CNN 2015 GOP primary debate: on Corporations


Carly Fiorina: I got fired because I challenged the status quo

I led Hewlett Packard through the worst technology recession in 25 years. Yes, we had to make tough choices, and in doing so, we saved 80,000 jobs. As for the firing, I have been honest about this from the day it happened. When you challenge the status quo, you make enemies. The man that led my firing, Tom Perkins, just took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to say he was wrong,
Source: 2015 Republican two-tiered primary debate on CNN Sep 16, 2015

George Pataki: 12% manufacturing tax rate, so we'll make things in America

SANTORUM [to Pataki]: My 20/20 plan will put a 20% rate on corporations. We allow for expensing, we have a three year phase in. We start at zero for manufacturers, phase it up to 20. You're going to see an enormous investment of capital and equipment.

PATAKI: I agree with Rick on manufacturing, but my approach is different. I would pass a rate on manufacturing of 12%, the lowest in the developed world so we can make things in America again. I know how important those jobs are. When I went through college, Christmas and summer vacations, I worked in a factory. My grandparents worked in a factory. We have the opportunity now with lower energy costs, with the world labor cost getting higher, to make things in America so we don't have to worry about China. Lower the tax burden on manufacturing; improve the work skills of Americans; get rid of job killing regulations.

Source: 2015 Republican two-tiered primary undercard debate on CNN Sep 16, 2015

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