Issue Position: Employment

Issue Position

The second issue of central importance to the Hooper4House campaign is minimum wage. Beyond the need for Vermont's labor force to earn greater average incomes annually, is the need to improve employment statistics altogether. This state can't afford to allow demographical trends to persist with so many young people fleeing with age, so it seems to me the best way to ensure the prosperity of Vermont overall and the quality of life available individual residents, would be to revamp the infrastructural conditions definitive of VT's employment figures. Don't you think Vermont is approaching a point in its narrative when the General Assembly needs to consist of more candidates who emphasize the working man's cause? How better, than to construct a legislative package that stimulates the economy by buttressing the financial stability of the given Vermont household with minimum wage increases? When you think about it, so long as the value of the U.S. dollar is steadily decreasing with long-term inflation patterns, wage increases are inevitable. I believe, however, that Vermont could strategically curve the data over the next several years, by motivating growth in both the size of the VT labor force and wage standards so as to make Vermont more comfortable a home to as many people as possible.

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