• Sarah Palin is a firm believer in free market
capitalization saying this gives an opportunity for all parties
to compete.

• She believes that workforce fundamentals are strong and
economy needs oversight.

• She supports reduction of business taxes and encouraging
small business growth. She criticized Obama on this issue saying
that small businesses would be affected in his decision to tax
people with incomes of $250,000 a year or more thus lowering
productivity and job opportunities.

• She advocated that Unions should get member permissions
before using dues for political donations on grounds that unions
are responsible for workers and also accountable to them.

• She believed in the creation of jobs in all sectors and
praised the Red Dog Zinc Mine for their efforts on this issue.

• She supported a voc-tech curriculum in educational
institutions to leverage job training dollars for workforce
development.

• While Governor of Alaska she brought in tax cuts and
infrastructural improvements, encouraging new businesses and
thereby drawing more shoppers and increasing business revenue.

• She abolished business inventory taxes during her term
in the governor's office.

• Sarah Palin in association with the Alaska Department of
Labor and Workforce Development started the Alaska Construction
Academy which trained adults and students in various skills like
carpentry, plumbing, electrical welding etc.

• She was a firm supporter for Equal Pay for Equal Work
and said no way would she stand for women getting lesser pay
compared to men.
		

• Mike Huckabee expressed support for a Guest Worker
Program similar to that supported by Bush.

• He backs mandatory citizenship verification for
immigrant workers on the part of the employers and believes in
fining and penalizing employers of illegal employees.

• For manufacturers who build products domestically he
supports a broad new tax credit policy. This category includes
auto makers, appliance makers and seven software developers.

• He believed that excessive litigation, red tape and
regulations cause job losses and promised as President he would
part a lot of the red tape involved.

• He pointed out that a lot of workers are underpaid while
CEO salaries continue to rise therefore making the growth of a
strong labor force inevitable in the United States.

• According to him since 80% of all jobs in the country
come from small businesses, they need more investment, growth
opportunities and support from the government.

• He was for vetoing the Employment Nondiscrimination Act
that would also include sexual orientation into Federal Law. This
would protect business owners from doing things that would
violate their moral conscience.

• He described Wal-Mart as a case study in the genius of
the American market place. He commended the fact that it paid
higher wages to its labor force and was always impressed with its
exemplary corporate structure.

• He commented that Consumerism is addictive but
tranquility is immaterial.

• He recognized the fact that there is 33% more
unemployment among the black community, a lot due to racial
differences and stressed on increasing educational and employment
opportunities for them to destroy the inequality that prevails.