Economics
Jeb Bush: America Should Achieve More Than Twice the GDP Growth Rate It Had Under George W. Bush
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush listens to his introduction before speaking at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, November 20, 2014 in Washington, DC.
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That wasn't quite how he phrased it, but in his Detroit speech the former governor of Florida said that America needed faster economic growth, less encumbered by Washington regulators.
"If a law or a rule doesn’t contribute to growth, why do it?" asked Bush. "If a law subtracts from growth, why are we discussing it? And for what it’s worth, I don’t think the U.S. should settle for anything less than 4 percent growth a year–which is about twice our current average."