TURBOCAM Hosts GOP Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman

06-Jan-2012 – BARRINGTON, N.H. (U.S.A.) – Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman visited TURBOCAM in Barrington, N.H. on Wednesday, January 4. Huntsman is a politician, businessman, and diplomat who served as the 16th governor of Utah. He also served in the administrations of four United States presidents and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Huntsman was accompanied by his wife Mary Kaye and Tom Ridge (former congressman and governor of Pennsylvania and the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security).

From left: Tom Ridge (former congressman and governor of Pennsylvania and the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Jon Huntsman, and Marian Noronha, TURBOCAM President

While at TURBOCAM, Huntsman toured the manufacturing facilities of the automotive and industrial divisions, spent some time in the cafeteria chatting with employees one-on-one and in small groups, and met with TURBOCAM Founder and President Marian Noronha and his executive team. Huntsman said he is hoping to do well during Tuesday's primary, which he said means he hopes he can exceed the expectations of political pundits and the public. “They say this state loves an underdog,” stated Huntsman. “I am the underdog.”

Huntsman said the country has many citizens looking for jobs. When he was governor of Utah, he said the state was seeing its college graduates leaving, looking for opportunity elsewhere. "We found that we had too many college grads leaving," he said. "We weren't getting our investment in our marketplace. America needs to start exporting to fix its economic deficit. Manufacturing would jump start the economy and move the country forward.”

While chatting with employees, Huntsman fielded numerous questions and shared his positions on a number of issues facing our nation today as follows:

Education Reform: “I was the first governor to reject the unnecessary federal overreach of No Child Left Behind—which imposed a multitude of burdensome mandates and regulations on states—and as president I will seek its full repeal. Our public education system was designed to serve a 19th century economy that no longer exists; it needs to be modernized for the 21st century. Primary education has historically been, and should continue to be, run at the local level. My vision for the federal government’s role in education is to end our ‘one size fits all approach’ and create a new focus on individual students.”

From left:Jon Huntsman, his wife, Mary Kaye, and Marian Noronha, TURBOCAM President

Foreign Policy: “To be good abroad, we must be great at home. America's competitive advantages are impermanent and can be squandered if we are not wise in the management of our resources and in choosing when and where to exercise our power. The world is a better place when America leads. Our own interests are best served when we lead. American exceptionalism is not only about who we are as a people—but it also speaks to how the United States alone is positioned in the world to promote freedom, democracy, human rights, wealth creation, and security. It is a role we should not shrink from, but rather embrace.”

Tax reform: “Over the last 25 years, our tax system has devolved into a maze of credits, deductions, loopholes and temporary provisions, which create fiscal uncertainty and hinder America’s competitiveness. American businesses suffer from the second-highest corporate tax rate in the developed world. High marginal rates also negatively impact small businesses, many of which file as individuals. These rates must be reduced for America to compete in the 21st Century economy.”

Energy Security: “To create jobs and strengthen national security, America must end the scourge of our addiction to foreign oil. Fifty years ago President Eisenhower warned we should import no more than 20 percent of our oil; today we import 60 percent, much of it from unstable and unfriendly regimes. America is drowning in energy resources, yet every year we send $300 billion—half our trade deficit—overseas for oil. That money should be going to American energy suppliers to create American jobs. Moreover, 10 of the last 11 recessions were preceded by sharp spikes in oil prices. When oil prices rise, and motorists and truckers have no choice but to pay more at the pump, it depresses economic growth. Today oil remains in the high 80s, despite a global recession. Imagine where prices will be when the global economy recovers.”