| Obama 'Heartland' tour stops in BG |
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| Written by JORDAN CRAVENS Sentinel Staff Writer | ||
| Friday, 14 September 2012 10:23 | ||
"President Obama knows that in America's heartland, more than anywhere else, we will succeed by restoring a strong middle class and returning to the belief that hard work should pay, responsibility should we rewarded, and when everybody does their fair share - we're better off," said Kelly Wicks, a Democratic candidate for state representative. Wicks, U.S. Congressional candidate Angela Zimmann and David Pepper, a candidate for state auditor in 2010, spoke to a crowd of about 20 outside the Obama For America headquarters on Court Street. Wicks told those gathered that Obama's opponent, Mitt Romney "just doesn't get it." "He has spent most of his career making millions on the backs of the middle class," he said. Zimmann encouraged continued support for progress Obama has made in rural communities and for the middle class. She said Obama has cut taxes for small businesses and the middle class, secured funding for community health centers, invested in hundreds of infrastructure projects that put people to work, increased the availability of crop insurance and invested in wind energy, health care and broadband. The Democratic candidates also cited progress made in Wood County during Obama's tenure. They said since the start of the recovery in March 2010, Wood County has gained 1,700 jobs and unemployment has dropped 5 percent. Pepper said the Romney-Ryan plan for the nation's economy utilizes ideas that caused the financial crisis. "If you look closely at the Romney-Ryan plan, there is nothing that is different from before. "We aren't going back to the days of 2008," he said. |
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