TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- "Jobs" is the four-letter word this campaign season, but how do Republican candidates think they can put more people back to work?
All the candidates agree on some core ideas, like repealing President Obama's Healthcare Reform Act and removing regulations they say hurt hiring.
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They also agree on lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent although the amounts vary.
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman support a 25 percent rate. Texas governor Rick Perry wants 20 percent; Ron Paul supports 15 percent, and Newt Gingrich 12.5 percent.
Rep. Michele Bachmann supports 9 percent while former Pennsylvania senator and congressman Rick Santorum said that doesn't go far enough. He said he would eliminate taxes on businesses altogether, arguing the money companies would save on taxes would lead to more hiring and more jobs, spending and growth.
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Perry also proposes letting American companies bring money invested overseas back to the U.S. with a 5.25 percent tax to encourage U.S. investments.
All the candidates said they will shrink the size of government; Ron Paul went as far as eliminating five cabinet level departments, and Bachmann will stop what she called job-killing environmental regulations.
The EPA isn't popular with the GOP field of candidates. Gingrich said he would rename it the Environmental Solutions Agency.
Romney would use immigration as a job creator, saying that lawful immigrants make up 8 percent of the population, but start 16 percent of high-tech companies in the U.S.
He proposed permanent residency to graduates with advanced degrees in math, science and engineering.
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