Given the content of Mr. Romney's Nevadan victory speech, I was left wondering which orifice he was using giving it. The major belief he holds is balancing the budget without raising taxes, while shrinking the government. I must have missed a few gems while I was orally eliminating a great deal of profanity as well as everything I have eaten for the past few weeks. I expected him to say he believed in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy which would have brought him a tad closer to some sort of reality.
His supporters were ooh-ing and ah-ing like spectators at 4th of July fireworks displays. To hear a bit of this, click here for The Hill report. "Throughout his speech, Romney sought to portray himself as the presumptive Republican nominee. The former Massachusetts governor has won three of the early contests — New Hampshire, Florida and Nevada — but his opponents have pledged that they are not giving up on the race.
Romney tried to contrast his campaign proposals with the economy under Obama. Romney said he is a candidate who cares about Nevadans' problems and would offer them jobs instead of broken promises,( editor's insertion: neglecting to mention how he planned to do it). He peppered his speech with references to Nevada's economy – that its foreclosure rate is the highest in the nation, its 12 percent unemployment and its plummeting home values – to fire up angry voters in a state gave Obama 55 percent of the vote in 2008." Amidst the chorus of 'rom-NEY, rom-NEY, rom-NEY, one could picture the signs of truth if anyone had dared, They might have welcomed visitors to the State with a sign: 'Hypocrisy Spoken Here'
If he complains that Obama didn't achieve what he had promised in the campaign (since he didn't know that Congress planned to deep 6 any ideas he put forth) I can just imagine what we will be hearing about him. He will get rid of 'Obamacare' immediately. He never once mentioned the staff he will have or his Cabinet appointments; he doesn't seem to need any because he knows it all. He believes he will stick to the Constitution (as though President Obama, a constitutional scholar does not understand the Constitution in Romney's eyes.) and will once again turn the country into a place that has freedom of religion. I think I was just regaining consciousness when I heard this part and quickly faded again, missing any of the 'truths' he must have spoken.
Gee, Mom, why didn't you tell me before you died that you were preaching to the choir about truthfulness when you should have been teaching the Republican presidential candidates. Mom, Mom! Can you hear me up there in the Evangelical Heaven?
His supporters were ooh-ing and ah-ing like spectators at 4th of July fireworks displays. To hear a bit of this, click here for The Hill report. "Throughout his speech, Romney sought to portray himself as the presumptive Republican nominee. The former Massachusetts governor has won three of the early contests — New Hampshire, Florida and Nevada — but his opponents have pledged that they are not giving up on the race.
Romney tried to contrast his campaign proposals with the economy under Obama. Romney said he is a candidate who cares about Nevadans' problems and would offer them jobs instead of broken promises,( editor's insertion: neglecting to mention how he planned to do it). He peppered his speech with references to Nevada's economy – that its foreclosure rate is the highest in the nation, its 12 percent unemployment and its plummeting home values – to fire up angry voters in a state gave Obama 55 percent of the vote in 2008." Amidst the chorus of 'rom-NEY, rom-NEY, rom-NEY, one could picture the signs of truth if anyone had dared, They might have welcomed visitors to the State with a sign: 'Hypocrisy Spoken Here'
If he complains that Obama didn't achieve what he had promised in the campaign (since he didn't know that Congress planned to deep 6 any ideas he put forth) I can just imagine what we will be hearing about him. He will get rid of 'Obamacare' immediately. He never once mentioned the staff he will have or his Cabinet appointments; he doesn't seem to need any because he knows it all. He believes he will stick to the Constitution (as though President Obama, a constitutional scholar does not understand the Constitution in Romney's eyes.) and will once again turn the country into a place that has freedom of religion. I think I was just regaining consciousness when I heard this part and quickly faded again, missing any of the 'truths' he must have spoken.
Gee, Mom, why didn't you tell me before you died that you were preaching to the choir about truthfulness when you should have been teaching the Republican presidential candidates. Mom, Mom! Can you hear me up there in the Evangelical Heaven?
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You are absolutely right that Romney does not have a realistic program for balancing the budget. If Mitt wants to avoid burdening the next generation, he needs to promote significant spending cuts.
The problem cannot be solved by new taxes alone. According to the OMB, annual federal tax revenue have rarely exceeded 19% of the GDP, even during the supposed Halcyon days when the top tax rate was 70%. 2011 federal spending amounts to 26% of the GDP; about 40% of last year's spending was borrowed. Even in good times, this level of spending is beyond what can be covered by tax revenue.
Of course, Romney has proposed cutting some unpopular programs, such as foreign aid. But these programs are a fiscal drop in the bucket. The biggest budget items are the entitlement programs and the military, and Romney has ruled out touching any of these programs. Mitt's proposals may be politically popular, but they just don't add up.
The one 2012 candidate who has had the guts to put forward spending cuts big enough to balance the budget is Ron Paul, which is why he has my support.
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