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Mitt Romney deserves Nevada's support
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Today, Nevada's registered Republican voters get their turn in the presidential nomination process. The GOP faithful have an opportunity to make a national statement in the race's first Western vote: They can solidify Mitt Romney's position as the man to beat.
The longtime businessman, former governor of Massachusetts and Salt Lake City Olympics chief won Florida's Tuesday primary in a rout, and as a result he has a commanding lead in the party's delegate count.
As he should -- he's the best candidate in the field.
This year's presidential election will be a referendum on the current administration's economic policies and the fiscal health of the federal government. During his three years in office, President Barack Obama has piled up annual trillion-dollar spending deficits and run the national debt past 100 percent of GDP. The millions of "green" jobs the president promised haven't materialized. And the president himself has acknowledged that his many interventions in the housing market haven't worked.
Mr. Romney understands the conditions businesses need to grow and create jobs -- a predictable tax structure and less-burdensome regulations among them -- and he understands that unrestrained spending by the federal government is a threat to global economic stability. He says the best way to increase tax revenues is to get Americans working again, get billions of investor dollars off the sidelines and back into the markets and grow the economy again. President Obama's plan? Raise taxes on the rich and punish industries the Democratic Party base doesn't like.
Mr. Romney is the only remaining GOP presidential candidate who has spent his life outside Washington. The last thing this country needs is a president who's part of the Beltway culture. Mr. Romney is also the only remaining GOP candidate who can defeat President Obama in November.
Today's caucus is not like a typical election. It requires a bit more time, and it requires that you meet with your neighbors and listen to arguments for each of the candidates. The process is worth the effort.
The nation is watching.
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Romney flip flops so much he doesn't know what he stands for.
Just WATCH THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9njHHyRI7g
I've now seen and experienced a fixed election with my own eyes. The way this caucus was handled by the Republican party is inexcusable!!! The system is corrupted and our voices have been muted. The Republican party is now just as corrupted as the Democratic party and I for one will be switching to Independent status ASAP.
LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!!!
"TheShadow wrote on February 04, 2012 06:08 PM: First reduce or eliminate the corporate income tax BUT prorate the reduction by the size of a company's US work force."
For your first point -- so these corporations that are already swimming in cash will hire more people if we give them more cash? That would primarily enrich the one percent and some lower executives and shareholders, but it won't create jobs.
Corporations will only hire people when people consume more of their goods and services. That's why payroll tax breaks are such a great idea. Put more money in Joe Blows pocket and he consumes more. The Multiplier Effect then would lead to more jobs.
Certainly the 1 percent (like Romney) and shareholders seeking greater dividends would go along with your Romney style plan, as Romney himself does, but it wouldn't create jobs. It would just create more money for the one percent to take and to invest in, say, China.
btdt: Hey, as a favor to you, here is how you break your text into more readable paragraphs:
Put a " < b r > < b r > ", without any embedded spaces, where you want to have an empty line.
You're welcome...
Why the half-quote, John F.? Go ahead and finish Romney's quote in context.
Romney care vs Obama/Hillary care ... who gets the billions in health insurance contracts?
This election isn't about unemployment and foreclosures.
Congrats President Romney
Mitt Romney = Goldman Sachs
@moist & meaty: Here are a few thoughts. First reduce or eliminate the corporate income tax BUT prorate the reduction by the size of a company's US work force. In other words, you get a tax break only to the extent you have or add US workers. Merely reducing the corporate income tax is a good idea, but it would be much better if prorated as described.
Greatly shorten up depreciation periods to encourage capital investment now. This could be temporary, but permanent would be better.
Another. A national initiative to establish the infrastructure for using natural gas in automobiles. We've got 100 years of gas reserves. A national program to replace foreign oil with US natural gas would be similar to Kennedy's space program
I don't see Obama ever buying into things like this for reasons that are obvious. Romney has already stated ideas that are close to all of these. He certainly would be the more likely to pursue these sorts of things.
"NVFisherman wrote on February 04, 2012 05:51 PM: Romney is the best candidate in the lot. We need someone in White House who has serious business experience."
Public administration skills are far different than Romney's vulture capital skills.