When I see Romney on TV speaking, especially when he’s saying something that he thinks conservatives want to hear, his eyes appear hollow and he looks as if he’s reading off of a cue card or teleprompter. There is no passion or conviction in his voice or delivery. His eyes always look wild and that he’s nervous about what he is saying. That, to me, is a phony, and Romney personifies that.
Given his record as Governor of Massachusetts, his public statements, and the content of his campaign web site, there is reason to be concerned about Romney’s mental model of how the economy works.
First of all, anyone who has ever been a CEO knows that a 59-point plan is no plan at all. A CEO cannot really have more than three priorities at one time.
Given the fundamental nature of the job of a CEO, it is disquieting that Romney’s 59 points are not grouped in any way, and that they seem to be in no particular order.
That Romney’s plan doesn’t mention “money” (i.e., errors made by the Federal Reserve) at all should be of great concern to voters.
...the electorate absolutely must have more from a Republican candidate for president.
Cutting our corporate income tax rate to 25% would (at best) catch us up to where other countries are right now. It would not provide an incentive for multinational companies to refocus their investment programs on the U.S.
The third big problem with Governor Romney’s plan is his proposal to eliminate the capital gains tax, but only for people making less than $200,000 a year. In other words, only for people who do not create lots of new jobs. This is economically insane.
Romney knows that America needs such a strategic thinker as its next president, and he also knows that he isn’t one