Letter: Create better paying jobs for all

It's time for a pro-job agenda. In 2011, Rep. Paul Ryan presented a six-page plan to create jobs in which only generalities were presented, while President Barack Obama had presented to the Congress a detailed plan to create jobs.

House Republicans have repeatedly refused to create jobs by increasing funding for infrastructure. Flint, Michigan's water crisis is a great example of how putting off spending on infrastructure ends up costing more tax dollars as well as endangering the general public.

Republican leaders refuse to recognize those working class Republicans who are supporting Donald Trump because they want better paying jobs.

Prosperity should not be defined as lining the pockets of the military contractors and the oil manufacturers. Pro-growth should include making public policy that increases the likelihood that every American has the opportunity to live above the poverty line.

Julie Stewart Ziesman

Waukee