Red State's Erick Erickson on Jon Huntsman

Capitol Reef NP, Utah

A successful governor who easily has the best foreign policy credentials of the Republican presidential candidates, Jon Huntsman is receiving praise from a surprising source, Red State's Erick Erickson:

Ambassador/Governor Huntsman has released his plan to jump start the economy. It is really good. It sets a much higher bar for the GOP than the other candidates. In fact, I dare say the other candidates are on notice that Huntsman's plan should be their benchmark.

In Huntsman's economic plan, he would eliminate the alternative minimum tax, eliminate the capital gains tax, lower the corporate tax rate to 25%, and dramatically simplify the individual income tax code with a maximum rate of 25% while getting rid of all deductions.

Huntsman would also push for comprehensive patent reform — real patent reform instead of what both Republicans and Democrats are current pushing. Hopefully he'll support the elimination of patents altogether on software.

The plan also is aggressively in favor of free trade and energy independence, including building out our use of natural gas, but without ridiculous government subsidization.

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