Boehner visited Rite Track, a West Chester business to announce his "rapid recovery" plan. He is pushing for more jobs and tax relief to stimulate the economy.

Congressman Boehner Proposes 'Rapid Recovery'
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Republican Congressman John Boehner says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's plan to "spread the wealth," won't solve our nation's economic problems.

Boehner visited Rite Track, a West Chester business to announce his "rapid recovery" plan. He is pushing for more jobs and tax relief to stimulate the economy.

Boehner's plan includes doubling the child tax credit from $1000 to $2000 per child. He proposes cutting small business taxes to help companies reinvest and create new jobs as well as suspending the capital gains tax for two years so people can rebuild their 401k's.

Boehner also wants to implement an energy strategy, with all forms of energy to create jobs, reduce cost, and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

"I think Americans know that raising taxes and increasing spending and redistributing the wealth is not going to stabilize the economy and it won't create new jobs in America," said Boehner.

Boehner says it's important to create tax cuts because the tax breaks enacted after the September 11th attacks expire in 2010.

A call to Boehner's opponent, Nicholas Von Stein, has not been returned.