Joe Wilson

This Congress, my main goal has been to bring jobs to South Carolina. Since January, I have actively encouraged job growth in South Carolina while removing barriers for job creation.  I am proud to say we are close to having 2,000 more full time jobs come to South Carolina. This week, the South Carolina House brought these jobs one step closer by voting in favor of the new Amazon amendment. This legislation would allow for Amazon to invest $125 million in a distribution facility in the Midlands. I supported this creation of jobs back in December. I stood firm on the steps of the State House supporting it on Tuesday. And even today, I am urging the State Senate to follow the lead of the State House of Representatives and pass this legislation! The Second District wants these jobs!

With Amazon coming to the Midlands, more local companies will be able to expand as a result of working with Amazon. This means more hiring across the state for small businesses. It also means new and higher-paying jobs for residents of our state. Finally, it means more dollars will be spent locally in our neighborhoods, our shopping malls, and our communities.

I am thankful for your support! As many of you know, progress is made from the bottom-up. By being vocal, we were able to get our state government to change its position 180 degrees in a matter of a few weeks. You and I both know government rarely moves that quickly. It’s a testament to your hard work and effort that we now have thousands of jobs and investment on the verge of coming to our community.

However, the bill still needs to be approved by the S.C. Senate. Please go to my Facebook page and vote in the poll to let me know how you feel.

Sincerely,

Joe Wilson
U.S. Congressman

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3 Responses to “Victory for Jobs in South Carolina”

1. Don Hemphill says:

   May 20, 2011 at 2:39 pm

   Awesome sir! I sure hope that Boeing succeeds in their fight to bring jobs to SC as well. I’ll be watching.

   Respectfully,
   Don Hemphill
2. Tom Ledbetter says:

   May 20, 2011 at 7:12 pm

   Thanks for your suport in these jobs.
3. Ray Collins says:

   May 20, 2011 at 8:08 pm

   Joe:

   You got it right this time on the Amazon fiasco. Gov. Haley and a large bloc of the SC legislature have shown that they are just a bunch of money-grubbing politicians, who don”t give a damn about the people of SC as long as they get more taxes.

   What Gov. Haley appears not to understand, is that if I order something from Amazon, it could be shipped to me from their distribution center in Fernley, Nevada. If Amazon does not have a center in SC, I do not have to pay taxes. Of course we don’t have the benefit of people working in SC, and will be paying SC people to be on welfare. If however, we give Amazon the tax break, and the center is built here in the state, that same order could still be shipped from Fernley. Nevada, or South Carolina, and I still would not pay taxes on the order,BUT SC WOULD TAKEABOUT 2000 PEOPLE OFF THE WELFARE ROLLS.

   I am shocked that Gov. Haley is turning out to be a tax and spend democratic liberal money grubber who is only thinking of how can I tax the SC people more.

   Joe, you and Gov. Sanford had it right. Gov. Haley and the current money grubbing legislature are just WRONG