Romney lays out plan to fix economy

CNN ^ | Dec 3, 2009 | CNN

[Diogenesis]

Did bastard Romney help the GOP during Election 2008
when it mattered? No. He did not.

Did bastard Romney call his RomneyBOTs off their attacks against Gov. Palin? No. He did not.

So who cares what bastard Romney says, or does, now.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Romney is a successful businessman, who also successfully led the Winter Olympics.

Say what you want about his political opinions, but you are just wrong to believe he is incapable of speaking to the economy.

Now, if you read his 10-point plan, and have a comment about it, go right ahead.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

“Romney is a successful businessman, who also successfully led the Winter Olympics.”

Well he did keep his buddies out of jail after they bribed the IOC!

[Diogenesis]

Trying to peddle the falsehoods again?

Led the Olympics? You mean he sucked off American taxpayers teat (the ROMNEY WAY)
and tried to take credit for himself (preObama, is he not?)

And let us be historically correct.

ROMNEY TANKED MASSACHUSETTS compared to others states:

Mitt Romney got a "C" rating from CATO.
And that was BEFORE Romney's failure re: Socialized medicine.

"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace."

[Las Vegas Ron]

Repealing the offshore funds repatriation tax and then taxing monies that are sent south of the boarder would go a long way too.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Ten Point Plan. Which points are good, which are bad?:

1. Repair the stimulus. Freeze the funds that haven't yet been spent and redirect them to immediate, private sector job-creation priorities.
2. Create tax incentives that promote business expansion and hiring. For example, install a robust investment tax credit, permit businesses to expense capital purchases made in 2010, and reduce payroll taxes. These will reignite construction, technology and a wide array of capital goods industries, and lead to expanded employment.
3. Prove to the global investors that finance America's debt that we are serious about reining in spending and becoming fiscally prudent by adopting limits on non-military discretionary spending and reforming our unsustainable, unfunded entitlements. These are key to strengthening the dollar, reducing the threat of rampant inflation and holding down interest rates.
4. Close down any talk of carbon cap-and-trade. It will burden consumers and employers with billions in new costs. Instead, greatly expand our commitment to natural gas and nuclear, boosting jobs now and reducing the export of energy jobs and dollars later.
5. Tell the unions that job-stifling "card check" legislation is off the table. Laying new burdens on small business will kill entrepreneurship and job creation.
6. Don't allow a massive tax increase to go into effect in 2011 with the expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. The specter of more tax-fueled government spending and the reduction of capital available for small business will hinder investment and business expansion.
7. New spending should be strictly limited to items that are critically needed and that we would have acquired in the future, such as new military equipment to support our troops abroad and essential infrastructure at home.
8. Install dynamic regulations for the financial sector — rules that are up to date, efficient and not excessively burdensome. But do not so tie up the financial sector with red tape that we lose a vital component of our economic system.
9. Open the doors to trade. Give important friends like Colombia favored trade status rather than bow to protectionist demands. Now is the time for aggressive pursuit of opportunities for new markets for American goods, not insular retrenchment.
10. Stop frightening the private sector by continuing to hold GM stock, by imposing tighter and tighter controls on compensation, and by pursuing a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers. Government encroachment on free enterprise is depressing investment and job creation.

I would think that we'd have agreement on 2,3,4,5,6,7, and 10.

Item 1 might be good, the devil's in the details. Certainly freezing the current plan is good -- whether we should spend ANY money on "fixing" it depends on what the specific things are -- tax cuts would be nice.

I like item 9, but I know some conservatives don't support "free trade".

Item 8 might be good, we need to get rid of some regulation, again though the devil is in the details.

And of course, there may be things missing that should be considered.

Or we could refuse to discuss the list, or consider any of the suggestions, because of our personal animus toward the author.

[Pox]

F U Romney.

[GOP_Lady]

I would be more than happy to discuss the ten items, Charles. Too many people are out of work in this country, and it is sad and very troubling. I'm getting concerned that 10% unemployment will become the norm. My brother-in-law has lost two jobs in the last four years. Mr. Romney has definitely thought this through, and most of it seems very good, upon first glance. I like the timing of this, too — on the day of the “White House Jobs Summit.” Whether it be Mr. Romney or another Republican, I would be eager to hear their solutions on the economy. It will not be an easy fix.

