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“I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard ... I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins. It is righteousness that exalteth a nation while sin is a reproach to any people.”- Frederick Douglass

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Thursday, September 02, 2010

Gibson Will Not

According to Bartle Bull “Chris Gibson is a proven leader who exemplifies the qualities of intelligence and experience that our District and our County need today.”

We presently have a proven leader, who has met with constituents in all 137 towns of the 20th. Congressional District. Scott Murphy has visited Delaware County numerous times to discuss national and local concerns with both supportive and hostile constituents.

Murphy has been saving, creating jobs, and growing small businesses for 15 years. Prior to becoming our Congressman, he helped create over 1,000 jobs, and worked to make small businesses the economic engines of their communities.
After graduating from Harvard, Scott became a high-tech entrepreneur. He founded Small World Software, later sold to iXL. For the eight years prior to being elected to Congress, Scott worked for Advantage Capital Partners. Advantage helped other businesses grow and create jobs for their local communities. Murphy's job is still helping companies grow, expand, and most of all create and protect good-paying jobs here at home.

Many small companies have weathered the recession and are ready to grow, but the banks on Wall Street are mostly lending to larger companies. Small businesses have historically been the engine of job creation in this country and Obama proposed that we take $30 billion of the money Wall Street banks have repaid and use that money to enable community banks to give credit to small businesses to keep them afloat.

Obama has also proposed a new small-business tax credit, for small businesses who hire new workers or raise wages. He wants to eliminate all capital gains taxes on small-business investment and provide a tax incentive for all businesses to invest in new plants and equipment.

These steps won’t make up for the 8 million jobs that have been lost, but it’s the only way to move towards full employment and will begin to lay a new foundation for long- term economic growth, while addressing the problems that America’s families have confronted for decades.

Murphy will vote to help Obama create jobs. Republican Chris Gibson will not.

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