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Fixing Long Island's Economy

A real Jobs Plan to help fix Long Island's economy.

While news reports last week that Congressman Tim Bishop was criticized by a leading non-partisan ethics group for abusing his power to funnel $580,000 to a family member and their business is troubling, it shouldn’t surprise anyone given his history of self-service over public service.

FYI, you can learn more about the ethics groups’ charges @ www.BishopsFamilyBusiness.com

Remember, this is the same Tim Bishop who, as the Provost of Southampton College, put ten family members on the payroll while he was in the midst of irresponsibly piling up $55 million in debt and running that treasured institution into the ground. 

It’s no wonder that during Bishop’s ten years in Congress, more than 30,000 jobs have left Long Island.  His tax, spend and borrow policies have expanded the size and cost of government, while forcing our children to leave the island to find jobs after college and helping to foster a home foreclosure crisis that has adversely impacted our neighborhoods.

With your support this November, I will forge a better path for the future.

As the father of two young children, I am concerned about what kind of country they will inherit from our generation.  As a self-made businessman who built two American companies from the ground up and created more than 1,000 American jobs, I have the real world experience Washington is sorely lacking. 

My 10-point jobs plan for Long Island will boost small businesses and improve our economy by:

  1. Giving entrepreneurs the tools they need to start new businesses.
  2. Reform and simplify the tax code and lower rates for the middle class
  3. Repeal and replace Obamacare with common sense reforms that lowers the cost of insurance
  4. Eliminate unnecessary, job-killing regulations
  5. Roll out the red carpet for businesses looking to settle here, not the red tape
  6. Expand domestic oil and gas production, and promote renewable energy
  7. Foster the growth of our local fishing industry
  8. Support Suffolk County’s Agricultural community
  9. Incentivize private sector employers to hire local veterans
  10. Attract new capital investment to Suffolk County 

I encourage you to read more about the entire plan by visiting www.Randy2012.com/jobsplan and look forward to meeting you on the campaign trail over the campaign’s final 100 days.

majortom1981 July 31, 2012 at 07:20 pm
Does your Expand gas and oil production include building more refineries? The real reason why gas prices are so high.
Umpire August 1, 2012 at 12:26 am
No wonder Bishop looks so worried. He loses his job and 42 family members hit the poor house!?
SashaK August 1, 2012 at 01:04 am
A man with a real plan for Americans!!! I am so looking forward to voting for you Randy Altschuler!!! I know with you at the helm we can look toward a bright future for our children...For America.
Don't Tread on Me August 1, 2012 at 01:14 am
Very disturbing about Bishop's family business. I had no idea. Then I looked further. His daughter also handles fundraising for Bellone and Lesko. Does Tim Bishop have no shame????
Jaguar-Guy August 1, 2012 at 01:36 am
Man, we have to re-elect Bishop, or the unemployment rate will sky-rocket based on his family alone. What Nepotism !!
Ralebird August 1, 2012 at 03:14 am
So, where's the substance? 94 words to create ten platitudes and not a detail to be had anywhere, even on one of his websites. I want to see a whole lot more than that if he wants my vote.
Jat Amag August 1, 2012 at 02:20 pm
This is not a plan, just another example of partisan mudslinging and the absence of substance. Our own little mini-Mitt right here in Long Island.
Umpire August 1, 2012 at 02:56 pm
mmmm, no. based on webster's definition of the word ''plan'', this is indeed a ''plan'', no two ways about it.
plan (pln) n. 1. A scheme, program, or method worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of an objective: a plan of attack. 2. A proposed or tentative project or course of action: had no plans for the evening. 3. A systematic arrangement of elements or important parts; a configuration or outline: a seating plan; the plan of a story. 4. A drawing or diagram made to scale showing the structure or arrangement of something. 5. In perspective rendering, one of several imaginary planes perpendicular to the line of vision between the viewer and the object being depicted. 6. A program or policy stipulating a service or benefit: a pension plan.
Mary Beth August 1, 2012 at 03:12 pm
Here is what Randy Outsourcer is all about: From Reuters: Mitt Romney’s tax plan would be a boon for the wealthy, but a tax hike for 95% of Americans, according to a new nonpartisan study.
The report, by researchers from both the Brookings Institution and Tax Policy Center, examined Romney’s suggestion of an across-the-board 20% income tax cut financed by closing existing loopholes and concluded there was no way to make the numbers work without burdening the vast majority of Americans with higher taxes. Romney has not said which tax breaks he would end to finance his plan, but he has suggested that he would only look to breaks that benefit the wealthy. The report concluded that notion is a fantasy no matter how it’s constructed: There simply are too many middle class tax breaks on the table to avoid skewing the burden against the average American. “Even if tax expenditures are eliminated in a way designed to make the resulting tax system as progressive as possible, there would still be a shift in the tax burden of roughly $86 billion from those making over $200,000 to those making less than that amount,” the report reads. By the way, Randoid and his pals are always screaming about "repeal and replace" But replace with what, Mr. Altschuler?
Mary Beth August 1, 2012 at 03:13 pm
That is not a "plan" it is a series of talking points with absolutely zero description of how each point would be accomplished. Nonsense. Like his big brother, Romney, Mr. Outsourcer wants to go back to Bush era economics. He is no friend of the middle class and poor and, in fact, could care less about them.
Umpire August 1, 2012 at 04:35 pm
No, it is a plan and that is what the person who wrote that article for Reuters thinks. Unless I've missed something, articles in Reuters aren't globally accespted as fact in any circle in which I am aware. This is even true when the article you site supports your opinion. When you find an article online that meets with how you feel, then post it online as fact, it merely requires that the audience stop instilling any credibility in you at all. And it sort of makes you seem like a rank amateur.
Umpire August 1, 2012 at 04:39 pm
Here is what Randy Outsourcer is all about: From Reuters: Mitt Romney’s tax (plan) - see Mary Beth, even your beloved Reuters referred to it as a plan. Hahahaha. As for the tax cuts, what Romney is saying is that he'll cut taxes only for the wealthy...in other words, only for us who are paying. I don't use the roads 28% more than people who make less than me, I don't use the bridges 28% more than those who don't pay taxes and I certainly don't use the subsidies for drug and alcohol recovery 28% more than the people who make less than me. So, I am paying 28x my fair share. Rank amateur.
Jaguar-Guy August 1, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Nice call Ump - finally.
Jean Weiss-Hanson August 2, 2012 at 01:27 am
Nah. Just a lot of fancy hobbnobbing and free money. The Bishop girls have made out well while their dad's been in office. Not really their fault, though. I guess you take what you can get for free. But she's no businesswoman IMHO.
Jean Weiss-Hanson August 2, 2012 at 01:30 am
Nah. They'll just go on SSDI after their unemployment runs out.
Jean Weiss-Hanson August 2, 2012 at 02:08 am
Come on! Like he says, he's got a "big family."
Preliator August 2, 2012 at 10:29 am
Did you try clicking the link and going to his web site?
forward thinking August 2, 2012 at 10:55 am
simple economics - what was the price of home heating oil and automobile gasoline when the current's took over what is it now --- how much faith in the cuurent to make it go down.. now look across the consumer products apply the same logic.... outsource-ing we have supported this for years do you drine a car not assembled else where of have electronics made else where ... we as a society have supported profits and self indulgence over "support those at home " "on and on could go - but you get the point
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