[mkjessup]

[GOP_Lady]

Here is a link to the Op Ed. I was so busy yesterday that I missed it.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/12/column-mr-president-heres-how-to-lift-our-economy.html#more

[Tennessee Nana]

FOFLMBO

[muleskinner]

"..and by pursuing a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers."

What's that? Looks like he said the right thing, even if he didn't make a whole bullet point about it. It's in the last bullet point.

Regardless of his positions or former positions on conservative hot-button issues, he does know economics, and with the economy the way it is, he can get traction with that.

[dirtboy]

Nine of ten are solid. But the first item is misdirected:

Repair the stimulus. Freeze the funds that haven't yet been spent and redirect them to immediate, private sector job-creation priorities.

How about we simply repay the money we borrowed in the first place?

And it should have been replaced with a call to end health care reform - which adds just as much uncertainty, if not more, than cap-and-trade that Romney does mention. But, then again, Romney's self-aggrandizing claim to fame is his own health care legislation, so he's not about to criticize the concept of a national bill, is he?

[Diogenesis]

Here is a picture of your RINO chameleon bastard imposing a bankrupt economy upon Massachusetts' citizens
as the carpetbagger imposes RomneyCARE, RomneyDeathPanels, and socialized medicine (all without a citizens' vote)
(before he fled out to the other coast
after also imposing gay marriage on the citizens, also without their vote).

[CharlesWayneCT]

So you believe that government controls economies, and the governors of states are the prime movers in state economies?

Couldn’t be the entire regulatory structure of the far-left Mass. legislature makes Mass. a bad place for business, could it? Nah. Must be the Governor.

And yes, he did successfully oversee the winter olympics. the definition of derangement symptom is being incapable of recognizing any good thing done by those you hate.

Still, my argument was that Romney knew about business, not that he knew how to get a legislature to do his bidding.

[C19fan]

I missed that part but basically one can interpret the quote as Romney supports Obamacare without the public option. Considering Obamacare is the number 1 domestic issue Romney making a side comment about just the public option speaks volumes.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don’t care if HE gets traction or not. I’d just like to be able to discuss economic issues without the mitt-haters refusing to discuss how to fix things simply because Romney mentioned it.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I mean, if Palin would issue a 10-point plan, we could just discuss that. I don’t care who wrote it.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Wow, thank you so much. I’ve NEVER seen That picture before. How could I be here so long at FR and yet NEVER have seen that revealing picture? My entire life is changed now. Thank you.

[Diogenesis]

Charles, no matter what Romney did, according to you,
Romney has no responsibility.

Well, here is a reasoned response:

Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's past behavior. Use evasion - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's past behavior. Attack poster and all other GOP candidates - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's past abdication to Democrats - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's appointment of corrupt, liberal pro-criminal judges, overlooking GOP candidates - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's usurping Mass Constitution - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's wussiness to criticism using tears and fabricated 'religious persecution' - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney is the MSM's choice because they have files already prepared against him - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's coverup of the "Big Dig" for donations - check.
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's bankruptcy of Mass for his HillaryCARE=RomneyCARE - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's refusal to let citizens vote on his socialist plans - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's targetting of other GOP candidates - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's decimation of Mass GOP and that he couldn't win Mass to Hillary -check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's real impact on Massachusetts - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's federal bailout of the Olympics - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's begging for a federal bailout of RomneyCARE - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's use of fake law enforcement officers (caught in at least two states) - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore TeamROMNEY's attacks on Gov. Palin and her children - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Use "Hate" as RomneyBOT Codeword to stop criticism of Romney - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Use "Bigot" as RomneyBOT Codeword to stop criticism of Romney - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Falsely claim Romney is a "winner" when he buys votes, cheats, and whines - check
Action of RomneyBOT - Ignore Romney's past behavior. Change the subject quickly - check