12-21-09 SCOTT BROWN CONTINUES “JOBS ARE JOB ONE TOUR” AT FAMILY-OWNED VAILLANCOURT FOLK ART

[Bradley Hansen]

SUTTON – U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown today visited Christmas ornament manufacturer Vaillancourt Folk Art as part of his “Jobs are Job One” tour of Massachusetts employers. A family-owned business, Vaillancourt Folk Art has been forced to reduce its payroll from 50 to 20 employees due to the sluggish economy and high taxes.

“Time and again small and medium-sized companies ask me why in the middle of a two-year recession they would be targeted by Washington to pay additional taxes that will hurt their ability to hire new employees,” said Brown. “Small business is the engine of the American economy, but it can’t be if Congress imposes billions in new health care taxes and fees and adopts a cap and trade program that will cause energy costs to skyrocket.”

Brown said that small businesses employ roughly half of the nation’s workforce and create two-thirds of new jobs. Brown has called for an across-the-board tax cut on individuals and businesses to get the economy moving again -- a move proposed by President Kennedy in 1962.

Brown added: “President Kennedy’s approach is just as right today as it was back then. Cutting taxes will have an immediate effect on entrepreneurship, investment, and small businesses.”

[james keding]

I believe Scott Brown should visit the commercial fishermen of Plymouth, MA as part of his jobs tour. They are being decimated by the restrictions placed on them by the federal government and need the help and support of their local government officials. They are independent small business owners who are becoming extinct. Let's see Scott support them

[Joan]

I cannot wait to see the debate tonight. Go Scott Brown, win the Senate seat !!!!!!!

[bill josephson]

Looking forward to seeing it, Frank, thanks for the heads up. Scott's in command and on the correct side of the issues. Hope the Massachusetts citizenry is angry and concerned enough about what's going on in Washington and for the country to pay attention.

Bill

[Frank DeLorey]

Don't be surprised if Coakley pulls out of any further debates after the pounding she took last night. I can't wait until tonight so the voters can actually see how she squirms while she tries to wiggle her way out of the foolish things she says and does.

[David Martin]

Wealth redristibution has not worked. Cash for clunkers? Why is the Government running GM? How's that going? Freddie Mae? Fannie Mac? Nice job overseeing them BARNEY FRANK. We need less gasflabbing and fingerpointing and more professional results management by people who actually know how to manage a business. It is time for change. Let's start by putting Scott Brown in the Senate. Who knows, if health care gets delayed he may have an opportunity to save us from that shipwreck. This is a classic exampleof what happens when you try to eat an elephan in one bite. You choke on it. Let's start with tort reform, enforcement of medicare fraud laws, deporting illegals who jam emergency rooms and pay nothing, and create policy and rate competition across state lines. Then let's see where we stand and adjust accordingly. Walmart sells prescriptions for $4.00. I did not see them invited to the White House to exchange successful ideas. On the job front, let's offer employers a 50% subsidy on wages up to $12,000 per new hire for the first year of their employment. We are already paying that much out to those who are unemployed. Let's get serious about job stimulation in the private sector. Let's rebuild crumbling bridges. Let's build new hospitals and rehab centers for our deserving veterans. Go Scott Go! Kick some tail. Ethics? Cong Rangell? Speaker Pelosi did the CIA Lie to you? Gov Blagoyovitch, selling Obama's Senate seat. Where's the trial? Who was trying to buy it? Why no arrest for that? Why the rush to impeach before a guilty finding? ACORN is being funded for What? Why are we wasting time in congress on athletes taking steroids and Global Warming? How about cleaning up street gangs? Employ youths for summer community assistance projects. Helping the elderly. Go Scott Go!

[Bill McCormick]

I can't believe Scott was in Sutton today and I missed him! Wow, are we in need of a change! Let's everyone support Scott and help him win!

[bill josephson]

Scott's on the right/correct side of the issue. I applaud his referencing of JFK and his 1963 tax cuts to help stimulate economic growth/jobs. We have an administration inheriting a 'sick patient' (country)responding to improve it through policy poisoning it to death with his opponent only too willing to oblige.

Moderates/Independents are angry over spending, taxes, government into the private sector, and lack of jobs fearful of our survival.

Stay aggressive, Scott. People in Massachusetts respect a fighter.

Bill

[Erik Hoskins]

We have laid off half of our work force, from a family owned business, in the last 30 days, and are preparing for more taxes and more costs! Scott, we need your help! Help us Re-Employ our work force, we need to Keep the jobs we already have, and spark the economy with tax breaks not New Jobs.