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[jms62]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Mmsc, what is it that you think romney will do that will improve things?
As for the social issues, altho not perhaps monetarily important, those have a huge impact on peoples lives. And i do think there has been erosion of womens rights, and that it shouldnt continue.

I keep seeing and hearing, from many here and elsewhere, that romney will 'be better'. But not once have i been told how that will be accomplished. What stance has romney taken that is opposite to current policy that will give us this change for the better? And what makes you think his changes will occur?

Romney said he was going to create 11 million jobs.. We have to vote for that right, he said it? I saw it on my Google search so it has to be true. Will he cut corporate taxes to do it because we know this is 1975 and companies will plough that savings into hiring 11 million workers. Will it be 7 million in India and 4 million in China or will they spread the wealth around maybe Phillipines and Cambodia? Or maybe he'll get into another war or 3 and institute a draft which creates instantaneous jobs.. Just sitting here wondering.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by jms62

Romney said he was going to create 11 million jobs.. We have to vote for that right, he said it? I saw it on my Google search so it has to be true.

The funny thing about Romney's claim of magically creating 12 million jobs in 4 years is that the CBO and Labor Board has already predicted that, if we keep going at the slow pace we are now, with no additional improvement, that's exactly how many will be created by Obama's policies currently in place - in other words, that's how much the economy will grow on it's own with no new job creation policies.

Mitt just took that prediction and claimed it for his own - which I find hilarious.

So don't worry - those jobs will appear without Mittens being elected.

I have to mention there is an American Jobs Act sitting there waiting to be passed, that will create several million immediate lower and middle-class jobs (construction, etc), sitting there after being blocked by House Republicans for some long months now - might be a year.

Again, if the Republican Party hadn't chosen to try and destroy this president via total obstruction so they can regain power, if they had done the usual small things required by a government, unemployment would be about 6% right now.

You can see the effects of the Republican policy of "austerity and budget cuts" on Europe. America is far better off and more stable having followed mild stimulative economic policies.

People scream about the deficit, but if you get the economy going, taxes increased, that is gone very quickly. Obama has cut the size if the federal government, decreased the deficit, and even decreased the debt slightly. And the ACA, health care costs which drive nearly 1/5 of our economy, makes marked increases in decreasing that economic expense (yes, the ACA importance is that of an economic policy, too) - aside from making Medicare more efficient, lasting 10 years longer.

Will he cut corporate taxes to do it because we know this is 1975 and companies will plough that savings into hiring 11 million workers. Will it be 7 million in India and 4 million in China or will they spread the wealth around maybe Phillipines and Cambodia? Or maybe he'll get into another war or 3 and institute a draft which creates instantaneous jobs.. Just sitting here wondering.

There is zero substance to Romney, either on fiscal, foreign or domestic policy. He's an empty suit. His advisors on fiscal and foreign are all W. Bush guys.