Christie Vilsack’s positions are troubling to students like myself who are hoping to enter the workforce in a rebounding economy.

Vilsack supports ObamaCare, a law that a recent Ernst & Young study showed would cost Americans more than 700,000 jobs. ObamaCare creates more than 20 new taxes — most of which will fall on the middle-class and small business owners. ObamaCare will surely be a deterrent to businesses looking to hire students like myself out of college.

Rep. Steve King has a plan to reign in Washington’s out-of-control spending through a bipartisan Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Gov. Terry Branstad has used Iowa’s law requiring a balanced budget to increase jobs and encourage growth. But Vilsack called this measure “a gimmick” and is poised to continue mortgaging students’ future by continuing to run up our national debt.

As a student who hopes to enter a growing workforce, I cannot support Vilsack. Her policies will raise taxes on job creators and the middle class and cost Americans jobs. Her opposition to reining in Washington’s spending means young people will be burdened by increased taxes in the future because of the inability to make a tough decision today.