If there is one thing, outside the spiritual realm, that makes this country thrive and families secure, it is jobs. When a person can come home from a hard day of work and put food on the table for their family and a roof over the head, they feel a sense of dignity. They feel a sense of self-worth. They feel that their existence does indeed matter. When people can work and provide for their families, WE ALL win.
Crime rates go down, local tax revenues go up, and families are much more likely to stay together.
If there is one area that needs our attention in our Commonwealth, as political leaders in Virginia, we need to understand the diversity in our state and the economic needs of each and every area. This means not just working for large corporations or small businesses, but to individual workers, entrepreneurs and the single mother or father who merely wants to provide for their family. Actually . . . . I could go on and on this evening about these things that I believe and how different they are from what the Republican Right would force on us. But I took the time for this for two reasons. One, I wanted to clarify and correct some of the myths and false accusations that the Republican Right have hurled at Democrats and the general public over the years.