On Saturday, I attended an event on Iowa State’s campus featuring Congressman Steve King, who is running for the new 4th Congressional District, which includes Ames and Iowa State. As a student who will be graduating and looking for a job, I was pleased with King’s plan to get America working again.

King explained the burdens Obamacare is putting on America’s businesses. Ernst & Young recently estimated 710,000 jobs would be lost when Obamacare is fully implemented. Additionally, Obamacare creates 20 new taxes on the middle-class. Christie Vilsack supports Obamacare and its job-killing effects and tax hikes.

King also has a plan to reign in Washington’s out-of-control spending. I can’t understand why citizens have to live within their means but their government doesn’t. King’s plan calls for a Balanced Budget Amendment, but Vilsack calls this bipartisan plan “a gimmick.” She just wants to stay the path of record debt, which now is more than $16 trillion.

I understand Vilsack was invited to attend the event but never responded to the invitation. That’s too bad. I would have liked to hear why she supports the Obama-Pelosi policies that have led to more than 8 percent unemployment for 43 consecutive months.