Issue of Corporations

When dealing with corporations there are three divisions that I would like to cover which are Labor, Minimum Wage and Farming.

Labor:

Unions are probably the most discussed issue that gets passed along when dealing with labor. In PA over 830,000 people are part of a union which accounts for only 13.4% of the employed workers that could be part of a union. Union dues and poor representation has caused this low number of workers from actually joining a union. Union dues seem to be extremely overly calculated and too cost effective, all meaning you better off not paying. One person representing over 25,000 families with different problems and expenses is a hard task. In my opinion I feel that Unions no longer server there purpose and neglect a good amount of our work force. Now I am not supporting dismembering these unions but rather giving them more options. For many of you who join unions fear political backlash or rather misjudgment if you disagree with the powers to be. There is a reason why more then an overwhelming majority are against unions because they have lost there way. Unions have become too political, and fail to do what they were originally created to do. Union must stay out of government and out of pocket of a political party. I favor cutting the corporate income tax that would provide stability to jobs that are here. We need to enforce prohibitions to corporations and unions to avoid corruption and favoring a one side political arena. We must get unions to start doing the right thing, rather then the political things.

Minimum Wage:

For years we have seen minimum wage increased over and over again with the same result of not enough money to balance out inflation and the weight of the dollar. Minimum wage must remain a permanent wage with no increase due to the uncontrollable inflation. This is not a popular political stance but at least affordable. If we keep the wage at a steady wage then we could gain an advantage over inflation. Over a decade we continued to raise the minimum wage whenever there was a problem, showing strong fiscal responsibility would be rewarding to everyone. I would support a law that would require those making minimum wage to still receive a type benefits, even if they work part time. Another reason why we always increase the minimum wage is because of lack of benefits and the cost of living has increased. Simply making employers supply their employees with the sufficient amount of benefits will help this cost effective problem.

Farming:

In PA are legislature has dealt with the question of “what is a farm” rather then dealing with foreign suppliers and decrease in livestock. The US farmer use to be one of the most respected jobs to have in our country. Many of our founding fathers and many US Presidents were former farmers. But because of greed and foreign goods we see that our goods can not match up. We need to control the subsidizing of our farms and increase a buyers market. By subsidizing our farms we can provide relief that would help improve livestock’s, and increase a market total. I would support a farm bill that would benefit many farm areas in our great state. Also this would create jobs and decrease the overall price of food.