Ain't America a wonder.
Additional fodder:
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Fun facts about Mitt Romney <http://thinkprogress.org/romney-facts> *
1. As head of the investment company Bain Capital, Mitt Romney laid off
thousands of workers.
2. Mitt Romney's advice on the foreclosure crisis: "Don't try and stop
the foreclosure process."
3. The former Bain Capital managing director said of Mitt Romney's
tenure: "We had a scheme where the rich got richer."
4. Mitt Romney set up shell companies in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda
to avoid U.S. taxes.
8. Mitt Romney's plan for a "middle class tax cut" would provide zero
benefits to 73.9 percent of the middle class.
10. Under Mitt Romney's leadership, Massachusetts ranked 47th among the
50 states in job creation.
13. Mitt Romney has proposed tax cuts for the rich and corporations that
would cost $7.8 trillion over 10 years.
16. Mitt Romney's top economic adviser Greg Mankiw said the "offshoring"
of American jobs was a good thing.
17. Mitt Romney called for taxes on the poor, saying low-income
Americans having no income tax liability is "a problem" that will "kill
the country."
21. Mitt Romney would repeal the Dodd-Frank bill, which regulates the
risky practices that led to the 2008 crisis.
23. Mitt Romney: "Corporations are people, my friend."
24. In 1996, Mitt Romney called the flat tax a "tax cut for fat cats."
In 2011, Romney said "I love a flat tax."
25. Mitt Romney supports privatizing Social Security.
26. Mitt Romney defended his belief that we "should consider a higher
retirement age" for Social Security and Medicare to preserve tax breaks
for corporations.
29. As governor, Mitt Romney vetoed a minimum wage increase to $8 an hour.
30. Mitt Romney said he "cannot see that a Cabinet position would be
justified" for an American Muslim.
31. Mitt Romney opposes troop withdrawal from Iraq.
33. Mitt Romney vowed to increase the size of the military by 100,000
troops.
35. Mitt Romney wanted "bombardment" of Iran.
36. Mitt Romney advocated doubling the size of Guantanamo.
43. Mitt Romney won't say whether he thinks waterboarding is torture.
46. Mitt Romney supports drilling for oil in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge.
47. Mitt Romney considers liquid coal a "clean" technology, though it
emits more greenhouse gasses than oil.
50. Today, Mitt Romney says a cap and trade program would have
"devastating results for people across the planet." In 2005, Romney said
he was "convinced" that cap and trade was "good business."
53. Mitt Romney supports penalties for doctors who perform an abortion.
54. Mitt Romney wants to see Roe v. Wade overturned.
55. Mitt Romney used to say he was pro-choice, and now he's "avidly
pro-life."
56. Mitt Romney would "absolutely" support a state constitutional
amendment to define life as beginning at conception, which would
restrict women's right to an abortion.
62. Mitt Romney has signed the National Organization for Marriage
anti-gay campaign pledge, calling for a federal amendment outlawing
same-sex marriage.
76. Mitt Romney reversed his campaign position, enacting abstinence-only
sex education in schools.
83. As of October 2011, Mitt Romney has raised more than five times as
much money from Wall St. employees as Obama, raising $1.5 million.
85. Mitt Romney said he finds "it hard to disagree with Rush Limbaugh on
topics."
LOTS MORE <http://thinkprogress.org/romney-facts>
On 11/10/2011 8:07 AM, Ray Harrell wrote:
Now we know what a Mormon Bishop considers important.
REH
Romney Plan Would Enact 'Deep' Cuts for Arts, Humanities Endowments
USA Today, 11/3/11
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