Our economy is on life support. We are turning into a service nation and that will make us subservient to those that we provide a service. Think about it. Major appliances, TV's, clothes, electronics, some of our food, so many things in our life are no longer produced within this country.

If you think we can survive as a service economy history is ready to prove us wrong. Go out west and look at what happened to town after town when the local mines closed. Look at Oil City PA after the oil companies moved out or Potter county PA when Adelphia closed up and left. Just look at towns like Pulaski, Stillwell, and countless other small towns when the local train station shut down.

All of these towns still provided services to their residents but once the source of wealth dried up no level of services could replace the lost revenues. Any system requires an engine to create hard goods, cash, or something to trade.

Wal Marts do not go to towns and the town starts growing. They go to towns that are already growing. Rincon Georgia in the 70's was a quiet little town, 2 gas stations (I worked at one), no traffic lights, and one fast food joint. After the paper mill moved in the town and the county boomed. It was that source of wealth that drove the growth of Effingham county.

This district does not need more Wal Marts, Lowes, or other "super centers" to grow. We need real jobs that will create the wealth to attract these types of businesses.

I will work to bring real jobs back to America and back to the 12th district.