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Rhinelander Daily News article
Nick Reid remembers the exact time he got interested in politics.
He was attending a family reunion as a teenager and remembers a relative saying that he wouldn't be able to raise a family and live in northwestern Wisconsin.“There are no jobs” here, said Nick Reid, who was raised in Superior and now lives in Rice Lake.
Jobs and a business environment are key issues he is focusing on in his run for the Seventh District Congressional seat.Reid said Obey has voted against small businesses 92 percent of the time in the past year.
Reid, who worked in Washington, D.C., for the Heritage Foundation and then was press secretary to U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun of Kansas, has support from the National Republican Party for his bid against Obey.
He said the campaign isn't about Republicans or Democrats but about a better tomorrow.
“There is a stark contrast of our two messages,” Reid said.He said his message is one of hope, one to build a stronger economy for a stronger tomorrow.
To change the economy, Reid said the first thing to be addressed is tax burden. “It hinders small businesses. A small business with only five to 10 employees has to hire one or two people to meet the paperwork demands. We need to make it easy for profitability.
“Another concern is health care, he said. “There are problems and challenges to running a small business. Families need a stable economic environment which includes qualified affordable health care.”
He said Obey has voted against small business health plans in favor of Universal Health Care.
Reid graduated from Indiana Wesleyan College with degrees in Political Science and Pre-Law. He and his wife, Beth, have two children, Susan, 2, and Lucy, six months.
Rhinelander Daily News article
Nick Reid remembers the exact time he got interested in politics.
He was attending a family reunion as a teenager and remembers a relative saying that he wouldn't be able to raise a family and live in northwestern Wisconsin.“There are no jobs” here, said Nick Reid, who was raised in Superior and now lives in Rice Lake.
Jobs and a business environment are key issues he is focusing on in his run for the Seventh District Congressional seat.Reid said Obey has voted against small businesses 92 percent of the time in the past year.
Reid, who worked in Washington, D.C., for the Heritage Foundation and then was press secretary to U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun of Kansas, has support from the National Republican Party for his bid against Obey.
He said the campaign isn't about Republicans or Democrats but about a better tomorrow.
“There is a stark contrast of our two messages,” Reid said.He said his message is one of hope, one to build a stronger economy for a stronger tomorrow.
To change the economy, Reid said the first thing to be addressed is tax burden. “It hinders small businesses. A small business with only five to 10 employees has to hire one or two people to meet the paperwork demands. We need to make it easy for profitability.
“Another concern is health care, he said. “There are problems and challenges to running a small business. Families need a stable economic environment which includes qualified affordable health care.”
He said Obey has voted against small business health plans in favor of Universal Health Care.
Reid graduated from Indiana Wesleyan College with degrees in Political Science and Pre-Law. He and his wife, Beth, have two children, Susan, 2, and Lucy, six months.
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