Good jobs for everyone in America

Today, too many Americans can’t find a job, and too many jobs pay wages that don’t support a family. Our families are working harder and getting paid less, falling behind our parents' generation. While our wages are stuck in place, the super-rich are getting even richer.  And CEO campaign contributors are buying tax breaks from politicians to ship our jobs overseas, while their corporations cut our wages and benefits at home.
Look, the people who wrecked our economy should be paying for it, not profiting from it. Deregulating Wall Street and trickle-down tax cuts for the rich didn’t create jobs. Workers who get decent wages and benefits, who can support their families, who shop on Main Street – that’s who create jobs. It’s simple really: Our economy works better when every American who wants a job is working.
We can create good jobs for everyone in America, now! There is more than enough vital work to be done and Americans stand ready and eager to do it. We can rebuild our crumbling bridges and repair out-dated schools, so that our businesses will be able to get their goods to market and have an educated workforce. We can change the rules so that American manufacturers can compete fairly with China. We can keep America competitive in the 21^st Century.
We can build strong communities. We can put teachers and firefighters back to work. We can help keep our families secure, by protecting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. We can make sure that losing you job doesn’t mean losing your home. And we can pay for this by ending giveaways to Big Oil, taxing Wall Street speculation and by raising taxes on millionaires instead of giving them more tax breaks. After all, big corporations are sitting on $2 trillion in cash while laying off workers. If they won’t put Americans back to work, we will!
The choice today is crystal clear. We stand with working families and the small businesses that create two-thirds of American jobs. They stand with the Wall Street speculators and CEOs who cut our wages, crashed our economy and shipped our jobs overseas. The question we have to ask every member of Congress is: which side are you on?