Forum Post: Finally the Details from the Romney-Ryan Campaign!
Posted 11 years ago on Oct. 17, 2012, 10:50 p.m. EST by WSmith
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Three Takeaways from Last Night's Presidential Debate
10/17/2012
Jackie Tortora
Mitt Romney continues to be disconnected from working families' priorities. Just take a look at his tax and jobs plans he touted during last night's second presidential debate. Romney insisted he could cut tax rates for the wealthiest earners across the board without increasing the deficit or raising taxes on working people. He also touted his five-point jobs plan, which President Obama called out for what it really is:
Gov. Romney doesn't have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan. And that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. That's been his philosophy in the private sector, that's been his philosophy as governor, that's been his philosophy as a presidential candidate.
Here are the three takeaways from last night's debate:
1) There is a stark contrast between President Obama's and Mitt Romney's visions. President Obama laid out a clear vision for economic growth and progress. Romney's ideas are recycled from President Bush. President Obama put forward concrete ideas to invest in American manufacturing, bring jobs from overseas back to the United States and create highly skilled jobs for America's workers. The president's vision includes making sure college and student loans are affordable and available to working families and to invest in new energy resources. Romney's vision is narrow. Its cornerstone is the failed economic policies that got our country into the recession in the first place. We need to move forward, not backward.
2) Romney's tax plan and jobs plan don't add up—he wants to continue the failed economic policies of President Bush. Romney is not giving up his plan to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy (one of the biggest drivers of our deficit). He also claims his jobs plan would create 12 million jobs in his first term. One study points out the tax plan could create 7 million jobs, but that's over 10 years, not four. The Washington Post's Ezra Klein writes:
Worse, the study assumed that a Romney-like tax plan would be completely paid for and would happen in an economy at full employment. Neither is likely.
For his tax plan, the math is even more fuzzy. Bloomberg's Josh Barro writes:
I said Romney's tax plan is mathematically impossible: he can't simultaneously keep his pledges to cut tax rates 20 percent and repeal the estate tax and alternative minimum tax; broaden the tax base enough to avoid growing the deficit; and not raise taxes on the middle class.
3) Romney is only interested in protecting tax breaks and giveaways for the wealthy (like himself). Romney and the GOP continue to insist we cannot allow the Bush-era tax cuts to expire on the wealthiest 2% of taxpayers. They are even willing to hold the middle-class tax cuts hostage to continue these tax breaks millionaires and billionaires simply don't need. Romney is out of touch and clearly doesn't understand what working people go through.
Romney's disconnect from working families was made even more clear when he said it took him 25 years to notice women did not receive equal pay or treatment in the workplace. He needs to pay more attention. Equal pay, education, sensible immigration reform that doesn't rip families apart and creating jobs are issues working people care about. Extending tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% is not the vision we need.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says:
Tonight President Obama drew a stark contrast between Mitt Romney’s vision for the future and his own. In doing so, he could not have made the choice clearer for working families.
There are powerful contrasts in the values of these two people. President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act; Governor Romney touts his “binders full of women.” President Obama favors respect and rights for all people; Governor Romney says immigrants will “self deport” if they are starved of jobs and income. President Obama believes everybody should have a fair shot and play by the same rules and he supports good teachers and education for all our children; Governor Romney believes that if the richest Americans do well, it will solve our nation’s economic problems.
President Obama believes in honoring hard work and respecting the people who do it, whether their name is on the front door or their front pocket. He believes in rebuilding the American manufacturing sector and rebuilding our national infrastructure—so we can strengthen our middle class. He believes in protecting the vital public services Americans rely on, as well as the people who perform them.
In stark contrast, Mitt Romney is advocating for policies that he perfected at Bain Capital: Hollow out the middle class, outsource jobs and give even more tax breaks to the top 2 percent and make working families pay for them. Despite his sudden flip from the "severe conservative" to "Moderate Mitt," we’ve seen him dismiss half the country behind closed doors and sneer at the people who work hard every day and struggle to get by. Working America is a lot smarter than he gives us credit for—and we overwhelmingly reject his core policies that threaten the middle class.
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/%28p%29/49211
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That could keep the righties home through the election, "I almost got it... damn!"
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"Obama (the Muslim terrorist) raised my taxes and caused this here recession."
Hell yeah they're "about [taht] smart!"
In less than three weeks from now we will finally have a leader after a four year absence without one. The GOP is steam rolling forward. Go GOP and the TP, we will make America strong once again
That would be a tragedy for the country and for this new generation.
Fascism sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.romneytaxplan.com/
http://www.rockthevote.com/rtv_voter_registration.html?source=rtv.com-homegraphic
Thanks for replying and thanks for your support for the TP and the GOP
Neither candidate has a plan, because neither party will allow for what is needed.
Best to stop fantisizing and start planning for the future.
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So the Dems are for lowering the costs for businesses as far as moving back, but not once they are here?
Listen, these two parties are fuckin useless. They're bought out. Banks got bailed out, we got sold out.
Good night.
Giving someone a 20% tax break on moving costs is going to do nothing in terms of addressing the trade problems with China. NOTHING.
How can you not see that?
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Thats a fuckin pathetic piss poor, sell out total cop out plan. IF thats their fuckin starting point on dealing with the trade issues, then they are fuckin incompetent of leading.
Do you have any clue what leadership is? What it means?
This bill is garbage., Useless chicken shit crap. Total cop opt, total garbage. If thats what the party managed to put together to get this thing fixed, this trade mess that both parties swept into existence a couple decades ago, then WE ARE FUCKED.
I dont have time for people who are elected leaders, and dont have the fuckin balls to make a stand. Thats why we occupy. Because they are incapable of leading. Fuck em. THATS on top of their to-do list?! THAT? !!
Where the fuck are the leaders?
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Look over there! A Unicorn is getting away!!
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Don't give the confused undecideds and thirds ANY encouragement. Didn't see you on twitter yesterday.
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Yes, you're right. Unity makes strength. We've got the numbers, we just don't have the unity. Hmmm, wonder how that happened?
Have fun voting for more killing and more war.
Keep focusing on unicorns while innocent people lose their lives.
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Keep eroding the only real opposition to fascist dictatorship, which allowed 9-11 and got us into two life and treasure wasting wars and the greatest bank heist in world history! Abstinence is what the GOP wants.
It was Dems and Reps and Clinton that repealed Glass Steagal and allowed the banks to turn everyones home into their own personal slot machine.
Isn't the exceptionable, nuanced, messy, world of reality wonderful !?!
Always makes you think.
Too bad some can't keep up.
Awful that some exploit that.
The right wants people to vote 3rd party, as does the left, as long as its going against their opposite base.
Gary Johnson seems to be ahead of Jill and Rocky in the polls, so it looks like by your theory he will actually be helping you.
Libertarians are Republicons.
http://www.rockthevote.com/rtv_voter_registration.html?source=rtv.com-homegraphic
http://www.romneytaxplan.com/
Libertarians are libertarians. That's why there is a Libertarian party.
They will be splitting up the vote. That was my point.
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