Jon Huntsman unveils jobs plan in New Hampshire

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

Lagging badly in the polls, GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. turned his attention to jobs Wednesday afternoon, unveiling a plan to jump-start the economy by revising the tax code, repealing financial regulations and opening up foreign markets.

Huntsman’s speech at Gilchrist Metal Fabricating, a manufacturing plant in Hudson, N.H., was his first major address since he announced his candidacy in June. It came as President Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney are set to release their own detailed jobs plans next week.

Called “Time to Compete,” the speech aimed to catapult Huntsman into the economic debate among the top-tier candidates and give his campaign some much-needed traction.

“There is no more urgent priority at this point in our nation’s history than creating jobs and strengthening our economic core; everything else revolves around it,” he said. “Meeting our challenges will require serious solutions, but above all, it will require serious leadership — a quality in high demand in our nation’s capital and among my opponents on the campaign trail.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jon-huntsman-unveils-jobs-plan-in-new-hampshire/2011/08/31/gIQAB8XzsJ_story.html

[bullwinkle428]

1. Before I even opened the thread, I yelled out "DON'T TELL ME - LET

ME GUESS! TAX CUTS!!!!"

[customerserviceguy]

2. Amazing that the media even gives a crap about him anymore

I mean, if I'm a Rethug voter, why have Mitt Romney light when I can have the real thing?

[Blue_Tires]

13. the funny part is a few weeks ago, he was supposed to be the

moderate darkhorse Obama was 'scared' of...

[high density]

3. Oooh, tax cuts, regulation cuts, and free trade!

OMG-- Those will all work so well at creating jobs! Why haven't we tried them before!?

[Newest Reality]

4. Every time

a tax gets cut, an Angel gets a job! Whoopee!

That's a true saying I just make up.

[onpatrol98]

5. Jon who?

Hmm...although his job plan sounds sooooo familiar.

[Johnyawl]

6. LMAO That's the same plan all the repugs AND Obama have.

[No Elephants]

9. All of the plans have certain common characteristics, but the devil is in the details.

The plans also have certain differences.

For example, Obama is not proposing to repeal his health care plan or Dodd Frank.

[SoapBox]

7. ...yawn.

Tax cuts...blah, blah, blah Ginger...Free Trade...blah, blah, blah Ginger.

:-)

[DallasNE]

8. It Looks Exactly Like Paul Ryan's Plan

And his plan added $6T to the nations debt while ending Medicare as we know it and turning Medicaid into a block grant/revenue sharing program hoping the States will use the money for health care for the poor and uninsured.

[No Elephants]

10. I'm tired of giving everything up by dribs and drabs.

Let's just give them whatever they want and get it over with. You know that's where this is all heading soon anyway, right? And they have almost everything already anyway.

Come on, end the agony. Citizen up.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. And for a brief moment I thought Huntsman was sane! This is the far right's wet dream.

More taxes for the lower and middle class (some get heavy tax reductions due to mortgage and child credits) while eliminating all taxes for the wealthy (no capital gains or interest as income). Businesses own the country completely.

[Roland99]

12. What foreign market isn't already open to exploitation?!?!

[Skink]

14. when does his book come out