Jon+Huntsman



= Jon Huntsman = Biography- On March 26, 1960, Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. was born in Redwood City, California. His father was Jon M. Huntsman, a billionaire born in 1937 and his mother’s name is Karen. He has one brother named Peter and a wife; Mary Katherine Cooper. Together they have six kids. He went to the University of Utah and the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. When he was 19 he went on a Mormon Religious Mission to Taiwan. From 1992 until 1993 he was the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, and since then he has been the Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009 and the U.S. Ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011. [] []

About him- He dropped out of high school — but he did graduate from college. In 1978, Huntsman quit school to play keyboards in the rock band Wizard. He is a Mormon. He did not compete in the Iowa caucuses and came in last place with less than 1% of the vote. He is against abortion and supports civil unions but not same-sex marriage.

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Recent disagreements including Jon Huntsman: Huntsman recently accused Romney of liking to fire people. In Romney's defense he told the people that the word were taken out of context as he was talking about insurance companies the need to make there own choices. Position on five key issues-:

Social Security,-Q: When it comes to reforming Social Security, is anything from your perspective off the table? HUNTSMAN: I don't think anything should be off the table except maybe some of the drama that's playing out here on this floor today. All I know is that we're frightening the American people who just want solutions. And this party isn't going to win in 2012 unless we get our act together and fix the problem. We all know that we've got entitlement problems, we've got Medicare, we've got Social Security--the fixes are there. The Ryan plan is there, for heaven's sake. We've got the answers. We don't have leadership. That's the problem.

Tax Reform- I want to eliminate loop holes and make the code flatter and simpler. Rather than tinker with a broken and outdated tax system, I propose bold reform which eliminates loopholes, special interest carve-outs and subsidies, while lowering rates across the board to make our tax code flatter, fairer, simpler and more conducive to growth. I also purpose on cutting half the taxes on food.We established a dual tax system, now recognized nationally, that gives individual taxpayers the choice of either paying under our old income tax system or simply paying a flat 5.35 percent in income taxes.

Jobs/ how he plans to fix the problem-This is a human tragedy playing out, with 15 million unemployed, so many million beyond who are so dispirited, they've absolutely given up. I would drop three things on the doorstep of Congress to change and turn the situation around: 1) my tax reform package, endorsed by the Wall Street Journal; 2) serious regulatory reform, Dodd-Frank, Obamacare repealed; 3) energy independence. Converting to natural gas is a 500,000 job creator.

Abortion- Huntsman said that there should be no truce on abortion when it comes to balancing social and economic issues. "I do not believe the Republican party should focus only on our economic life--to the neglect of our human life,"he said.

Budget and economy-I've come out with a tax program that basically simplifies rate. We need to clear out the deductions, the loopholes, the corporate welfare, and all the subsidies. But the thing that you all need to be worried about is the debt that is coming your way, because we have a cancer that is eating away at the core of this country called debt. And it's going to eat alive this country until your generation gets active in the 2012 election cycle and finds a leader who can address debt and growth.

He has made 55 visits in the past 30 days, which is over twice as much as Mitt Romney, who has made 21. He has made 155 visits since June of 2011. He has built a strong base in New Hampshire. He was one of the first supporters of Jon McCain, and McCain thinks Huntsman would make a good president. Horizon PAC is a supporter of his campaign. He got 16% of the vote of the primary in New Hampshire

Questions- 1. Why do you not like Iowa? And what is wrong with corn? 2. Why are you for civil unions but not gay marriage? 3. What inspired you to run in the presidential election?

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