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Over the past 35 months, our nation’s unemployment rate has consistently remained above eight percent. Over 14 million Americans are searching for employment while 46 million Americans are living in poverty and relying on government assistance for survival. As I listened to the president’s State of the Union Address, it became increasingly clear to me that his words do not resemble his actions, not even by the slightest bit.

Throughout the past three years, this administration has made higher taxes and government regulation a destructive trend instead of encouraging job creation and capitalism. Giving taxpayer money to politicians does not create jobs. Overregulation is the reason why these companies chose to relocate overseas.

Over the past year, the president and his Big Labor Bully allies at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have threatened thousands of jobs at Boeing in Charleston, SC. Additionally, the president’s opposition to ! the Keystone Pipeline, a project expected to create 120,000 jobs without costing taxpayers a single dime, destroys jobs in the Second District of South Carolina, the area I am proud to represent. Michelin Automotive in Lexington produces 12 feet-tall tires, costing approximately $60,000 dollars a piece, and MTU Diesel in Aiken creates engines that are shipped to Canada to be used for the recovery of petroleum. Instead of helping to create jobs readily available within the United States, the president has placed politics over effective policy and delayed the decision to invest in the environmentally sound project until after the 2012 elections.

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