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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers
posted at October 13, 2012 10:28 AM EDT
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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers
posted at October 13, 2012 10:56 PM EDT
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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers get a job losers
posted at October 15, 2012 10:50 PM EDT
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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers
posted at October 16, 2012 1:25 AM EDT
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First: May 28, 2012 Last: June 10, 2013 |
Michael, You are ok with Romney making millions by sending our jobs to Communist China and then hiding his profits overseas to avoid paying his fair share of taxes and then calling retired seniors, disabled and Veterans moochers ??? What kind of leader sends our jobs to Communist China's sweatshops and pays himself Special Dividends on the backs of our workers. Now that he's made his millions he says " I Know How To Stop China ". Romney is a hypocrite. I hope you have alot of extra money lying around because If Romney and Ryan win your healthcare costs are going to go up and up, while your voucher value stays flat. Great for Private Insurance companies profits, bad for us. It's also nice that Paul Ryan's wife, Janna, has worked for years as a Lobbyist for 3 Private Healthcare Companies that have been trying to dismantle Medicare and stop Obamacare. Conflict of interest maybe ??? I'M SURE THE RYAN'S AGENDA IS TO GIVE US THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE AT OUR LOWEST COST !!! ROMNEY AND THE RYAN'S WOULDNT BE IN CAHOOTS WITH ANY PRIVATE HEALTHCARE CORPORATE BILLIONAIRES WOULD THEY ????Response to Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers: Astra2012, I do not look at Romney as a "lesser evil"; rather, I consider him a better candidate than Obama. There is no perfect candidate or perfect political party. Our democracy in the U.S. is not perfect. But I believe that despite its flaws, our democracy is still superior to any other system that has ever existed in the history of the world, so I disagree that Americans will lose regardless of who occupies the White House. In Response to Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers :
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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers
posted at October 16, 2012 10:30 AM EDT
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First: August 9, 2011 Last: June 19, 2013 |
It would be as you say if other Republicans like Paul Ryan hadn't mentioned it before but it was mentioned many times before by top Republicans. Mitt only repeats what he hears and acts like he is sorry for it after the backlash. This is not the first time he has backtracked. He's been doing it the whole campaign. Just another sign how out of touch he is with the ordinary citizen. In Response to Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers: Sure it was Labrat, Romney was just bluffing at $50,000 per plate. Now you sound like Romney, just change the subject or begin counter accusations. Response to Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers : Posted by mandm84 |
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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers
posted at October 16, 2012 3:51 PM EDT
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Posts: 587
First: May 28, 2012 Last: June 10, 2013 |
Do the math my friend, In that 47% is our beloved seniors, disabled and Veterans, who paid their dues when healthy and strong. The Romney Ryan plan is to dismantle Social Security and Medicare because the corporate billionaires who own the Right Wing Republicans party, dont need it or want to pay their fair share in taxes to preserve it. This isn't the same Republican party President Reagan stood behind. Its about 98% of Americans, who want and need Social Security and Medicare to survive with dignity. Romney and Ryan's agenda is very simple " Give More To Those Who Dont Need It and Less To Those Who Do ". Response to Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers: the truth hurts. half of the usa is lazy and wants to live off us hard working people. get a job loser mittromney.com Posted by neworleans3999 |
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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers
posted at October 16, 2012 6:09 PM EDT
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First: October 13, 2012 Last: June 15, 2013 |
In Response to Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers: You need to go back and take a real good look at what King Obama has done to our health care benefits. Remember no one under 200,000 would have taxes raised well I make only 34,000 a year and had my taxes raised 20%, my TriWest by 25% along with other primeums. If Obama stays in office then expect to loose big time on all Medical Fronts. And as for his aird comment well its the truth, who would give up free hand-outs and actually have to pay their fair share. This is not an intitalment nation we get what we work for and controle our own lives not hearded by the Gov Bosses. I was very disappointed on how much news coverage was given on so called mature retirees booing, we should we should be alot more mature than that with all our life experiances. I was really embarased by the whole thing. GD USN/RET Posted by mscsclg6 The Ryan plan means MAJOR changes to Medicare. It would eliminate the Medicare guarantee and turn it