Posted on 12/14/2010 11:49:37 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
On the same day that it was announced that Oregon remains mired in a 10.6 percent jobless rate, Republican Mitt Romney published an op-ed piece saying that unemployment insurance ought to replaced with a privatized insurance system.
Of course, Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is looking toward running for president again in 2012. And his piece in USA Today - which denounces the tax deal President Barack Obama reached with Republican leaders - was aimed at inciting a little buzz among conservative activists. It may not have the short-hand verve of one of Sarah Palin's tweets, but Romney is getting a fair amount of attention on the political blogs.
Romney's argument is that providing extentions for the current unemployment system (which was part of the Obama tax deal) just exacerbates unemployment. Writes Romney:
In this, as in so many other arenas of government policy, unemployment insurance has many unintended effects. The indisputable fact is that unemployment benefits, despite a web of regulations, actually serve to discourage some individuals from taking jobs, especially when the benefits extend across years.
I doubt this is an idea that will get political traction in Oregon, where our unemployment rate has hovered between 10.5 and 10.7 percent for the last 13 months. And I haven't heard anyone in elected office here suggesting that our problem is an overly generous unemployment insurance program.
Of course, it's safe to say that Oregon won't be much of a player in the Republican presidential race in 2012. Besides our primary being late in the season, we're not much of a target for the GOP in presidential races. The Republicans, remember, have not won the state's electoral votes since 1984.
Is there anybody, anywhere, who follows anything Romney has to say? He is the subject of a psychological boycott. Hearing no Romney, Seeing no Romney, Speaking no Romney.
Poof. He has vanished.
YouTube has made politicians of his ilk unviable. Their words and deeds come back to destroy them.
Post of the Day Nominee.
"Please, please, please, please forget RomneyCare. Please?" - Mitt Romney
Nice try Mittens. You will NEVER remove the stain of Romneycare.
You may as well have suggested Romneyployment as a replacement for the current unemployment process.
FUMR
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Most people tracking which 2012 candidates oppose the tax bill are still showing Palin as an “unknown” — apparently they don’t understand her tweet, or think it wasn’t a clear statement of her own views.
If Obamacare is deem unconstitutional (POTUS) and the public mandate is thrown out, can some sharp lawyer try to challenge the MA health care law?
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