Thread: The distortions about Mitt Romney and his record.

1. Mitt Romney donated inheritance money from his father.
A nice gesture but if someone donates ALL of their inheritance they either didn't need it, or got a nice tax write-off.
2. Mitt Romney--was not a blood sucking capitalist when he was CEO of Bain Capital?
Absolutely he was! That's the job of a VC. Take weak companies burdened by debt, inefficiencies, and other liabilities (people), break them up, repackage them and sell at a profit. Nothing wrong with clearing out dead wood.
But if the Repubs can harp on Obama's stint as a "Community Organizer" then Romney's role as a VC can be questioned as well.
3. The economic growth rate of the state of Mass....
Overall Mr. Romney was not a great governor.
5 Facts About The Massachusetts Economy Under Mitt Romney | ThinkProgress
If he was so wonderful as the Governor, of a Republican state, no less! why didn't he run for re-election?
Because he would have lost!
Why Didn’t Mitt Romney Run for Reelection as Governor? | RedState
Mitt is a "Camo Candidate" who will blend into whatever organization or group that is providing funding, saying whatever he thinks you want to hear.
Still, the election will be close.

massachusetts is a tough place for Republicans to run even if they are popular. Look at Scott Brown, 55-60% approval rating, still neck and neck with Warren. You have to wonder what a Republican officeholder has to do to get reelected there. Similarly, Democrats almost never get defeated even when their approval ratings hover around 30%.

As for job growth, it was 47th over the whole of his term, but he inherited 50th and was up to 37th by the time he left office.

Things got better under Romney. His turnaround credentials are intact.

Massachusetts is a balanced budget state, every year there is a projected deficit, every year the the legislature closes the deficit with increases of fees, fines and taxes and spending cuts.
Romney preferred raising fees and fines, leaving taxes alone and eventually working in a small tax cut(because he knew he was running for president and saying he cut taxes would be important) .
So License renewal went from $5 to $50, so did the fees for every professional license and registration.

He is considered anti-business by the wedding planning and catering community, since same sex marriage was declared legal when he was governor, (a man who campaigned as "The best friend gays would ever have in government"), Romney (with an eye towards the GOP presidential primary) dug up a 1913 law that banned marriages "that would not be legal in the state where the parties resided", this was a law passed to slow the flow of mixed race couples coming to Massachusetts to marry back in 1913, and Romeny used it to restrict Same Sex marriage to Massachusetts and Vermont residents, driving away an estimated 100 million dollars worth of same sex weddings.

Romney is without a doubt a slimy politician that will do what is best for him. What he has going for him right now is Obama is far more dangerous to our liberty and the welfare of our country than Romney can ever be. It is time to vote for Romney and also time to vote for a conservative congress that will keep him on the correct track.

Originally Posted by uncleray

1. Mitt Romney donated inheritance money from his father.
A nice gesture but if someone donates ALL of their inheritance they either didn't need it, or got a nice tax write-off.
2. Mitt Romney--was not a blood sucking capitalist when he was CEO of Bain Capital?
Absolutely he was! That's the job of a VC. ...

This is pure opinion and does not dispute the facts responded to.

Goober's is opinion as well. Again lacking facts.

Originally Posted by thanatos144

Romney is without a doubt a slimy politician that will do what is best for him. What he has going for him right now is Obama is far more dangerous to our liberty and the welfare of our country than Romney can ever be. It is time to vote for Romney and also time to vote for a conservative congress that will keep him on the correct track.

I don't know if I'd describe him as slimy, as there is no scandal connected with him, no corruption. What I will say about him is that he's a typical politician who will say anything to get elected. But so is his opponent. And Romney never claimed to be a different kind of politician.

Originally Posted by adaher

I don't know if I'd describe him as slimy, as there is no scandal connected with him, no corruption. What I will say about him is that he's a typical politician who will say anything to get elected. But so is his opponent. And Romney never claimed to be a different kind of politician.

He is a Michigander as am I so I can smell slimy . He doesn't need to be in a scandal to know he will do whats best for him which to me is slimy. Obama is a progressive true believer. That makes him far more dangerous and nothing like Romney.

Originally Posted by thanatos144

Romney is without a doubt a slimy politician that will do what is best for him. What he has going for him right now is Obama is far more dangerous to our liberty and the welfare of our country than Romney can ever be. It is time to vote for Romney and also time to vote for a conservative congress that will keep him on the correct track.

ahoy Thanatos144,

This is pure opinion and does not dispute the facts responded to.

- MeadHallPirate

Originally Posted by MeadHallPirate

ahoy Thanatos144,

This is pure opinion and does not dispute the facts responded to.

- MeadHallPirate

Yes it is pure opinion about Romney. Obama? Not so much seeing the last three years prove me right.

Originally Posted by Damn Yankee

Goober's is opinion as well. Again lacking facts.

Having problems with understanding English, again, eh muchacho?

Originally Posted by Oreo

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3. The economic growth rate of the state of Mass. came in at a miserable 47 compared to the other 50 states--when Romney was governor.
Many economists in this country consider 4.7% unemployment to be FULL employment. And as a measure as to how "fast" an economy grows from one state to another is like comparing the weight lost between someone who weights 300 lbs. and loses 20 pounds in a week to a person who is just 10 lbs. overweight and takes two years to take it off, and then referring to the 300 lb person as the winner in a total weight loss contest.
Governorship of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Coming into Mass. with a 1.5 billion dollar deficit and leaving with a 2 billion dollar surplus in a rainy day fund.
Governorship of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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I will only address those two.
About job growth, there are two numbers (the 47th and the 30th trend), both are correct and from the same source. I tend towards accepting the trend. I have been proposed that the 4.7% figure was due to people leaving the State, or more presumably to a recovery that wasn't Romney's doing. Yet people will hold the President accountable for job growth so let's apply the same standard, Romney did lower unemployment by roughly 1%. And the president by roughly 1.7% (9.9% to 8.2%). Also, Romney inherited 5.6%, just saying.
Ah, the budget. The Budget Monitor is painful to make sense out of and the US Census uses different numbers - probably adding up local budgets - but let's try. Nobody denies the $2 bn stabilization fund - from $400 millions around 2003 - and I've read the deficit Romney inherited was $3 billions. From there, FY2003 if not mistaken, $1.1 bn in revenue growth (recovery) and $600 millions in fees, plus other kinds of revenues amounting to roughly $2 bn for around $900 millions in cuts - and he did cut that year, especially in education. Also, debt up from $16 bn to $18 bn on a regular trend that existed before him, within boundaries. I think FY2007 surplus was around $300 millions.
I'm kind of surprised that the debt could grow when the budget showed revenues but to be fair I gave up understanding budgets...

What I look at is spending growth. Revenues and the economy are harder for the government to control, but spending is something officials are 100% accountable for. And on that, Romney was second among the governors who were candidates. Only Tim Pawlenty had a better record on keeping spending growth low.