In Need of Jobs
Christian L. Barbieri
English 101
Debate Essay
Professor Kimberly Ramirez
10 October 2016
In Need of Jobs
Have you ever thought about the unemployment rate in the United States and how we will get it down close to zero? Well it stands around 5% as of recently; and since we are about to have a new president, whoever wins from the two candidates will have to put their plan into action. Senator Clinton is focusing on creating new jobs through small business and innovation while Mr. Trump insists on keeping jobs and companies from leaving U.S territory. I honestly believe both ideas should be put in place because they contribute to the United States climbing out of the debt we’re in. This topic was discussed right off the bat in the first debate with the first segment “Achieving Prosperity”.
Senator Clinton’s answer provides us with a broad variety of solutions to get more jobs out there and more money into the pockets of our great americans. She states,
I want us to invest in you. I want us to invest in your future. That means jobs in infrastructure, in advanced manufacturing, innovation and technology, clean, renewable energy, and small business, because most of the new jobs will come from small business. We also have to make the economy fairer. That starts with raising the national minimum wage and also guarantee, finally, equal pay for women’s work (Clinton qtd. In “First Debate”).
Her idea is more towards a long term solution which is great; but it will take a large amount of money to “invest” that we don’t have a lot of. She hits many points of where we can make improvements so the country can become more innovative. Advanced manufacturing, technology, and eco energy are all positive jumpstarts for the country as a whole but she also tends to the needs of regular Americans . Higher wages, small business, a fairer economy, and especially equal pay for women's work. She’s got her priorities straight.
Mr. Trump’s ideas are much more simple in that he describes one plan over and over again. He states, “We have to renegotiate our trade deals. And, Lester, they’re taking our jobs, they’re giving incentives, they’re doing things that, frankly, we don’t do” (Trump qtd. In “First Debate”). Trump sets his one idea of taxing the companies who outsourced overseas and chose to import their products back into the United States. Now this idea hits one point but it is a pretty good one. Since NAFTA was signed in, many companies sent their production overseas so their products would be produced for cheaper; hence why a lot of the products we see are made in China or Vietnam. He wants to bump up the taxes on bringing products back into the country and possibly stop them from leaving in the first place because these companies create a lot of jobs. This problem is big for the United States, but he could have elaborated a bit more and give an actual plan for the people.
Aside from the running presidential candidates; other opinions matter a lot and could even affect their plans. Take for instance Bernie Sanders. His campaign was full of ideas that sounded amazing but didn’t always seem to be so feasible. Sanders presents his Rebuilding America act which is , “to invest $1 trillion over five years to modernize our infrastructure. It would be paid for by closing loopholes that allow profitable corporations to avoid paying taxes by, among other things, shifting their profits to the Cayman Islands and other offshore tax havens” (Sanders). Now Clinton also stated that she would get more people jobs in infrastructure, but she didn’t state a plan as Sanders did. This plan sounds good but when we’re in such debt it can be hard to complete. Also this leads us to a more socialistic system of governing. Clinton says she will invest into infrastructure but also says how much she believes small business can affect our economy, i.e. keeping it capitalistic.