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" Around the time President Lyndon B. Johnson was declaring a War on Poverty in the 1960s, federal, state and local governments began accelerating a veritable War on the Private Sector. "

Elaine Chao

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Local

Poverty

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Elaine Chao

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" We need long-term tax reform that promotes private sector job creation. And legislated mandates that kill jobs by raising the cost of payrolls need to be eliminated. "

" We need fair and free trade. "

" Washington's parasitic approach to the private sector must change for there to be widespread, near-term and enduring prosperity and job creation. "

" My first port of call was Los Angeles. That's where I laid my first foot on America. "

" We want to make sure that workers know their rights and that employers know their obligations. That is the best way to protect workers. "

" The borrow-spend-and-centralize agenda that has been so destructive to job creation elsewhere in America has been a gravy boat inside the Beltway. "

" For any trade deal to move forward, there has to be agreement. "

" To better deal with shortages of qualified applicants now and in the future, government policy makers need to acknowledge that government job training programs could stand improvement. "

" Our private-sector work force is the most industrious, innovative, productive, and ambitious in the world. "

" Government at all levels has kicked the fiscal can down the road for far too long. "

" What out country is facing right now is a skills gap. "

" There are many reasons to worry; the evening news is full of them. "

" Confidence, capital, and new markets fuel entrepreneurship and job-generating expansion of existing businesses. "

" I love working in the garden. "

" While there have been news reports of recent college graduates living with their parents because they have been unable to find a job paying a salary sufficient to move out, their near and long-term career prospects remain far brighter than for those without a college degree. "

" As tough as it is for many college graduates to get their planned careers on track, it could be worse: They could be trying to find a job without a college degree. "

" For significant job creation to occur, prospective entrepreneurs and current business owners must not fear the future or be under assault from their own government in the present. "

" We are a Republic with different branches of government, and so the Senate and the House are going to be full partners in working with the White House. "

" The expenses of complying with Washington's torrent of mandates and regulatory overreach are costing American workers jobs and income growth. "

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" I can tell you I love California - and no more. "