Huntsman unveils jobs strategy, "Time to Compete: An American Jobs Plan"; NLRB targeted

Cedar Breaks, Utah

Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has been struggling to gain traction in his quest to win the Republican nomination for president. But he has a jobs plan. It includes many items that will almost certainly be absent from President Obama's jobs re-pivoting, such as tax cuts and a pushback on regulations.

Here's my favorite part of Huntsman's plan, which Obama will never agree with:

The NLRB's policy is a reckless assault upon our nation's free-market system. Gov. Huntsman will immediately instruct the NLRB to stop pursuing this politically-motivated attack on free enterprise, and if they fail to do so, he will replace them.

More from a Huntsman campaign press release:

HUDSON, NH – Jon Huntsman today unveiled his jobs plan, "Time to Compete" aimed at ending the Obama administration's neglect and putting Americans back to work. The multi-pronged plan focuses on tax reform, regulatory reform, energy independence and trade. It draws heavily from Gov. Huntsman's record in Utah where he cut taxes historically, reduced regulations, and created an economic environment that made Utah first in the nation in job growth.

At Gilchrist Metal Fabricating in Hudson, New Hampshire, Governor Huntsman made it clear to those in attendance and to those around the country – it's time for America to compete again.

"The President believes that we can tax and spend and regulate our way to prosperity. We cannot," said Jon Huntsman. "We must compete our way to prosperity. It's time for America to start working again. It's time for America to start making things again."

"It's time for America to stand up and start competing again," Huntsman added. "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.”

The Huntsman plan is anchored by a bold tax reform package that eliminates all tax expenditures and will jumpstart America's once mighty engines of industry, provide certainty for American job-creators, and provide the groundwork for a new industrial revolution.

Click here to view the full plan.

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