Romney Looks Like the Next Pres
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7-2-12
http://thehill.com/video/campaign/235855-romney-team-agrees-with-obama-mandate-not-a-tax
Romney breaks with GOP, says mandate is a penalty, not a tax
By Jonathan Easley - 07/02/12 02:47 PM ET
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign broke with congressional Republicans on Monday by arguing that the individual mandate upheld by the Supreme Court last week is a penalty, not a tax.
The majority in the court's decision ruled it constitutional because it was a tax, and Republicans in Congress since that decision have hit the White House hard for raising taxes through the new law.
But a spokesman for Romney on Monday said the former Massachusetts governor agrees with Obama that the individual mandate is a penalty or a fine, rather than a tax.
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7-5-12
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-calls-...ts-top-aide-174634430--abc-news-politics.html
Mitt Romney calls individual mandate a tax
Mitt Romney steered his campaign message back in line with other top Republicans on Wednesday, insisting that the health care law's individual mandate that requires most Americans to buy health insurance was "a tax."
"The majority of the court said it is a tax, and therefore it is a tax," Romney said in an interview with CBS Wednesday, citing the Supreme Court's health law ruling last week that the individual mandate fell under the federal government's authority to levy taxes and was therefore constitutional.
"They have spoken. There's no way around that. You can try and say you wish they had decided a different way, but they didn't."
Romney's comments came days after senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom rejected the notion that the individual mandate imposed a "tax," saying instead that it was a "penalty."
"The governor believes that what we put in place in Massachusetts was a penalty, and he disagrees with the court's ruling that the mandate was a tax," Fehrnstrom said in an interview on MSNBC's Daily Rundown Monday.
Romney, who contradicted Fehrnstrom's comments today, picked up a line of attack that many of his fellow Republicans had already launched at the president after the Supreme Court's ruling.
"The American people know President Obama has broken the pledge he made," Romney told CBS. "He said he wouldn't raise taxes on middle-Americans. Not only did he raise the $500 billion that was already in the bill, it's now clear that his mandate, as described by the Supreme Court, is a tax."
Lousy job numbers again: 80K NFP jobs added instead of the 300K we need to be adding to in order to have a chance to escape this recession in 3-4 years. Yet, the Obama machine will turn those into some sort of their usual speech, something like "it's Congress' or Bush's fault" kind of narrative. Because that's what they do in their infinite cowardice, stupidity and incompetence, they blame others, run and hide, promise things they never deliver.
Then, the accusations against Romney's character will pile up... "how can you vote for that ^^%%$$## man?" Because the two candidates are very different: one is a good, competent, successful leader who can actually fix this ailing economy, and the other one a pretender from the south side of Chicago who's an expert political mud-slinger. Of course, the latter has the AA thing going for him. And he can also read whatever they put on his teleprompter pretty well.
It's disgusting
Then, the accusations against Romney's character will pile up... "how can you vote for that ^^%%$$## man?" Because the two candidates are very different: one is a good, competent, successful leader who can actually fix this ailing economy, and the other one a pretender from the south side of Chicago who's an expert political mud-slinger. Of course, the latter has the AA thing going for him. And he can also read whatever they put on his teleprompter pretty well.
It's disgusting
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Lousy job numbers again: 80K NFP jobs added instead of the 300K we need to be adding to in order to have a chance to escape this recession in 3-4 years. Yet, the Obama machine will turn those into some sort of their usual speech, something like "it's Congress' or Bush's fault" kind of narrative. Because that's what they do in their infinite cowardice, stupidity and incompetence, they blame others, run and hide, promise things they never deliver.
Then, the accusations against Romney's character will pile up... "how can you vote for that ^^%%$$## man?" Because the two candidates are very different: one is a good, competent, successful leader who can actually fix this ailing economy, and the other one a pretender from the south side of Chicago who's an expert political mud-slinger. Of course, the latter has the AA thing going for him. And he can also read whatever they put on his teleprompter pretty well.
It's disgusting
They shouldn't attack Romneys character... he has none, nor a personality.
the republican stradegy is working. stonewall everything to insure obama looks bad at reelection time.
often republican apologists will defend the bush economy by saying that the dems took over congress in 2008 and caused the crash. well the republicans took over congress in 2010 and the economy has slipped. can you name one thing the republicans in congress have done to help the job market other than fighting for more and bigger tax cuts for the rich?
and this from the tea party no less:
Is there any doubt that John Boehner is the worst Speaker of the House of Representatives ever? Under his leadership, spending has gone up dramatically. Instead of cutting spending as he was put in power to do, he has contributed to even more red ink.
http://www.teapartynation.com/forum/topics/john-boehner-the-worst-speaker-ever
The Dems took over BOTH sides of Congress in 2007... and then Barney Frank and co stopped the move to regulate mortgages and instead pushed banks hard to lend to anyone who can fog a mirror... with the well understood results.
The Repubs only control one side of Congress... they do what they can but with such stupidity and incompetence in the WH and unwillingness by Reid to get anything through the Senate (no budget for almost 4 years) what can they do?
We clearly need a new president and control of the whole Congress as well
