Issues 2012
-
Barack Obama
Obama would try to grow the economy through job-creating investments in infrastructure, energy, education, and healthcare. The American Jobs Act, his proposed $447 billion stimulus package for job creation and economic growth, includes $250 billion in tax cuts and $200 billion in spending on infrastructure, unemployment benefits, and aid to states.
-
Buddy Roemer
Roemer, who says that the key to creating jobs is the rejuvenation of American manufacturing, argues for the establishment of “legitimate and reasonable economic barriers to unfair competition from abroad”; his focus is on “fair” trade and “buying American.”
-
Gary Johnson
Johnson says the government must halt spending “across the board,” including on stimulus, transportation, energy, and housing. He says the tax code must be revised and simplified, taxes on saving and investment should be lifted, and corporate income tax should be eliminated. Johnson opposes bailouts, cap-and-trade, and barriers to free trade. He believes the legalization of marijuana would provide a source of tax revenue while also saving money on “an expensive and futile prohibition.”
-
Jon Huntsman
Huntsman advocates tax reform via the implementation of a plan similar to the Simpson-Bowles Commission’s “zero plan,” as well as by reducing the corporate tax rate and eliminating the Alternative Minimum Tax and taxes on capital gains and dividends. He would also unwind Obama’s financial regulatory reforms, remove the EPA’s “job-killing” regulations, and expand and enhance international trade agreements.
-
Mitt Romney
Romney’s proposals for creating jobs and growing the economy include cutting the top corporate income tax, eliminating the capital gains and dividend taxes for some people, ending regulations on business, promoting domestic energy production, and weakening labor unions. The former head of the Bain Capital private equity firm says his business experience gives him an advantage over other Republicans and Obama in the quest to create jobs for the sluggish U.S. economy.
-
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich would eliminate the capital gains tax, cut corporate income tax rates, and offer Americans the choice of opting into a 15 percent flat tax. He would also repeal the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Community Reinvestment Act, and the Dodd-Frank legislation.
-
Rick Perry
Perry’s jobs plan revolves around energy: by overhauling what he calls "job killing" environmental regulations and expanding the U.S. energy market, he says he can create 1.2 million-2.5 million new jobs.
-
Rick Santorum
Santorum says his "0-0-0" economic plan would reduce corporate taxes for manufacturers, expand energy exploration and "zero out" Obama-era regulations on business.
-
Ron Paul
Paul would slash $1 trillion from the federal budget, eliminate an assortment of taxes, and reduce the president's salary from $400,000 to about $40,000. He would not raise the debt ceiling would audit, and eventually end, the Federal Reserve.
-
Michele Bachmann
Bachmann has an 11-point blueprint for job creation that calls for repealing the healthcare overhaul and financial regulation signed by Obama in 2010, cutting the number of tax brackets, and giving a $1.2 trillion tax holiday to American companies overseas.
-
Herman Cain
Cain’s solution for creating jobs is his "9-9-9" tax reform plan, which would throw out the federal tax code and replace it with a flat 9 percent rate for corporate, income, and sales taxes.
Polititude
- <
- >
Tracking Candidate Sentiment Around the Web
Reuters Political Journalists
No privilege for most stay-at-home moms
The recent flap over women voters -- especially stay-at-home mothers -- has sent both Republican and Democratic pundits scrambling and with good reason: many stay-at-home moms aren't affiliated with either party and are a ripe target for swing votes, a new poll shows.
Election 2012 Newsletter
Get all the news from the campaign trail sent straight to your inbox
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.
