Wall Street Journal loves Huntsman jobs plan

[sinkingfeeling]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/02/wall-street-journal-loves-huntsman-jobs-plan/?hpt=hp_bn3

The paper described Huntsman's proposals, which he laid out Wednesday in a speech in New Hampshire,"as impressive as any to date in the GOP presidential field, and certainly better than what we've seen from the front-runners."

"Perhaps Mr. Huntsman should be asked to give the Republican response to the president's jobs speech next week," writes the Wall Street Journal. "The two views of what makes an economy grow could not be more different."

"Republican Presidential candidate and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is lagging in the polls, but the economic agenda he rolled out this week may start getting him more attention," adds the Journal ."And deservedly so."

Huntsman spokesperson Tim Miller told CNN, "Gov. Huntsman's plan isn't just pie-in-the-sky political pandering. He's offering serious solutions that are in line with what he did in Utah taking the state to #1 in job growth."

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So the WSJ thinks shifting the entire tax burden from the wealthy (non-workers) and corporations to retired seniors and the poor is something to applaud.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Let's not forget squeezing what he can out of active duty military pay--including

a tax on allowances and combat pay. I guess the military isn't sacrificing enough.

[HockeyMom]

2. Repeat that over and over

Raise taxes on the middle class and the military, end Social Security and Medicare. If somebody has the GUTS to do that, they will even get middle class REPUBLICANS to agree to that. Be careful though, that the message gets out that is the REPUBLICANS, and not the Democrats, who want to do that. Faux News is saying that Dems want to tax military wages. Call them out on it as LIARS.