10:12 p.m.: "There are things government can do to encourage an economy, and that's invest in infrastructure," Romney said. "But, fundamentally, what creates jobs is not government. It taxes too much, it regulates too much...we have a president who has a very European view, and that would kill the rights of Americans to provide for their future."
10:14 p.m.: "You cannot compete with China in the long run if you do not have the infrastructure," Gingrich said. "I would have an energy program to take us off our dependency [on foreign oil]."
10:15 p.m.: Huntsman said we need to fix the tax code in order to stimulate confidence in the "creative class" in our country.
10:17 p.m.: "Thirty-five percent corporate tax, the highest in the world," hurts American productivity, Santorum said. "It is government taxation, eliminating the corporate tax. I would repeal every one of [Obama's new] regulations."
10:18 p.m.: "Government at all levels consumed 27 percent of our economy during the time of John Adams," Romney said. "Now it consumes almost all our economy. The people that have been hurt in the Obama economy is the middle class. Simplifying the code and broadening the base is the way to go on the tax code, and lets get some relief for middle Americans."
10:20 p.m.: "It's to restore America to our principles," Paul said, on his plan to turn America around. "This is the reason I call for cutting spending. You have to have real cuts. That is what the Republican Party used to stand for. We did it in the depression, and it is only going to end until we understand we have to cut spending."
10:22 p.m.: "We are sitting on 300 years of energy," Perry said, before advocating for opening natural resources open in the U.S. to help make America independent from foreign oil and help pay off the deficit.
--Brandon De Hoyos, Guide to IM
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