Cory Bookers Federal Jobs Guarantee

[JustAnotherGen]

http://observer.com/2018/04/cory-booker-bill-would-guarantee-jobs-in-15-local-areas/

Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act

The federal jobs guarantee is an idea that demands to be taken seriously,” Booker said. “My bill will seek to create a model federal jobs guarantee program by piloting it in up to 15 high-unemployment communities across the country. Not only would this have a positive impact on the lives of potentially hundreds of thousands of Americans right away, but the valuable data gathered would help us learn lessons, assess its effectiveness and perfect the idea.”

A report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think tank, estimated that a nationwide federal jobs guarantee program would cost $543 billion per year and employ 10.7 million workers.

New Jersey Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt denounced Booker’s proposal, saying it would “perpetuate the misconception that bigger government is a solution.”

“If Cory Booker was really interested in creating jobs for his constituents, he would work on a plan to make New Jersey more attractive to job creators,” Steinhardt said in a statement. “Instead of spending millions more in government subsidies to increase government’s payroll, we need to be using our already scarce, economic resources to spur private sector investment and create private sector jobs.”

This is why we have to win the House and the Senate this year.


At his web site - Cory Booker United States Senator
https://www.booker.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=778


· Authorize and fund the creation of a 3-year pilot program at the Department of Labor (DOL) to test the promise and impact of a federal job guarantee in up to 15 diverse communities and regions. Sites will be selected based on local need and assets, and jobs to be filled, ensuring that work would advance critical local and national priorities that the private sector under-provides, like child and elder care, infrastructure, and community revitalization.

· Ensure that every adult with residence in a pilot community may participate in a guaranteed job. Jobs will include a minimum wage phasing in to $15/hour, paid family and sick leave, and health coverage like that enjoyed by Members of Congress.

· Require that each pilot community creates a “Community Job Bank” website, which will feature high-impact jobs sourced primarily by local communities, as well as Federal agencies, based on their needs and priorities.

· Expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to incentivize private employers to recruit and hire participants out of the pilot program.

· Authorize a rigorous evaluation of the program’s implementation and impact across a number of metrics, including unemployment rates, private sector wages, safety net spending, and incarceration rates.

[ehrnst]

1. Good for Corey! He's providing details and and incremental approach.(nt)

[brer cat]

2. This is outstanding.

I am very impressed by the fact that Sen. Booker takes to time to get from "that's a great idea" to "this is how we make it work." This sounds very feasible if we do our job and elect Democrats in Nov!

[George II]

3. K & R!

Not only proposes the program but explains how it'll work and be implemented. Not just a pie-in-the-sky program.

Thanks!