost of prescription drugs. She has served as a board member or advisor to the NH Charitable Foundation, the Trust for Public Lands, Child and Family Services of New Hampshire, the United Way, and many other community groups.
SOURCE MATERIAL
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“Brian
got up every day. Worked hard. The same job for 13 years. So when
the mills shut down and jobs moved to China, it was devastating.”
*** SOURCES ***
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“A recent study shows New Hampshire lost a higher percentage of jobs to China in the last decade than any other state” Union Leader, April 7, 2010
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“Measuring job loss as a share of total state employment, New Hampshire lost the most jobs, followed by North Carolina, Massachusetts, California, and Oregon. The 16,300 jobs New Hampshire lost represent 2.35% of total state employment."
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“In 2008, China overtook the United States to become the world’s largest producer of paper and paper products.”
http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/no_paper_ tiger
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“Brian got up every day. Worked hard. The same job for 13 years. So when the mills shut down and jobs moved to China, it was devastating.”
Kuster: “I’m Annie Kuster, and enough is enough.”
“Kuster’s plan? End tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Provide tax incentives to small business and companies that create jobs here at home.”
Kuster: “I’m Annie Kuster, and I approved this message because it’s time to get real about jobs.”
*** SOURCES ***
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“We must end tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas and instead provide tax credits for companies to create jobs right here in New Hampshire.”
Kuster job creation plan.
http://www.kusterforcongress.com/jobs -
Concord Monitor: “On Campaign Trail, Talk Turns to Jobs”
“The newest jobs plan came from 2nd District congressional candidate Ann McLane Kuster, who unveiled her plan at a Bow Rotary Club meeting Friday . . . she supports President Obama's plan to use $30 billion in repaid funds from the federal bank bailout to create a small business loan fund for community banks. Republicans, and some Democrats, criticize the plan because they want to use the bailout money to reduce the deficit. But Kuster echoed the president when she said the country shouldn't bail out Wall Street while Main Street struggles . . Kuster said data proves the need for more loans: According to the Small Business Administration, 562 small businesses in New Hampshire took out $79.8 million worth of loans in 2009 - a dramatic drop from 2005, when 1,043 small businesses . . while Kuster acknowledged that there is "no single bullet solution," she said that is why she laid out other initiatives. She would eliminate capital gains taxes on small business investment, give tax credits for investing in new plants and equipment, and invest in clean energy technology.”
Concord Monitor, March 7, 2006
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/on-campaign-trail- talk-turns-to-jobs-0
- “Kuster: We Must Focus on Jobs, Put People Over Politics,”
Nashua Telegraph, 8/8/10
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/opinion/perspectives/ 818091-263/kuster-we-must- focus-on-jobs-put.html
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“Then there’s the problem of the current tax code encouraging U.S. corporations to move manufacturing and service jobs overseas. Companies with more overseas operations have more ways to avoid taxation using the various games the tax code permits.”
Fixing Our Overseas Tax Rules, Center for American Progress
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/06/ettlinger_ ibj.htm
