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Voices Around Town

If you were president, what's the first thing you'd do to create jobs?

Asked on Miramonte Avenue. Pictures and interviews by Sabina Kashi.

"I would lower taxes on small businesses so they could hire more people."

John Belardi, San Jose

"In order to stimulate job growth, I would cut business taxes with the hope that money could be allocated to hiring new people and starting new forms of production, services, and technology."

Kelly Walsh, San Jose

"I would create a federal jobs program, fix the infrastructure of this country, and create a jobs program for the unemployed."

Neal Swank, Sunnyvale

"My job creation opportunity for the United States would be to create new technology jobs and green technology."

Gary Dinneen, Los Altos

"If I were president I would create new jobs by making more public projects."

Jonathan Lai, San Jose

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