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Romney hits Democrats' economic plan

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor January 28, 2009 01:38 PM

Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor and 2008 GOP presidential candidate, toed the party line today in questioning the economic recovery package going through Congress.

He echoed House Republicans who say the plan includes too much unnecessary spending, doesn't include enough tax cuts, and has way too many projects that wouldn't happen in the next two years.

"We have a short-term economic boost that's needed, and this bill does not do that," Romney said on MSNBC from San Diego.

He urged members of Congress: "Do what's right for America, not what's right politically."

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Is this the same Mitt Romney that left us 1 billion dollars in debt?

Posted by Moose January 28, 09 01:49 PM
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Moose,

Don't you mean rescued you from $1 billion in debt?

Posted by Jed January 28, 09 02:59 PM
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Actually Jed I meant left us with billion dollars in debt. Forgot about how he cooked the books did you?

Posted by Moose January 28, 09 03:55 PM
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Moose, I recommend you get out of the woods (and animal kingdom thinking) and actually get informed on reality before taking a public stance. Mitt Romney generated a multi-million dollar, nearly billion dollar, surplus in the state.

Posted by Chris January 28, 09 05:27 PM
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Romney left MA in a $300M surplus

Posted by DS January 28, 09 05:54 PM
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Dear Romney,
We've been producing goods and services and what, exactly, do you have against us possibly having the means to get paid for them? Tell you what, since I want to be Horatio, and you are against putting currency into circulation, how about you buy all our products?
Our turn, ya know.

Posted by munga January 28, 09 09:07 PM
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Romney has sold out to Wall Street
and has abandoned main street.
His father, former Governor George Romney
( former auto executive, and champion
of the little guy who used to get large numbers of
Black and Progressive votes) must be turning over in his grave
hearing his son and his sell out politics
to the same financiers who crashed the world
economy.
Mitt is trolling for votes for 2012.

Posted by enrapport24 January 28, 09 11:39 PM
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love left wing loonies who dont actually do much fact finding except looking up things on google and believing left wing blogs.

also i can read moose's and his friends playbook right now...they will attack romney or anyone on the right for not getting on board with their messiah.

Posted by steve January 28, 09 11:53 PM
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Mitt Romney 2012. Seriously. We need him.

Posted by David January 29, 09 01:09 AM
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If its such a good bill then why do they need any republican votes at all. The fastest way to stimulate the economy is to give the people with the capital a break on their capital gains taxes. Mostly that would mean the rich but what else can you do? Let the rich keep hording the capital because of the lack of confidence in the market?

Posted by Brent January 29, 09 02:13 AM
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Who is right? Who do you listen to? Where are you getting your information? How can one know for sure who the good guy is? People need to be more open minded to truth and see things as they really are....not how they want to see them.

Posted by Susan January 29, 09 08:32 AM
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I sure trust Romney more than Obama when it comes to economic matters because Romney has actually run things and created jobs and made money while Obama has nothing to show that he even has any grasp of how the economy works.

Posted by MK in Arizona January 29, 09 10:03 AM
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This whole current economic disaster is due to our Sociliast/Democrats. They're the ones who forced Fannie and Freddie in to bad, impossible loans. These loans were designed to "spread the wealth" like Obama would say, for minority home ownership. It was irrelevant if the recipient couldn't really afford it. This bizarre rationale is what created the housing bubble and, of course, it eventually burst.
It was organizations like ACORN, Democrats, and supporters of this type of socialist mentality who got us in to this mess. The one guy with connections to all of this was the guy, Obama, who was elected president. The savior turns out to be one of the rabbid supporters of this type of policy. And as it turns out, Obama doesn't really have a clue about what he's doing and looks to mess things up further. Obama is more worried about radicalizing things socially or in to Socialism than the economy.
Mitt Romney would've been the better choice. Not only does he have ample, successful experience with business and economics, but he has moral credibility. At every turn, he has shown maturity, dignity, and integrity. Any supplemental evidence of this is his family and how they've turned out. Mr. Romney would actually know what to do now, and would want to act in this country's best interest because he actually loves it.

Posted by jill January 29, 09 11:32 AM
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Oh boy, what a heated discussion. Its great to see such good old american togetherness. Loonies on the left, self-rightous on the right. The thing about this stimulus is that the only thing it stimulates is a wealfare state. We got into this mess because generation X never learned how to read the fine print and not to spend beyond its means. Seems like the government is even worse. How does a nation support a package like this that spends hundreds of billions of dollars we really don't have. Simple, it doesn't possess the facts. You can't get them from the average news station. You have to use your common sense. And, regrettably, common sense isn’t common practice. Mitt is one of those guys with common sense.

Posted by tomasz January 29, 09 11:32 AM
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We must contain spending, and cut waste in government. No enity has taxed and overspent its way into prosperity. A quick tonic here will only lead to more trouble down the road.

Perpare yourselves for something like the JImmy Carter years. In a year yes the economy will be better, but at the cost of rapidly rising consumer goods prices.

We will need MItt Romney in 2012 to fix the mess.

Posted by Sterling Smith, Chicago IL January 29, 09 01:28 PM
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12-cents per dollar as called for in the recovery bill is all that goes for stimulus. $335M for STD prevention, and however much Nancy Pelosi wanted to facilitate various forms of contraception, plus money for ACORN and other community organizers, etc. Sound like a good plan to any of you? All House Republicans voted against it, and they were joined by 11 Democrats. (Yet it passed due to the overwhelming Dem majority.) Anyway, we should learn more about these 11 Democrats and see in what other ways their sanity can be encouraged.

Posted by DS January 29, 09 01:42 PM
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Our only hope out of this economic mess is someone like MItt Romney. He is the only one I have heard from that could do it. I hope the evangelicals who wouldn't vote for a Mormon are happy with Obama!

Posted by Barbara Ellsworth January 30, 09 08:15 PM
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I have an idea for Mitt Romney ,a project that I believe is essential for a 2012 win.This project must be started immediately .How can I reach someone that represents him? I do not want to toss this idea out there to get sabotged. Does anyone know?

Posted by harve January 31, 09 01:05 AM
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Mitt Romney is well educated, well spoken, has a great family, and has enormous experience in the private and public sectors. America needs Mitt Romney as President of the United States in 2012. I hope the GOP will not repeat the same mistakes of the 2008 race. Those mistakes are going to be very costly.

Posted by Mike January 31, 09 01:27 PM
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Mitt has forgotten more about economics then Obama will ever know. If this crisis had happened during the primaries he would have been our nominee. How has Obama ever put people to work? Has he ever turned around a failing business? Ever created jobs or made executive decisions? (and no, being president of Harvard Law Review doesn't count)

We need a stimulus plan, but Obama is going about it the wrong way. It seems more like the Dems are cashing in a bunch of IOU's they owe the interest groups who help get them elected.

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