JCS-IssuesGuide-CommLeaders-DIGITAL

							                                                                                                                 2012



                                                                                                               ISSUES
VOTING IS AN IMPORTANT WAY FOR YOU TO NOT ONLY
 DO YOUR CIVIC DUTY, BUT TO PROTECT YOUR JOB.




                                                                                                               GUIDE
 WE KNOW AND RESPECT THAT VOTING IS A PRIVATE
  AND PERSONAL CHOICE. THIS ISSUES GUIDE SIMPLY
   PROVIDES BASIC CONCEPTS YOU MAY WANT TO
                      CONSIDER WHEN YOU VOTE.




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      PA I D F O R B Y J O B C R E AT O R S A C T I O N F U N D , I N C . , W W W. J C A F U N D . C O M ,
     A N D N O T A U T H O R I Z E D B Y A N Y C A N D I D AT E O R C A N D I D AT E ’ S C O M M I T T E E .
GOVERNOR ROMNEY                                      We’re living in difficult economic times,                HEALTH INSURANCE                                        PRESIDENT OBAMA
                                                     but we’re all in this together. Government              The federal government requiring all U.S. citizens to
                                                     policies affect our company’s ability to                buy or otherwise obtain health insurance coverage
ENERGY. The governor supports energy                                                                                                                                 ENERGY. His administration restricted the
                                                     make a profit, create jobs, and take care of             as a condition of their citizenship is not good for     expansion of leases for oil and gas exploration
independence and immediate expansion of the
Keystone XL pipeline. He also favors greatly         employees through our compensation and                  America, our company, and our employees.                on government lands and opposed the Keystone
expanded oil and gas exploration leases on           benefit programs. Too much of anything                                                                           XL pipeline that will provide more jobs and lower
                                                                                                             Here’s why:
federal lands and offshore, which will provide                                                                                                                       energy prices.
                                                     can be a bad thing especially when it’s
thousands of jobs for American workers.
                                                                                                             The new federal health care law amounts to
                                                     burdensome laws, government “red tape,”                                                                         HEALTH CARE. ObamaCare mandates that
                                                                                                             the single largest tax on American people and
HEALTH CARE. Gov. Romney favors reform               and taxation. Too much of big government                                                                        individuals buy health insurance and imposes
that encourages competition and brings down                                                                  businesses in history according to the United States    a tax penalty on individuals who do not buy
                                                     doesn’t just affect our company; it affects
costs. He believes individuals who purchase                                                                  Supreme Court. One part of this tax is a 40% excise     health insurance. This creates new taxes and
                                                     our employees, our customers, and our
their own insurance should get the same tax                                                                                                                          health premiums are expected to rise as a result.
                                                                                                             tax on plans that provide generous coverage to
advantages that businesses do. In addition, he       shareholders. Voting is an important way                                                                        Many small businesses would be forced to
                                                                                                             employees, which could mean a big tax hike on
would allow small businesses to band together        for you not only to do your civic duty, but                                                                     drop coverage, negatively impacting millions of
and negotiate cheaper insurance for employees,                                                               insurance plans like ours. But, it gets even worse      workers.
                                                     to protect your job. We know and respect
helping employers and employees alike to                                                                     for some employees. Employers can avoid the high
                                                     that voting is a private and personal                                                                           TAXES. The President would increase many
prosper.
                                                                                                             costs mandated by the new federal health care
                                                     choice. This Issues Guide simply provides                                                                       types of taxes, including those on businesses that
TAXES. The governor supports a flatter,               some very basic concepts you may want to                law by “dumping” their employees into a federal         file taxes as individuals. This will affect 75 percent
simpler, fairer tax code for all Americans that                                                              government plan and just pay a $2,000 penalty for       of all small businesses, where two thirds of all
                                                     consider when you vote.
will help businesses, and families to prosper. He                                                                                                                    jobs are created.
                                                                                                             doing so. While our company has no intention of
opposes tax increases that limit job creation. He
                                                                                                             doing so, we may be forced into doing so in order to
believes capital investments grow the economy,
                                                     ENERGY AND GASOLIN E                                    stay in business.
create jobs, and lead to a broader, more equitable
tax plan for everyone.                               Increasing energy production in the United States is

                                                     good for America, our company, and our employees.

                                                     Here’s why:                                             TAXES

                                                                                                             Increasing current tax rates and creating new
                                                     Rising energy and gasoline prices hit household
                                                                                                             taxes on businesses are not good for America, our
                                                     budgets hard, forcing families to spend less on other
                                                                                                             company, and our employees. Here’s why:
                                                     things. It’s the same with our company. Higher pump

                                                     prices increase the cost of making and transporting     Taxes are like any other cost to a business; they
                                                     the products we sell, leaving the company with less     are ultimately passed onto the customer as higher
                                                     money to grow the business and take care of our         prices for company products and services. So,
                                                              employees. Even if we could raise our          it’s consumers who have less money in
                                                                      prices a bit, customers would buy      their pockets when taxes on business
                                                                           less the way many of you don’t    are raised. If consumers have less
                                                                           fill up your gas tank anymore.     money to spend, they will buy less,
                                                                            In either case, this is not      and businesses will then have less
                                                                             good for our company or our     money to grow their businesses
                                                                             employees.                      and take care of their employees.