Romney'a Jobs Plan

On Tuesday September 6, 2011, Mitt Romney gave a speech detailing his plans for creating jobs and growth for America, if and when he becomes President.

To view his whole speech go to

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/RomneyJ

Romney spoke about many things that he is going to do his first day in office. His goal: RESTORE AMERICA TO THE PATH OF ROBUST ECONOMIC GROWTH NECESSARY TO CREATE JOBS.

FIVE BILLS FOR DAY ONE

1. The American Competitiveness Act

• Reduces the corporate income tax rate to 25 percent

2. The Open Markets Act

• Implements the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements

3. The Domestic Energy Act

• Directs the Department of the Interior to undertake a comprehensive survey

of American energy reserves in partnership with exploration companies and

initiates leasing in all areas currently approved for exploration

4. The Retraining Reform Act

• Consolidates the sprawl of federal retraining programs and returns funding and

responsibility for these programs to the states

5. The Down Payment on Fiscal Sanity Act

• Immediately cuts non-security discretionary spending by 5 percent, reducing

the annual federal budget by $20 billion

FIVE EXECUTIVE ORDERS FOR DAY ONE

1. An Order to Pave the Way to End Obamacare

• Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and all relevant federal

officials to return the maximum possible authority to the states to innovate

and design health care solutions that work best for them

2. An Order to Cut Red Tape

• Directs all agencies to immediately initiate the elimination of Obama-era

regulations that unduly burden the economy or job creation, and then caps

annual increases in regulatory costs at zero dollars

3. An Order to Boost Domestic Energy Production

• Directs the Department of the Interior to implement a process for rapid

issuance of drilling permits to developers with established safety records

seeking to use pre-approved techniques in pre-approved areas

4. An Order to Sanction China for Unfair Trade Practices

• Directs the Department of the Treasury to list China as a currency

manipulator in its biannual report and directs the Department of

Commerce to assess countervailing duties on Chinese imports if China

does not quickly move to float its currency

5. An Order to Empower American Businesses and Workers

• Reverses the executive orders issued by President Obama that tilt the

playing field in favor of organized labor, including the one encouraging

the use of union labor on major government construction projects