Kerry vows to halt economic 'squeeze'
Candidate calls for middle-class tax cuts, better jobs
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 Posted: 1:35 PM EDT (1735 GMT)
cnn.com
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday promised to end the "middle-class squeeze" he blamed on President Bush's economic policies, telling union members they deserve a government that shares their values of "hard work, service and caring for one another."
A long-sputtering economy has picked up steam in recent months, with nearly 950,000 new jobs created since March, according to U.S. government figures.
But Kerry said the jobs being created pay less than those lost in the recent recession, while costs such as health insurance, college tuition and child care have gone up.
"America needs a president who fights for your job as hard as he fights for his own," the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said. "I have a plan to put and to keep good-paying jobs right here in America, in the heart of our economy. And when I am president, let me tell you, American taxpayers will never again subsidize the loss of their own jobs in this country."
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