Personally, I like the guy and he's my front runner.
Great interview. He answered a lot of questions that I have seen raised here on FR. As far as I am concerned, he is the front runner.
I agree. And I think the RATS know that this could be the man. They hit him right off the bat with both barrels and tried to trash his religious belief. And it is puzzling how many thing that have been said about his religion and it shows their ignorance. RATS could twist anything to make a person look bad and it will never let up no matter who is selected except McNut. He is a RAT in disguise.
BZZZZT! That money has already been taxed. Someone dies, leaves the money to their kids, and the government taxes them again...at a higher rate then the money was taxed in the first place.
That is what isn't fair.
Pretty good interview though. I couldn't zing him on much else, and I wouldn't expect him to present a platform or plan until he officially announced.
I'll give him a chance. McCain is my only "flat no".
If Romney took a workable healthcare solution for Massachusetts and immediately claimed it a panacea and model for the nation it would be very troubling. That's the type of shallow thinking one would expect from a career politician with no business experience; to fixate on one system and think it solves everything under all situations. I was eager to hear what Romney would say about the MA approach and its application to the entire nation.
Then along comes this excellent interview with Mitt Romney and a response, excerpted below, to the exact question I needed answered about his CEO skills and approach regarding healthcare solutions for the nation.
It is exactly the response I would have expected from a highly competent and effective CEO. I'm very impressed.
Question: One of the other things you accomplished as governor was a healthcare plan for Massachusetts, which has been both lauded and criticized by some libertarians and conservatives. Is this something you would consider proposing for the federal government as well?
"My current thinking on that is that the states as laboratories really play a very useful role for the nation. There are some aspects of what we proposed and put in our health plan that actually could be helpful for the entire nation and may well figure into national legislation. But there are others that really are peculiar to the state of Massachusetts, and I’d like to see how they work in Massachusetts, and frankly to see what other states do. Because I wouldn’t be surprised if some other states came up with ideas, borrowing from our own experience, that could be better than ours."
"I don’t think we’re ready as a nation to adopt a Massachusetts plan for the entire nation. I’d like to learn more from other states, perhaps take some things that we found and get them under way right away. For instance, all the mandates we put on insurance—that just makes insurance more expensive than it ought to be. There’s a need also to allow people to own their own insurance policy rather than having a company decide which insurance you get. There are features in our plan that I think could be helpful, but time’s going to tell, because we want to hear what other states have to say."
I must admit it was impressive that Mitt Romney proposed a healthcare solution that didn't put higher taxes front and center in a state that is hopelessly liberal. That's political heresy for a state that has the likes of Kerry and Kennedy as Senators. Furthermore, he actually got the plan approved in MA, which required some formidable leadership and communication skills.
"abortion rights"
Romeny's use of this phrase implies a certain position on the issue. His people need to fix this, ASAP. (IMO.)
I think he looks good, and he's already proven that he can get himself elected. He has a national reputation based on his rescue of the Olympics.
As for the flat tax, as he says, it's politically impossible. But we can move in that direction, which is the only way it's going to be done. Simplification, removal of complicated loopholes, flattening of the tax rate, lowering of capital gains. All those things can be done, and will move us in the right direction.
Maybe if we got far enough down that road, we could achieve a flat tax in the future. That's the only way it could ever be done.
And the info is well sourced.
Any interviews where he speaks to the types of judicial candidates he would support for USSC and Appeals?
He has been my choice for a while. I like the guy and believe he will be the nominee. He is a thoughtful speaker and makes sense. I think when many people compare him to Hillary they will see a far more thoughtful candidate and one who has accomplishments.
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