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Fri Aug 13, 2010 at 16:03:50 PM EDT
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| I would like to take a moment to introduce myself to GMG. I am Ray medeiros and I am running for the 9th Bristol State representative seat.
I am running as a democrat in the local primary. The main focus of my campaign has been creating good paying jobs for Greater New Bedford. |
| Ray Medeiros :: Ray Medeiros for State Representative |
| New Bedford, much like our sister city to the north has been destroyed by poor trade deals formulated by our federal government. We need to bring manufacturing back to Massachusetts, especially into New Bedford.
Bio-Technology and Green Technology are two specific industries that are hiring in the midst of this recession. In order to attract these industries to greater New Bedford and Massachusetts we need a strong educated workforce in those industries. I will work to strengthen career and technical education in our public school curriculum.
I will also work to bring the supplemental budget into "daylight". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts spends millions of our tax dollars on corporations that are not responsible to their employees.
There needs to be public scrutiny on these issues. If our government gives a million dollar subsidy or tax break to a company, there should be stipulations on that money that direct a portion to the employees.
It isn't fiscally responsible to hand a corporation your tax dollars and also subsidize their employees.
I consider myself a Teddy Roosevelt progressive and will work to ensure the working class is brought back to the forefront of our policies and politics.
Please consider supporting my campaign.
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"Now, is this the deal I would have preferred? No. I believe that we could have made the tough choices required - on entitlement reform and tax reform - right now, rather than through a special congressional committee process. But this compromise does make a serious down payment on the deficit reduction we need and gives each party a strong incentive to get a balanced plan done before the end of the year. Most importantly, it will allow us to avoid default and end the crisis that Washington imposed on the rest of America."
--President Barack Obama on the debt ceiling "deal"
"Despite Democratic control over the White House, despite Democratic control over the Senate, despite overwhelming opposition from the American people, a small minority of the members of the Republican-controlled House have successfully pushed an extreme right-wing agenda onto the American political landscape. It is an ideology which believes that despite the fact that the rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and poverty is increasing, all - all of the burden for deficit reduction should rest on working people."
--Independent Senator Bernie Sanders on the debt ceiling "deal"
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Then and Now
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Then...
"Last year Evergreen, a Massachusetts company, agreed to establish their first-ever United States based manufacturing facility here in Massachusetts. They did so, or are doing so, at Devens. They have now agreed and chosen to triple their size at Devens. Their next phase of expansion, right here in Massachusetts, a signature company in a signature sector, and we congratulate all of the folks at Evergreen and look forward to continuing to work with you...
We made a personal commitment to Evergreen for the sake of Evergreen, but also because we wanted to show that there are ways in which state government, in working together with private industry and with the utility companies, could begin to create a different kind of environment, a different kind of business climate here, to grow that sector, and it is happening. It's happening. Evergreen is one of the most prominent examples, but there are a whole host of examples."
--Governor Deval Patrick, April 7, 2008, boasting about state investment in Evergreen.
and Now...
"Evergreen Solar Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, completing a stunning reversal of fortune for a high-flying alternative-energy company that once seemed to herald a new era for the Massachusetts economy... At its peak, Evergreen employed roughly 900 people locally and attracted more than $50 million in state support, as its stock price soared above $100 a share.
Yesterday, Evergreen's stock closed at 18 cents. The company shuttered its manufacturing plant in Devens earlier this year and now has only 85 employees left. Massachusetts is one of its top creditors, owed $1.5 million in rent."
--Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe, August 16, 2011
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