"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."
The United States sends "$300 billion -- half our trade deficit -- overseas for oil to unstable and unfriendly regimes."
"I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."
Utah was "the No. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service" as governor, with a 5.9 percent increase in jobs.
China is or soon will be "the largest English-speaking nation" in the world.
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