Long Thompson stumps here
PRINCETON Democrats met local Cricketts lunch in the space allotted instead to greet the candidate Jill Long Thompson Thursday.
Thompson, which is represented Indiana’s 4 in the district Congress 1989-1995 and served in the US-Secretary of State for Agriculture 1995-2001, standing in front of a group of 40 voters Gibson County, and requested their assistance to economic growth in Indiana.
“Our current governor would like us to believe that the economy is booming,” she said. “But the reality of the figures draw a different picture.”
She said, the focus should be broader, to encourage businesses to come and stay in Indiana Indianapolis.
Mitch Daniels is exclusively on providing new jobs, regardless of their quality and durability, “she said.” He has no plan for job retention, we have already here.
Long Thompson’s approach is three-pronged: tax reform, health care, education reform and policy reform.
“We must allow for every small business and individuals can pool together to offer health insurance affordable,” she said. “It is not right that the size of the company determines the price to preserve their health. ”
Long Thompson Indiana politics would change the laws allow companies and individuals working together for the purchase of private health insurance on prices in bulk, “she said.
For businesses to grow in Indiana, Long Thompson said, the state must be able to manpower training.
“Thirty-two percent of children in the High School graduate,” she said. “To enhance Indiana’s economy we need to ensure that every child has the opportunity to fulfil its potential. ”
Long Thompson suggests that the incentives for students to earn an associate university studies at the community level and expanding the number of ballots in Indiana transferable to all four-year institution.
“I think we have to be open and flexible,” she said. “We could offer financial incentives, such as tax incentives.
She said, the state should also take a look on the timing of financial aid from the state as well.
Long Thompson said, it also recognizes the need to provide tax incentives for individuals and businesses in Indiana law. Providing new incentives for businesses, health care of its employees, improving efficiency through the acquisition of new technologies, improving productivity and reducing their environmental impact, ” explore opportunities to win the affairs of state, while their education policy to help encourage them want to stay.
Long Thompson sought for the appointment of the governor against Democrat Jim Schellinger, a businessman from northern Indiana.
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