When I was campaigning for Congress last year, I told voters that helping get people back to work was very important to me. I meant it then, and I still mean it now. That’s why I am conducting a major jobs initiative this week, bringing together job creators (the small business owners that are the backbone of New Hampshire’s economy), people looking for work, and your Representative in Congress. Together, we’re discussing ways Washington can help and what it should do (or in some cases not do) to help businesses grow and create new jobs.
You see, in the free enterprise system, things work best when the private sector creates jobs and government plays a supporting, encouraging role. Government can assist the private sector by protecting it from over taxation, over regulation and limiting its intrusion into our daily lives. Government can create an economic environment for businesses to expand with confidence by handling our nation’s finances responsibly, which in turn creates the predictability that companies need to plan for tomorrow. That is the best recipe for job creation.
Things work the other way, too. We’re just emerging from…


