Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says President Barack Obama is mishandling the U.S. economy.

In a recent interview with ABC's Barbara Walters, Palin explained how she would turn things around.

"I would start cutting taxes and allowing our small businesses to keep more of what they are earning, more of what they are producing, more of what they own and earn so that they could start re-investing in their businesses and expand and hire more people," she said. "Not punishing them by forcing health care reform down their throats."

She also gave Obama a four out of 10 his job performance so far.

"I question, too, some of the dithering and hesitation with some of our national security questions that have got to be answered for our country," Palin added. "So a four."

Palin is currently touring the country, promoting her new book, Going Rogue: An American Life.