So, today is part dos of the DWC checklist for change.  Click here to see part one.  Todays topic is jobs and the economy.  Here is the Democratic Women for Change view on jobs.

Keep Jobs in America

We need a jobs agenda that fights for American workers and small businesses. The recent rise in unemployment has only strengthened our resolve to stem the flight of American jobs overseas. Currency manipulation, unfair trade agreements and the free flow of counterfeit goods from countries like China have put American workers at an unfair disadvantage for far too long. We must repeal tax policies that reward the outsourcing of American jobs and level the international playing field by enforcing our trade agreements.  Keeping good-paying jobs in America is worth fighting for.

Barack Obama’s Position

Barack Obama has always been for tax reform.  Even when he was in the Illinois state senate and know in the U.S. senate he has always supported tax reform.  He has helped to give tax credit for those with children, expanding the EIC, and research and development see here. Obama has always been oppose not to free trade but the free trade agreements as they are now.  He wants to renegotiate NAFTA and CAFTA because in the industrial states they don’t help the middle class gain jobs.  He also plans to give tax cuts for college students, people with middle class incomes, and he doesn’t want seniors to pay taxes if they make less then a certain amount of money.  He also wants to reform the tax system to make it simpler see here.  He also has a number of other issues that you can see by clicking below.

Long PDF file highlighting his economic agenda for the middle class http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/Obama_Keeping_Americas_Promise.pdf

Short simplified version of his economic agenda http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/EconomicPolicyFullPlan.pdf

His plan for small businesses http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/SmallBusinessFINAL.pdf

economic website that simplifies everything http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/ 

John McCain’s Position

McCain wants to promote free trade and not renegotiate NAFTA and CAFTA.  He feels the agreements are fine as they are see here.  McCain has a poor record on jobs but, maybe that could change when he becomes president.  Clicking here you can see the important bills that McCain has opposed that didn’t help to create jobs but, you might see something you like. JOHN MCCAIN’S RECORD ON GOOD JOBS

If you appreciate what Bush has done for the economy then you can click the following link to see how McCain shares Bush’s economy views.  MCCAIN BUSH ECONOMY

McCain doesn’t really have any plans for actual job creation.  I did go on his website and found an extremely unspecific economy plan proposing a whole lot of tax cuts yet, no way to bring in revenue so that America won’t have to keep borrowing money from foreign nations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh-T2iGkLJY