Tonight I watched the
presidential debate, and I'll admit I was very frustrated. Honestly, it made me sick. I watched a man who
absolutely refuses to give any details about his ideas, criticizing a
man whose ideas are out there for all to see.
Romney’s plan really is very simple. He blames everything on
the president. But when asked how he’s going to make things better, he gives no
facts, no details. He says he’s going to lower taxes on everyone, and make up
for the lost revenue by getting rid of loopholes. But which loopholes? He’s had
over a year of campaigning and he still hasn't told us. And be honest, do you
really believe he’ll find enough loopholes to make up for a 20% across the
board tax cut? Really? No thinking person can honestly believe that.
OK, if you’re a Romney supporter, you’re going to say that lowering
taxes will stimulate the economy, and the extra revenue will more than make up
for the lost taxes. Again, really? Every republican president since Reagan has
said he’s going to lower taxes and decrease the deficit. Yet every single one has
increased the deficit. I know my republican friends don’t want to believe that,
but really, just google it. It’s not too hard to find. (If you’re lazy, try
here, here, here, here, and here.) Even the most right-leaning sources are still damning.
In fact, the only president in the last 50 years to actually
balance the budget was Clinton. And he did it by raising taxes. And by the way,
the economy during his term is the best we’ve seen in a long time.
Add to that the fact that sitting here, a few hours later,
reading online that most fact check organizations sided in a huge way with Obama
on most things in the debate, I know that some people, even those who pride
themselves on being thinking people, just won’t care. They'll blame it all on the so-called liberal press. Republicans will believe
Romney because they want to. It doesn't matter that his facts don’t add up.
So go ahead and vote for Romney. At least then we’ll find
out what he really plans on doing.
Because he sure isn't telling us now.
If you say Romney presented no facts, tell me what facts were presented by our president. When you go to Rommey's website you can find what he proposes concerning his tax plan and deficit reduction. Likewise you probably can find Obama's plans. When it comes to Clinton and the balanced budget alot of the credit must go to the Republican congress of Newt Gingrichf (contract with America). He also rode the shirt tales of the Reagan policies and was fortunate to be president during the new economy (computers, software, telecommmunications, etc.)during the 90's. There were also other factors which I could elaborate on. Actually no genuine surpluses existed if you include money funneled into the budget from the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. But before he left office the dot.com bubble burst and Busch inherented a poor economy. Also, I pride myself in being a thinking person and my thinking is I do not want 4 more years of what our president has given us.
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