Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled his jobs creation plan two days before President Barack Obama is to address a joint session of Congress.
The former Massachusetts governor delivered a speech in Las Vegas and wrote an opinion piece in the USA Today, introducing a 59-point plan.
“Each proposal is rooted in the conservative premise that government itself cannot create jobs. At best, government can provide a framework in which economic growth can occur,” he wrote in the op-ed.
Romney is calling for lowering corporate tax rates and eliminating taxes on dividends, interest, and capital gains for middle-income American taxpayers. He also proposed confronting nations like China, who are known to violate trade rules and violate intellectual property laws.
His plan generally falls in line with the Republican ethos of cutting taxes and reducing federal government regulations. Romney also touted domestically producing oil, gas, coal, and nuclear energy.