into a voucher program. Studies have shown the Ryan plan would cost anyone under 55 years of age an additional $6,000 a year with a slow increase to $12,000 extra out of pocket in later years, and it moves eligibility for seniors to get Medicare from 65 to 67. Of course, he hasn't got a plan to get 20 million people back to work, to rob them of the $6000. ".....because the Ryan plan will literally lead to people dying" http://tinyurl.com/95egjd9 There is the Romney/Ryan logic.... increase the cost, delay giving the benefits. That way, some will die before the government has to give you back any of YOUR money you already paid to Medicare. Along with the Republicans plan to move the retirement age to 69, so many will die before ever getting any of the SSI money YOU paid in. But that's OK. Because while adding additional cost to health care, and working people till they die on the job, you get to pay the taxes for the rich, once Romney lets them off the hook. Supreme Court Obamacare Decision Highlights Why a President Romney Would be More Dangerous than President Obama
A President Mitt Romney would not undo ObamaCare. He’d make it permanent."A first-term President Mitt Romney would be far more dangerous to small business, the private sector, and taxpayers than a lame-duck President Obama – no matter what the Supreme Court decided."http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/supreme-court-obamacare-decision-highlights-why-a-president-romney-would-be-more Romney's Idea to Limit Deductions to $17,000 Cannot Make His Tax Plan WorkToday, presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney suggested that one way to offset the cost of his proposed tax cuts would be to limit deductions to $17,000.“As an option you could say everybody’s going to get up to a $17,000 deduction; and you could use your charitable deduction, your home mortgage deduction, or others – your healthcare deduction. And you can fill that bucket, if you will, that $17,000 bucket that way,” he said on a local Denver news show. “And higher income people might have a lower number.” In September, Romney argued that he would eliminate enough deductions, exclusions and other special breaks to offset the costs of the new tax cuts he proposes, and that the net result would not be a tax increase for the middle-class or a tax cut for the rich. But an August analysis from Citizens for Tax Justice demonstrated that even if itemized deductions and exclusions were eliminated entirely, people who make over $1 million would still see an average net tax break of $250,000 in 2013 under Romney’s plan. That’s partly because the new tax breaks that Romney proposes are so generous to the rich that they would outweigh the loss of any deductions or exclusions. In addition to making permanent all the Bush tax cuts, Romney would reduce income tax rates by a fifth and eliminate the AMT and the estate tax. Another reason is that Romney pledges to keep the special breaks that benefit the wealthy most of all — breaks for investment and savings like the special low rate for capital gains. As a result, there is simply no way to Romney could fill in the details of his tax plan in a way that will not result in huge tax cuts for the very rich. For low– and middle-income people, the loss of tax expenditures (tax deductions, exclusions, credits and other breaks) under Romney’s plan could outweigh any gains from the tax rate reductions and other new tax cuts, resulting in a net tax increase. In fact, this result is inevitable if Romney is to accomplish his goal of not further increasing the deficit while at the same time cutting taxes for millionaires by at least $250,000 on average. http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2012/10/romneys_idea_to_limit_deductio.php Mr. Romney Needs a Working Calculatorhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/opinion/mitt-romney-needs-a-working-calculator.html?_r=1 To the annoyance of the Romney campaign, members of Washington’s reality-based community have a habit of popping up to point out the many deceptions in the campaign’s blue-sky promises of low taxes and instant growth. The latest is the Joint Committee on Taxation, an obscure but well-respected Congressional panel — currently evenly divided between the parties — that helps lawmakers calculate the effect of their tax plans. The biggest problem during elections is, people listen to the candidates and take what they say to heart. Like it or not, politics is a liars game. Now, more than anytime in the past, "We, the people" have the mightest tools available. You have the power to research anything and everything they say. The biggest problem during elections is, people listen to the candidates and take what they say to heart. Like it or not, politics is a liars game. Now, more than anytime in the past, "We, the people" have the most powerful tools available. Information at your fingertips. You have the power to research anything and everything they say. And you should.
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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers
posted at October 16, 2012 6:56 PM EDT
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Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers
posted at October 16, 2012 8:14 PM EDT
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Posts: 360
First: October 13, 2012 Last: June 15, 2013 |
In Response to Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers: That tape was carefully edited, leaving out several minutes around the 47% comment. Response to Re: Romney Calls Us Moochers : Posted by Labrat64 And, you have proof it was edited? |