Posted on 12/23/2019 8:31:01 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Mitt Romney caught the notice of many folks in Washington when he signed onto a bill with his Democratic Senate colleague, Michael Bennet.
Bennet is a serious lawmaker, and we’ve found some of his proposals appealing in the past, such as a lifetime ban on lobbying by former congressmen. Romney has a long history of bipartisanship, too. He was, after all, the governor of Massachusetts.
But the latest Bennet-Romney proposal was startling because it represented almost a full reversal of where Romney stood in 2012, when he was the Republican nominee for president.
Romney famously disparaged (or at least, that's how it was perceived) the 47% of Americans who paid no income tax as no-ambition Democrats who refuse to take responsibility for their lives. He did this while running to cut taxes on the wealthy. Romney now supports a massive “tax cut” for the 47%.
He and Bennet are proposing to increase the child tax credit from $2,000 to $2,500 for children up to age 6. Under their plan, more of the child tax credit would be “refundable,” meaning that if it’s larger than a family’s income tax bill, the family gets a check from the IRS. It would expand the welfare-via-tax-code that currently exists.
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I would never cheer for this dope.
I don’t cheer political tone deafness.
It’s like Mitt thinks to say things he thinks Conservatives will want to hear.
If you can’t beat ‘em, bribe ‘em.
I’m still pissed that I voted for this shitbird.
“Romney has a long history of bipartisanship, too”
I believe Mitt the Twit is just carrying a grudge for losing the Republican nomination for president... just like John McCain did.
I don’t like it being refundable - the people who pay the taxes should get the money back, not those who don’t.
Campaign contributions should be refundable when the recipient turns out to a big douche.
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