costs of manufacturing in this country versus our nine top trading partners we are 20% more expensive. there is no way that we are going be able to keep the jobs from a national security perspective because manufacturing is key to our security to be able to have products that are essential for our national security to be made here in america. but it is also key for wealth creation and particularly wealth creation for the blew collar workers in america. i disagree with those folks. we do need to have a different rate of tax to compete against the chinas and the mexicos. chris: the counter to that, the argument would be that you are picking winners and losers and you are using the tax code to establish an industrial policy. let me give you one other example of this, sir,, if i may. you have a plan as part of your tax plan you would triple the tax credit for children. the wall street journal editorial-page says this. mr. santorum is essentially agreeing with liberals who
throughout. and the reason that i believe it will work is because it does focus not just on the knowledge based economy and we are competing and those who are white collar workers so to speak are doing well but you with low rates of unemployment about 4.3% but the rest of the folks in the economy have double digit still double digit unemployment and we need to create opportunities and i believe it is in the manufacturing sector. you have seen what [ applause ] you see what boeing has done here to the low country. the low he country has obviously a very diverse economy but manufacturing is what creates wealth. we have seen it up in the upstate. just the vitality of having those workers. and it is not just blue collar workers in manufacturing. designers and engineers. a robust cross section of the economy that can grow. we take the corporate tax for manufacturing and eliminate it. we have seen our workforce cut in half in america in manufacturing from 21% of the
than any other plans put throughout. and the reason that i believe it will work is because it does focus not just on the knowledge based economy and we are competing and those who are white collar workers so to speak are doing well but you with low rates of unemployment about 4.3% but the rest of the folks in the economy have double digit still double digit unemployment and we need to create opportunities and i believe it is in the manufacturing sector. you have seen what [ applause ] you see what boeing has done here to the low country. the low he country has obviously a very diverse economy but manufacturing is what creates wealth. we have seen it up in the upstate. just the vitality of having those workers. and it is not just blue collar workers in manufacturing. designers and engineers. a robust cross section of the economy that can grow. we take the corporate tax for manufacturing and eliminate it. we have seen our workforce cut in half in america in
costs of manufacturing in this country versus our nine top trading partners we are 20% more expensive. there is no way that we are going be able to keep the jobs from a national security perspective because manufacturing is key to our security to be able to have products that are essential for our national security to be made here in america. but it is also key for wealth creation and particularly wealth creation for the blew collar workers in america. i disagree with those folks. we do need to have a different rate of tax to compete against the chinas and the mexicos. chris: the counter to that, the argument would be that you are picking winners and losers and you are using the tax code to establish an industrial policy. let me give you one other example of this, sir,, if i may. you have a plan as part of your tax plan you would triple the tax credit for children. the wall street journal editorial-page says this. mr. santorum is essentially agreeing with liberals who
throughout. and the reason that i believe it will work is because it does focus not just on the knowledge based economy and we are competing and those who are white collar workers so to speak are doing well but you with low rates of unemployment about 4.3% but the rest of the folks in the economy have double digit still double digit unemployment and we need to create opportunities and i believe it is in the manufacturing sector. you have seen what [ applause ] you see what boeing has done here to the low country. the low he country has obviously a very diverse economy but manufacturing is what creates wealth. we have seen it up in the upstate. just the vitality of having those workers. and it is not just blue collar workers in manufacturing. designers and engineers. a robust cross section of the economy that can grow. we take the corporate tax for manufacturing and eliminate it. we have seen our workforce cut in half in america in manufacturing from 21% of the