Quotes about good-paying (16 Quotes)


    Wisconsin Democrats are focused on making life more affordable for our middle-class families, so they can pay for their health care, have a good-paying job and send their kids to college. Whether it is our schools, health care, jobs, energy costs, or the ongoing war in Iraq, one thing is clear When it comes to these priorities, Democrats are on the side of Wisconsin families.

    Why here' is a question that I'm asked a lot, ... The answer is there are many, many families moving to the Albany area because there are good-paying jobs and yet our housing prices aren't as high as Corvallis or Portland, for example. There's also a better quality of life here than some areas. It's a great place to raise a family.

    It's a huge race to the bottom in terms of what companies are doing to their workers. Communities in this country are losing good-paying manufacturing jobs. And there's more of a loss of white-collar jobs in engineering, information technology, call centers, help desks. Nothing's insulated or protected from this fast-paced movement of capital out of the high-wage, industrialized countries of the world.

    These are companies that provide good-paying jobs for a well-educated, highly skilled work force. As a result, Kerr-McGee and others contribute to the stability of the local economy and make a concentrated effort to give back and support local agencies, organizations and events that enhance our community.

    Rising interest rates, rising debt and fewer good-paying jobs are making it harder for America's families to make ends meet, ... The president should use his Texas vacation to spend time overhauling his economic policies, not staging photo-ops.


    Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees.


    It is important that the federal government and its agencies pay special attention to providing and ensuring equal employment opportunity for the thousands of individuals - including racialethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans with disabilities - who have heretofore been denied access to good-paying jobs.



    This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours.

    Tim Carson understands that both Fayette and Westmoreland counties are in need of good-paying jobs that will keep our young people here. He knows that jobs and health care are not issues that end at the county line. We all share the burden of creating economic opportunity, and we need a leader like Tim, who understands this and who has the experience to fight for us.



    Today's good-paying jobs demand not only strong academic skills, but also technical training and computer proficiency, ... While our area offers world-class four-year and advanced degrees, we fall far short when it comes to teaching basic job skills and preparing our young people to deal with new and emerging technologies.

    Auto jobs are good-paying jobs, and there are a lot of them. I don't know anyone who would want to get rid of an auto plant. But when you look at the world economy, the fiercest competition is in autos, and this region is very, very dependent on autos for its manufacturing base.



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