Positions and Views of Mike McIntyre
on Economy
| Currently Elected US Congress District 7, North Carolina |
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| Economy, a General Statement |
With a poverty rate exceeding 15% in many of our rural areas, economic development remains a top priority for southeastern, North Carolina. Throughout my tenure in Congress, I have worked hard to create job opportunities and attract new business to our region. In order to survive in the 21st century, our region must have an economy that is both diverse and dynamic. As Chairman of the Rural Caucus Task Force on Economic Development, I am working to bring valuable resources to our region and increase our competitiveness in the global economy.
In an effort to create jobs and improve our communities, I have introduced legislation that would establish the SouthEast Crescent Authority (SECA). Modeled after the Appalachian Regional Commission, SECA would enjoin a local-state-federal partnership in an effort to create jobs and break the cycle of poverty that so many of our citizens live in. Although the southeastern United States has some of the highest levels of unemployment and poverty in the country, it is the only area without a federal authority dedicated completely to economic development. If enacted, this legislation would authorize $40 million a year in grants to distressed regions for the development of community revitalization programs. This initiative is critical to relieving some of the most poverty-stricken areas in the nation, and will assist every county in the Seventh District of North Carolina.
In addition to SECA, I have also developed the Job Opportunities for a Better Southeastern North Carolina (JOBS-NC), a 20-point plan to stimulate economic development throughout our region. Highlights of this plan include, enactment of the NAFTA-Impacted Communities Relief Act to help those communities that have been hardest hit by the North American Free Trade Agreement, increase the number of industrial incubators where small businesses can share costs and obtain technical assistance, bring high-speed affordable Internet access to rural areas, bring high sp [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.]
Source: Candidate Website (10/04/2008) |
| Stimulating the Economy |
In an effort to create jobs and improve our communities, I have introduced legislation that would establish the SouthEast Crescent Authority (SECA). Modeled after the Appalachian Regional Commission, SECA would enjoin a local-state-federal partnership in an effort to create jobs and break the cycle of poverty that so many of our citizens live in. Although the southeastern United States has some of the highest levels of unemployment and poverty in the country, it is the only area without a federal authority dedicated completely to economic development. If enacted, this legislation would authorize $40 million a year in grants to distressed regions for the development of community revitalization programs. This initiative is critical to relieving some of the most poverty-stricken areas in the nation, and will assist every county in the Seventh District of North Carolina.
In addition to SECA, I have also developed the Job Opportunities for a Better Southeastern North Carolina (JOBS-NC), a 20-point plan to stimulate economic development throughout our region. Highlights of this plan include, enactment of the NAFTA-Impacted Communities Relief Act to help those communities that have been hardest hit by the North American Free Trade Agreement, increase the number of industrial incubators where small businesses can share costs and obtain technical assistance, bring high-speed affordable Internet access to rural areas, bring high speed/passenger rail service to southeastern North Carolina, increase access to capital for minority businesses, and increase funding for child care, USDA Rural Development Programs and the Economic Development Administration.
Source: Candidate Website (10/04/2008) |
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| Recession |
| America's Infrastructure |
| Federal Reserve |
| Federal Reserve's Interest Rate Policy |
| Aging of Population |