Showing posts with label American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American. Show all posts

Thursday, September 27, 2012

WHIPLASH...........

ACTUALLY....... Mitt Romney proceeded to offensively attack the dignity, offend and insult 47% of the American people, which includes not just the poor but also working-class families, members of the military and the elderly. He said  "it wasn't his job to worry about those people".  Well, that disgusting statement didn't do much for him, so.... last Sunday night he told Scott Pelley, on 60 Minutes, that he cares about 100% of the people.  He said he was in this race for the poor and the middle class. That was not just a flip-flop, it was a backwards double-sumersault whiplash!!

The only 100% that Governor Romney cares about are himself and his wealthy cronies.  For instance:
  •  Romney wants to cut service personnel, their pay, their health care and their pensions
  •  Romney wants to privatize the United States Post Office
  •  He wants to cut back on fire fighters and police officers 
  •  The EPA - a little cut back there.  Do you think Romney cares if we have clean air, or clean water
  •  He plans to privatize Social Security-you can put a little money aside each month for your retirement
  •  Romney would "get rid of" Medicare.  He'd issue vouchers and you can buy your own health care
  •  He would end FEMA.  Cantor says fine, but only after he's sure it provides aid to his territory first.
  •  Romney will privatize schools.  If he closes public schools and have children go to private schools with vouchers, this would eliminate union teachers.  The private schools could choose whatever they want for tuition or deny students whom they consider unfit to go to their schools.  The private schools do not have to accept the public school children.
  •  Romney would do away with the hiring of teachers with 'highly qualified certification' requirements and block grants for money for states that adapt policies focused on improving teacher effectiveness.
  •  Romney says that classroom size doesn't matter to students, and doesn't impact educational outcomes.  After all his elite schools had classrooms of 14 students, Romney's children had just 11
  • He supports low interest rates on student loans on a temporary basis.  His best advice for students trying to figure out how to afford college "shop around, borrow money from your parents".
  • Planned Parenthood, he'll git rid of that, never mind the 3 million patients that depended on that last year
  • Taxes - the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
  • Obamacare - he'd repeal most of that on his first day in office 

 "WHEN  THE  RICH  WAGE  WAR,  IT'S  THE  POOR  WHO  DIE"

Monday, September 17, 2012

EDUCATING ROMNEY

ACTUALLY...... Mitt Romney is talking tough again.  This time it's about China.  I'm sure he's been advised by many analysts that anything he does with China could be more than disastrous and possibly start a trade war that would hurt both American consumers and workers. Romney contends that he would take a much braver approach to what he calls 'abusive' Chinese trade practices, than President Obama.  He has repeatedly said "one of his first acts as President would be to formally label China a currency manipulator and slap punitive tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S."  He said: "I want to make sure that if a nation cheats like China has cheated, we call them on the carpet and don't let it continue".

Romney's threat could damage the American economy.  I hope he's smart enough (?) to realize that China could retaliate by cutting purchases of U.S. debt and drive up our interest rates.  New tariffs on Chinese exports could increase prices for U.S. consumers.  His proposed actions would seriously damage our relations with the Chinese.  Daniel H, Rosen, an expert on Chinese economy said: "If a Romney presidency starts with aggressive new unilateral tariffs for China, then American firms from General Motors, to General Electric and Microsoft should all plan ahead for retaliatory treatment".

China's official Xinhau news agency said in a strongly worded English-language commentary  that "Romney's anti-China rhetoric, if converted into policy upon him assuming office, would trigger a catastrophic trade war and damage the already weak global economic recovery".

"It's rather ironic that a considerable portion of this China-battering politicians wealth was actually obtained by doing business with Chinese companies before he entered politics," Xinhua wrote.  "Such blaming-China-on-everything remarks are as false as they are foolish, for it has never been a myth that pushing up the value of China's currency would be of  litttle use to boost the chronically slack job market of the world's sole superpower, not to mention to magically turn the poor U.S. economic performance around."

Romney has repeatedly pledged, if elected, to get tougher with China on it's trade and currency practices, including to quickly declare China a currency manipulator.

DOESN'T HE KNOW THAT CHINA WON'T TAKE ANY CRAP FROM HIM ??

Sunday, July 22, 2012

HE SQUAWKS LIKE A DUCK, WALKS LIKE A DUCK, BUT IS HE REALLY A.........

ACTUALLY.....According to an ad that ran recently, the RNC obviously wants the American people to ignore what our President has delivered on promises he made four years ago.  These are just a few of those promises, and results, that the Republicans should be reminded of.

1.  The President promised to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Now our dependence level has hit a 16 year low.
2.  He promised to change the tax code to support the middle-class instead of the wealthy.  He has delivered numerous tax cuts for middle-class families and small business.
3.  He pledged to make sure that community colleges prepare students for jobs in local industries.  He invested $2 million in community college and workforce training, and announced a Community College Career Fund to make that happen.
4.  He said he'd fight for American manufacturing.  Since 2010, the U.S. has created over 460,000 manufacturing jobs.
5.  He said that the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy was "counterproductive" and unfair.  In 2010 he sign its repeal.
6.  The President promised to make College more affordable.  He doubled funding for Pell Grants and is capping student loan programs.
7.  He promised to deliver health care reform so families could afford quality care.  In 2010, he signed the Affordable Care Act into law.

The Ad that was produced merely reflects negative tactics from Mitt Romney and the GOP to attack the President and try to upgrade their image in the voters eyes.  Romneys own strategist said that "it's clear that the negative ads are what's keeping Romney alive" and added that even Republican voters "will not vote for Mitt Romney unless they are forced into it, and the way they're forced into it is when he beats the other guy senseless".  Now, I ask you,  is that the kind of thing that the Mormon Church teaches??

Of course, we all know about Romneys deep pockets and that with the help of his PAC's he can produce numerous negative ads.  Gov. Romney is used to getting what he wants, he was raised that way, even if he sacrifices the truth in doing so.

O.K.  Mitt Romney - you proved you can talk the talk, now can you walk the walk!