Bill Foster

Foster graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received a doctorate in physics from Harvard University. His career experience includes working as a physicist and business owner.

Below is an abbreviated outline of Foster's academic, professional, and political career:[1]

2013-Present: U.S Representative from Illinois' 11th Congressional District

2008-2010: Representative U.S. House, Illinois, District 14

1990-2006: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), High-energy physicist and particle accelerator designer

1975-2007: Co-founded Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc

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The following issues were listed on Foster's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

Economic Growth: Democrats and Republicans agree on the importance of economic growth to our nation's future, but they disagree on how to best achieve that growth. As a scientist, Bill Foster looks at the facts. The last three presidents (Clinton, Bush, Obama) took office with strong majorities in Congress that enabled them to put in place the policies that they believed would result in strong economic growth. The results are clear: Democratic policies produced consistently stronger economic growth, while Republican policies drove us into debt and wrecked our economy.

Creating Jobs: Recent history shows that America knows how to create jobs – if the economy is competently managed. Over 22 million jobs were created in the 8 years from March 1993 to March 2001 – the best 8-year period of continuous job creation in our nation’s history. In contrast, during the next 8 years from March 2001 through March 2009, less than zero jobs were created - the worst 8-year record for job loss in our nation’s history. Our recovery is beginning by rebalancing our economy and returning to the policies that resulted in the strong economic growth of the 1990’s.

Reviving American Manufacturing: As a businessman who started a manufacturing company that now provides hundreds of good-paying jobs right here in the Midwest, nothing is more important to Bill Foster than the health of manufacturing in America. In the long run, a country can only consume as much as it produces – and Bill knows we need to see “Made in America” again.

The Financial Crisis: The financial crisis of 2008 cost our economy 8 million jobs and cost American families more than 17 Trillion dollars of net worth. Bill Foster believes that emergency intervention was required to avoid another Depression, but that it will take time to repair the damage caused by a decade of mismanagement. This means restoring fiscal discipline to our government, rebalancing our economy, improving the health of U.S. manufacturing, and reforming Wall Street to prevent a crisis like this from ever happening again.

Reforming Wall Street: The financial crisis of 2008 destroyed millions of jobs and crushed the retirement savings of American families. There is no higher priority than making sure that we never face such a crisis again. As a businessman with a background in manufacturing and the real economy, Bill Foster recognizes that an efficient and well-regulated financial services sector is essential to our economic growth. As a member of the Financial Services Committee, Bill played a strong role in crafting legislation that will prevent the irresponsible practices that led to this crisis.

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—Bill Foster's campaign website, http://www.billfoster.com/issues/

Foster's major campaign themes included:[17]

Moving the Economy Forward

Creating Jobs

Reviving American Manufacturing

Reforming Wall Street

Fiscal Responsibility

Energy that is Safe, Secure, and Affordable

Healthcare

Science and Technology

Education