#co

And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#beyond #competitiveness #country #currency #debt

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#earned #economic #economic recovery #entrepreneurs #must

For those of us who have lived abroad and seen our nation in a highly competitive 21st century, and kind of see where this world is going - unless we are able to strengthen our core, we're going to see the end of the American century. And that is totally unacceptable. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#able #abroad #american #american century #century

I can't stomach the thought that we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less viable, less good, less competitive, less compassionate than the one we got. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#competitive #country #down #generation #good

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#brother #courage #endures #laughter #offers

I love music, I love all kinds of music, particularly jazz. Jazz is an extension of America. There's no other country in the world that could have produced jazz. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#could #country #extension #i #i love

I'm not sure it's the stimulus money that will necessarily allow the economy to recover. It will help to fortify our budgets, frankly, to ensure that there isn't as much backsliding in the areas of education and healthcare, for example. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#areas #backsliding #budgets #economy #education

If you can't define a winning exit strategy for the American people, where we somehow come out ahead, then we're wasting our money, and we're wasting our strategic resources. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#american #american people #come #define #exit

In our own state, we came up with, I think, what was a very novel approach to closing the gap on the uninsured. To harmonize medical records - which was a major step in getting costs out of the system. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#came #closing #costs #gap #getting

It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#always #cop #i #incendiary #interests