319,000 Jobs

Today the House passed the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act (HR 1586). This bill not only saves 319,000 jobs but it will increase the chance for American children to get a higher education. It will increase the chances for public safety by providing proper funding to police departments in order to avoid layoffs. According to the bill, it will also avoid jobs being shipped overseas by closing loopholes.

I feel strongly about having proper education readily available for the children who have the power, to control the future of our Country. The bill will grant $10 billion to local school districts in order to prevent teacher layoffs. This fund will lift so much weight off school districts who were downsizing staff but increasing class size. Around the nation teachers were probably dancing around their living room when they heard, that according to the Department of Education, 161,000 teaching jobs will be saved. Not only will this keep good educators in our classrooms but, our children will receive a proper education. When teacher layoffs occur the children suffer immensely. They don't receive the attention they need in order to succeed! The bill prevents states from using the funds for transportation, utilities, equipment and or renovations. With these and other limitations we don't have to worry about improper use of the funds. This will guarantee that the $10 billion dollars will be spent properly.

Keeping the children educated and our streets safe is what sets us apart from other nations. So when I read that police departments were also getting some help, I was ecstatic. I would hate for crime rates to go up because of enforcement division layoffs. I am an advocate for supporting our police departments. This bill provides the assistance they desperately needed.

The loopholes that assist big corporations ship jobs overseas will finally get closed. According to the bill, "Foreign tax payer abuse is among the IRS's top compliance concerns for large corporate taxpayers." If there aren't any incentives for having jobs overseas than corporations will finally stop scheming the IRS. With this said, the bill will save this nation money and it will keep jobs here. These jobs are necessary to help rebuild our economy.

Not only did the House pass this bill at the right time, it also answered a lot of prayers. With school starting in a few weeks, they will now be able to hire educators and prevent after-school programs from being shut down. Police departments will have enough law enforcement out on our streets keeping the public safe. "319,000 job" opportunities will help rebuild this desperate economy. Finally, the foreign tax credit abuse will reach the ending the IRS was hoping for.