Romney pulls out the PowerPoint! Tax Cuts Hoy!

My Man Mitt.com ^ | 2/12/07 | Justin

[RightSideRedux]

Here's a quick excerpt from Gov. Romney's address in Detroit this last week. One thing I love about this clip. He brings out the PowerPoint in full force! A picture says a thousand words

[RightSideRedux]

You gotta love the PowerPoint!

[manapua]

I'll take the New Yorker over the Masshole, thanks.

[tiger-one]

All show and no go. Mitt should have referred to a flat tax or the fair tax...then into what if. What if he is elected president, and the commies get bigger majority in both houses, leading to them overriding and POTUS Veto?

Mitt, at this point there are more important items you should put on the power point, abortion , right to bear arms as supported by the Constitution, and the WOT.

[pookie18]

I'll take either over the faux NYer...

[misterrob]

Ensuring our country's financial future is as important as any other item on the agenda. Unfair taxation and continued confiscation of private property are BS. Look at Eurabia and their reliance upon Muslim immigrants to fund nanny state programs. Tell me their society isn't swirling in a giant toilet bowl.

[Unmarked Package]

Pat Toomey, the President of The Club for Growth (and the man that should have replaced Arlen Specter in the Senate), liked Romney's economic policy speech. This is what he said about it:

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Washington – As part of the Club for Growth’s ongoing analysis of presidential candidates and their economic policies, the Club for Growth commends Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for promoting a pro-growth, limited government agenda in his speech before the Detroit Economic Club today. The Club’s President, Pat Toomey, highlighted Governor Romney’s call for permanent tax cuts, tax reform, spending discipline, regulatory relief starting with the reform of Sarbanes-Oxley, and tort reform as “solidly pro-growth.”

“Governor Romney outlined today an economic platform that is, generally speaking, very pro-growth despite the surprising limit he suggests for tax-free savings,” Toomey said. “As the governor develops the specifics of his economic policies, we hope he will boldly build upon the limited government, free-market policies he discussed today.”

“The other presidential candidates should follow Governor Romney’s lead and propose similar, if not more extensive, measures to protect American taxpayers and promote continued economic expansion.” ____________________________

My favorite parts of Romney's economic plan are these points:

TAX FREE SAVINGS: Governor Romney Proposes Allowing People To Save Tax Free. "It is time to make saving easy in America. I believe people should be allowed to earn interest, dividends and capital gains up to a certain amount a year, tax free and without restrictions on how or when their savings and investments are spent. As an example, let's say we chose $5,000 for joint filers as the annual tax free figure for dividends, interest and capital gains. This would help middle class families to be able to save and to invest - and spend their savings the American way: any way they want."

FISCAL DISCIPLINE: Unless Given The Line-Item Veto, Governor Romney Would Veto Any Appropriations Bills If They Exceed Spending Targets. "I have a fairly simple idea for keeping spending in check. Give Congress a spending target and then insist that it is met. If Congress does not meet the spending targets, then its appropriations bills should be vetoed. I regularly exercised my veto power while governor. The alternative is for the Congress to vest the President with a power held in some form by 43 governors, including this Governor - the line-item veto."

[TChris]

Mitt, at this point there are more important items you should put on the power point, abortion , right to bear arms as supported by the Constitution, and the WOT.

So, your arguing that he should have talked about something other than economics in front of the Detroit Economic Club?

[DBrow]

Liberals were in charge of Congress for much of Mitt's ppt graph.

To assume a linearly increasing tax because "they" come into power is fear mongering.

Taxes went up and down before, yet his chart shows two choices- flat at 18% or increasing to infinity.

I think the tax cuts should be made permanent, but Mitt's case is exxagerated.

[Bommer]

I'll take the New Yorker over the Masshole, thanks.

"WOW! Thank you! Thank you very much!"