California Democratic Governor Candidate Kennedy Reacts To Loss of Jobs; Says Eliminate Income Tax on All Labor and Respect Arnold Schwarzenegger.News Editors/Political Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2003 Edward Kennedy issued the following statement today: "Out of reverent rev·er·ent adj. Marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rever respect for union members and their families, I waited until Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. to launch my campaign for Governor of California The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government, whose responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced. . As son and grandson of Pennsylvania coal miners and union members, my family and friends of our family were instrumental in the development of the American union movement. No other candidate in this campaign for Governor of California can make such a statement. Union members and all who work for a living need to know that Ed Kennedy Ed Kennedy can refer to:
On Labor Day, professional Democratic politicians only attacked Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] yet seldom mention "jobs." As Californians, we are the most talented people in the world and public servants must be respectful toward us all, including Mr. Schwarzenegger. Without good jobs, the budget can never be balanced so the key is jobs. My political philosophy is that the purpose of government is to both promote and protect the welfare of people. California Democrats focus on welfare promotion whereas California Republicans focus on protection. Democrats will not cut benefits and Republicans will not raise taxes. My view is that a balance between both promotion and protection is needed and needed quickly to solve the current crisis. I have formed an Economic Recovery Group that will work with me as Governor to quickly mend and heal California's job and state budget. As Governor, I will change the personality of politics so that California is once again the best place on earth to live." The Kennedy campaign is recommending registered voters consider the elimination of California state income tax and replace it with simple consumption taxes, a European type Value Added Tax value added tax n (BRIT) → impuesto sobre el valor añadido or agregado (LAM) value added tax n (Brit on services and consumer products such as alcohol, cigarettes and aspartame aspartame: see sweetener, artificial. aspartame Synthetic organic compound (a dipeptide) of phenylalanine and aspartic acid. It is 150–200 times as sweet as cane sugar and is used as a nonnutritive tabletop sweetener and in low-calorie . Voters can tell us what they think about this at the forum section of our website at www.kennedygovernor.com. According to published sources, official numbers are as follows: 9 million unemployed, an increase of 6 million since year 2000, 4 million high paying tech jobs "lost" permanently, 3 million technology jobs (to be) exported to India, China and other countries. |
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