We need policies that promote good jobs that people can raise families on. We need good jobs that our best and brightest students can come back home to after graduation. We need to look towards the future and dream. We need to dream big, and we need to work like the dickens to achieve those dreams.
This area was once the third largest rail hub in America. It once powered the mills that produced the steel that made our country the mightiest manufacturer on the planet. Now, the tracks are being ripped up and sold for scrap, the mills are closed, and our jobs are in Mexico, China, and a dozen other countries. Have you had enough? Will you rise up with me and remake this region, this state, and this country great again?
We can not go back in time, but from our past, we can find the keys to a glorious future. We need to invest in high speed rail. It will cut travel times to a third, it is over four times as fuel efficient as car travel, and it is a nice way to go. Doing this will reinvigorate our steel industry. It will continue to provide jobs for our people in the stone and concrete business, and it will excite the imagination of our young people. Who wants to go 65 mph in a car when you can go 200 or even 300 mph on a train?
Moving on, we need to invest in Americans and American sources of energy. Central-Western Pennsylvania is filled with backyard mechanics. Easily, they can learn to modify our automobiles to run on hydrogen or methane gas. This is not pie in the sky futuristic stuff. These are proven technologies that need to be implemented now. They only need our commitment in the form of investment dollars. This is but one small example of things that we can do here in Central-Western Pennsylvania to make ourselves energy independent. We don't need to give our tax dollars to Saudi Arabia. We can give them back to ourselves and our communities, and our nation will be safer, stronger, and more prosperous as a result.
I want you to do some things. Yes, I want your vote, but more than that I want you to work, I want you to dream, and I want you to believe in America. These were the qualities that made this country great. We used to make things here in Pennsylvania. We used to show up to work everyday, and we built things. I want us to build a great future here in Central-Western Pennsylvania. To achieve this, we need a leader who sees great possibilities for the future not someone who is content with the status quo. To achieve this, we need a leader who will put his boots on the ground and go to work. Will you join me? To find out more, please check out my website: http://www.tonybarr2006.com
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