Joe Tech
Published May 30, 2003
And here is his "tech record":
- Recognized Leader. Joe Lieberman is the only presidential candidate who has earned a 100 percent lifetime rating from the Information Technology Industry Council. He received the Founders Circle Award from TechNet, a leading tech industry group, for his leadership on tech issues.
Advancing High-Tech Economic Stimulus. Joe Lieberman has proposed a short-term recovery plan to spur business investment and innovation. His plan includes a short-term Investment Tax Credit for acquisition of information technology to spur productivity, a New Jobs Tax Credit to give companies that hire additional employees a payroll tax credit, and incentives to stimulate private-sector development of the next-generation Internet and nanotechnology industry.
Encourage Innovation and Employee Ownership. Joe Lieberman has authored a plan to broaden the distribution of stock options among rank and file workers, and has defended the role of stock options in helping the economy expand by opposing proposed accounting rules that would discourage their use and put options out of reach for middle-class workers. To encourage innovation, he has supported elimination of capital gains taxes for long-term investments in entrepreneurial firms, and supported limits on some securities and biomaterials lawsuits.
Helping Grow and Attract High-Tech Talent. Joe Lieberman authored the Tech Talent law, which will spur American universities to increase their math and science graduates to help fill a critical gap in the national labor pool, and he supported an increase in the number of H1-B visas to ensure that the tech sector has the workers it needs in the short term to increase productivity.
Expanding Access to New Markets. Joe Lieberman strongly supported trade promotion authority to expand access for U.S. goods to foreign markets, as well as legislation to normalize trade relations with Vietnam and China. He also worked to provide the strongest-ever assistance to workers who are displaced from their jobs as a result of trade agreements and triple funding for Trade Adjustment Assistance programs.
Promoting The Cutting Edge. Joe Lieberman called for a new national broadband policy, pointing to its vast potential to stimulate economic growth and improve our quality of life. He has authored measures to accelerate the development of nanotechnology and to stimulate private sector development of new medicines, vaccines, and antidotes to protect against biological attacks. He has advocated a stronger federal investment in scientific research and development, and has supported efforts to make permanent the research and development tax credit.
Bring the Federal Government Online. Joe Lieberman authored and passed a historic law to make the federal government more helpful and responsive to taxpayers by bringing more government services online. The law he authored establishes an office of Electronic Government to implement e-government initiatives.
- Joe Tech
- Published: May 30, 2003
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- Writer: Eric Olsen
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