Jobless today - employed tomorrow?

          Even though Wall Street was brought down more than 2 years ago, New York State is still suffering from a severe rate of unemployment. Our lack of taxation has limited the spending of our government in our community. Employment has become an important issue in this gubernatorial election. 

Paladino believes that there must be reforms to help get New York back to work force. He states that  people on unemployment will have to join the dignity corps.”The Dignity Corps will offer a comprehensive program of support for job seekers including training, development, work experience and mentoring.” (Paladino) He also believes that unemployment must be tackled by creating tax cuts. Paladino  states “The cuts will also help fuel the economic boom we need to save our State from insolvency.” (Paladino) Paladino believes that cutting taxes will boom the economy by getting more people into the work force. Since businesses will have less taxes to pay, businesses will have more money to spend in hiring people. 

On the other side of the spectrum we see Andrew Cuomo who believes that the government should create jobs. He states that "the problem of high unemployment will be immediately addressed by enacting an emergency tax credit for hiring unemployed New Yorkers."(Cuomo) He believes that it is the governments task to create jobs for the people by devising a plan to rebuild infrastructure. Cuomo also believes that "Businesses will not create jobs in New York if they do not believe that New York State government will rein in spending and hold the line on taxes." (Cuomo) Cuomo believes that putting a cap on taxes will allow businesses to put their faith into the NY government and be able to plan out their budgets thus businesses will be capable of hiring more employs. 

        Both Carl Paladino and Andrew Cuomo have different views on how to address the high rate of unemployment in New York State. Each candidate has a different solution to the same problem however, the question as to which solution will work comes down to the execution of their tactic.  Paladino's plan to lower taxes, train people and fuel the economy by giving businesses the chance to hire more employs is an idea that will greatly help those families who are currently struggling to make ends meet with  one parent working.  His plan will help bring New Yorker's back on their feet and help stimulate the economy at a faster rate. 




Sophia