On the Issues:
Economy and Jobs

Economic policy needs to focus on jobs. We need growth of new and existing industries as economic stimuli rather than tax cuts as economic stimuli. We need to embrace and nurture new innovations to create growth, yielding jobs and a solid tax base. For example, the emerging industry of alternative energy sources can be welcome in the Bay Area, creating technology and research jobs, manufacturing jobs, and installation and maintenance jobs. Finally, we need rational trade policy to support growth.