Removing Bureaucratic Roadblocks to Job Growth
I've often said that Washington, D.C., is 17-square miles of logic free environment. Even so, it's hard to imagine the federal government telling the private sector where it can and cannot create jobs. Yet, that is exactly what the National Labor Relations Board is trying to do.
Boeing opened a new plant in South Carolina in June, creating thousands of new jobs. Yet, the NLRB is considering forcing those jobs back to Washington State because of a complaint by Boeing workers who wanted those jobs created there. This would cause Boeing to shutter its South Carolina plant that was just built and layoff the thousands of workers that were just hired.
Instead of creating uncertainty and dictating to private companies where they can create jobs, the federal government should be working toward common sense policies that encourage job growth. These government-created obstacles make it easier to create jobs in China than in the United States. That's wrong. We need to make it easier to create jobs here, not harder.
Last week, the House passed H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, which blocks the federal government from telling businesses where they can and cannot locate. I hope the Senate will join us in this common sense, bipartisan legislation.
Unfortunately, this is the type of bureaucratic roadblock that many American companies face every day. At a time of nine percent unemployment and with millions out of work, the federal government should not be an obstacle to job creation.
Sincerely,
