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Alan Keyes on Jobs
Republican challenger for IL Senate; previously Candidate for President
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Government does not create jobs, only businesses do
It's important to remember that government does not create jobs. You can't have jobs without businesses. My opponent supported Gov. Blagojevich and all of the taxes, regulations, and fees that are strangling and destroying the business environment in
Illinois. And then he goes around talking about jobs.How are you going to keep jobs if you are killing businesses, and how are you going to attract new businesses to Illinois if you won't address the problem of malpractice insurance rates that are
driving doctors out of the state? How are you going to attract businesses to an area where there is not proper medical care?
I think it is obvious that medical care, schools, and things of that nature are a vital part of the business environment.
When you take steps to hinder the business environment by putting fees and regulations on businesses and related things, then you're killing jobs. I think you have to create an environment that is friendly to businesses in order to create jobs.
Source: Campaign website www.Keyes2004.com, "Issues"
Sep 9, 2004
Family farms: Decollectivize banks; withdraw from WTO
Q: Since the family farmer is self-employed, would you cap government agriculture benefits to a modest one-family level? A: We need to look at the root of this problem. In the course of this century we restructured our banking system in a way that was
insensitive to the needs of the family and independent farmer. We need to restore an element to the banking system that works with and is sensitive to the capital needs of farmers. Opening up new markets can’t be done in the context of this collectivist
free trade approach that does not allow us to maximize the clout we gain from our enormous market. And I want to get away from this collectivist bargaining approach and in a hard-hitting way, a business-like approach force other countries to accept our
goods as the condition of their entry into American markets. We can’t do that at the collectivist so-called free trade bargaining table and that’s why I think we ought to withdraw from the WTO.
Source: GOP Debate in Johnston, Iowa
Jan 16, 2000
Family farms are nursery of moral character
Since the Republic was founded, the family farm has been understood as one of the bedrock sources of the moral character of this nation, of the sense of the combination of individuality and commitment to community. We lose the family farm and we
lose the nursery of America’s moral character. We therefore have a stake that goes beyond money, it goes beyond food. It’s a question of America’s moral decency.
Source: Des Moines Iowa GOP Debate
Dec 13, 1999