It’s All About Jobs

As I travel the district every day listening to and speaking with fellow Long Islanders about their hopes, dreams and concerns for the future of our communities, I am constantly urged by voters to continue sharing my positive plan for Long Island’s future.

That’s why I wanted to take the opportunity through this week’s column to again outline the major points in my jobs plan, and encourage everyone to visit my web site at www.LIJobsPlan.com to read the entire plan before Election Day. 

My plan will create jobs, boost small businesses and grow Long Island’s economy by:

1) Giving entrepreneurs the tools they need to start new businesses, making it more palatable for people to take risks and follow their dreams.  That includes reforming and simplifying the federal tax code to spur investment and job  creation.  We should lower rates for everyone, and close loopholes that benefit the ultra-rich.

2) Repealing and replacing Obamacare with common sense reforms that lower the cost of insurance, while preserving the doctor-patient relationship.

3) Eliminating costly regulations that strangle business growth and job creation, while rolling out the red carpet, instead of the red tape, for businesses in Suffolk County.  We need to become more competitive with neighboring states and countries around the world.

4) Enacting a sensibleenergy policy that expands domestic oil and gas production, along withrenewable energies to help reduce prices for consumers.

5) Protecting and fostering the growth of our local fishing industry, and the myriad of small businesses that depend on its continued success.

6) Supporting and promoting Suffolk County’s agricultural community, incentivizing private sector employers to hire local veterans and attracting new
capital investment to Suffolk County.

I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but I am confident that a growing local
economy and expanding commercial tax base would allow us to deal more effectively with the serious issues facing Long Island today.

A larger tax base would help ease the property tax burden on residential homeowners, stem the growing foreclosure crisis gripping our neighborhoods, and reverse the mass exodus of young people who can’t find high-quality jobs here anymore.

With your support on Tuesday, November 6th, I will go to Washington and work with people on both sides of the aisle to begin implementing tenets of this plan and getting us moving in the right direction again.