Each weekend, the President has a radio address to the nation, along with comments from the opposition party. This weekend, South Carolina’s Senator Tim Scott delivered the Republican comments, talking about what he descried as one of the most important issues facing our nation today – job creation.
Senator Scott said “As someone who grew up in poverty, I know the hard choices facing so many families every night. And as a former small business owner, I know the importance of ensuring that the next generation of Americans is the most well-trained, best-educated workforce the world has ever seen. There are currently 4 million open jobs in America, including 65,000 in my home state of South Carolina. These are good jobs that for a variety of reasons, including a lack of workers trained for their specific industry, go unfilled day after day, week after week. That’s four million families that could sleep a little better at night and thousands of businesses that could become more profitable and offer more opportunities for their employees.”