Date: November 19th, 2007
Situation: Town Hall in Fort Dodge, IA, at Iowa Central Community College – Public Question.
Question: Bad trade deals have sent good jobs overseas. What will you do to support the American workers and restore the middle class?
Answer: Senator Obama said he would “remove tax incentives for US businesses that offshore jobs” and would instead “establish tax incentives for companies that create or keep good jobs here”. He went on to recommend that we put labor and environmental standards into all new trade deals and that we take measures to protect US consumers from lead paint in toys by establishing our inspectors in other countries before export, before entering onto US soil. He also said a new energy economy andinvestments in vital infrastructure would create good jobs.
