Posted on 01/10/2012 9:26:42 AM PST by Zakeet
Romney has yet to show his conscience
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He has none to show...
thats why my butt is LOL
Look, I am not trying to support Romney, but the details of these types of issues give the true meaning and without looking at them we are letting the leftist media set the agenda.
I have sensible concern for management and administrative employees, union factory workers and investors. The articles are written only from viewpoint of sole concern for union factory workers.
Additionally, I know union factory workers at this exact plant that lost some of their pension benefits. I have driven by this plant a thousand times and my dad did contracts within the plant -- I have some first hand awareness.
I care nothing for Mitten's and his drive for the nomination. I want a conservative. But I won't sing the talking points of the leftists in dirt on Romney. There is a detailed back story to this and a site like this is where conservatives should go for detail understanding, not just learning how to parrot a hit piece.
Why did Willard the Vulture pocket $12 mil+ out of the company and leave the taxpayers (me and you) with a $40 mil debt that had to be paid? Not to mention the 700 employees he screwed over. That’s pure greed. Wait, that’s WHY he did it!
Makes sense from the Wall Street guy who was pro TARP bailouts from the get-go. Screw Main Street again and again...
The good news = Vulture Willard aka Obama-lite will never be elected president
The bad news = Obama will : (
the incredible lack of understanding of venture capital is mind boggling.
I was not trying to question exactly what Romney and/or Bain did/have done in any particular case; on moral or any other grounds.
I was accepting that that type of position - a moral question - is maybe what Newt thought he was doing, and he may have had some particular Bain deal/deals in mind.
And, without justifying Newts position, or not, I accept that it is possible to make moral value judgments (would you invest in illegal drugs just because it was “profitable”; or would you fund an abortion clinic, just because it was lucrative; and some people, for moral reasons will not invest in the legal gambling industry - on moral grounds, in spite of how profitable it can be).
Capitalism may be all about “profit” or ROI, but human beings are (or ought at least ought to be) moral creatures whose life and value judgments are not always just about the economics of our choices. We spend money and refuse to spend money, not just because it is, or is not, the best deal, but because of our values, which can include what we consider our morals as well.
I was not trying to suggest that the government should enter this question, as socialists would - deciding (regulating pro/con) any “moral” question about anything that we do/is done with our money. No. But, as individuals and within our own liberty we can, we may, and sometimes we do.
I am not disputing the superiority of Capitalism, in terms of the pure economic factors in a decision. But “pure” economics is not the only value system that guides the choices human beings make.
Straight out of Adam Smith's 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments', that OTHER book Adam Smith wrote.
“Straight out of Adam Smith’s ‘The Theory of Moral Sentiments’, that OTHER book Adam Smith wrote.”
I’ll take you word for it. I, personally, never read it.
The one thing I do know about Adam Smith (which I gathered from just reading him) was that a lot of what he said came in part because he had some great insights, and in part because he excelled at taking the time to stop, consider, and think things through clearly, and dispassionately.
Speaker Gingrich led Republicans...the results:
* Four consecutive balanced budgets
* $500 billion cut
* Major welfare reform
* 11 million new jobs
* 4% unemployment
ARG South Carolina 2012 GOP Primary Poll
•Mitt Romney 29% [31%] (22%) {25%} [25%] (18%)
•Newt Gingrich 25% [24%] (33%) {8%} [3%] (9%)
•Ron Paul 20% [9%] (8%) {7%} [2%] (1%)
•Rick Perry 9% [2%] (8%) {15%} [6%]
•Rick Santorum 7% [24%] (1%) {1%} [2%] (1%)
•Jon Huntsman 1% [2%] (3%) {0%} [0%] (0%)
•Other 2%
•Undecided 7% [7%] (12%) {12%} [15%] (11%)
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Rasmussen South Carolina 2012 GOP Primary Poll
•Mitt Romney 28% [27%] (23%)
•Newt Gingrich 21% [18%] (15%)
•Rick Santorum 16% [24%] (1%)
•Ron Paul 16% [11%] (5%)
•Rick Perry 6% [5%] (9%)
•Jon Huntsman 5% [2%] (1%)
•Some other candidate 1% [2%]
•Undecided 8% [11%]
Hmmm….
Speaker Gingrich-led Republicans….the result:
* Four consecutive balanced budgets
* Over $500 billion of debt paid off
* Major welfare reform accomplished
* 11 million new jobs for America
* Unemployment falling to under 4%.
Strike one = Romneycare with the public option, intrusive mandates, death panel exchanges, and massive federal subsidies including subsidized $50 abortions through Planned Parenthood
Strike two = Willard appointing tons of ulta-liberal judges
Strike three = 47 in job creation as governor
Hmmm….
Speaker Gingrich-led Republicans….the result:
* Four consecutive balanced budgets
* Over $500 billion of debt paid off
* Major welfare reform accomplished
* 11 million new jobs for America
* Unemployment falling to under 4%.
Governor Willard-led.....the result:
Strike one = Romneycare with public option, intrusive mandates, death panel exchanges, and massive federal subsidies including subsidized $50 abortions through Planned Parenthood
Strike two = Flagrantly appointing tons of ulta-liberal judges
Strike three = A pathetic 47th in job creation as a massive business tax increasing governor after first, shipping American jobs to China for many years as a Bain executive
I too, hated both Mclame and Willard the Lib in 2008 as well. I remember Huck hitting Willard about Bain in both IA and SC. And the result was Huck’s combined total of 64% versus Willard’s measly 39% (2008: 25% IA and 14% SC).
“Romney reminds you of the guy who fired you and sent your job to mainland China for two bucks an hour! And then as a governor was a disastrous 4th from last nationwide in job growth.”
Hmmm….
Speaker Gingrich-led Republicans….the result:
* Voting on each of the Contract with America items
* Four consecutive balanced budgets
* Over $500 billion of debt paid off
* Major welfare reform accomplished
* 11 million new jobs for America
* Unemployment falling to under 4%.
When were those balanced budgets?
When did the National Debt decrease $500 billion?
According to the US Treasury, the National Debt hasn't decreased in any fiscal year since about 1957.
When were those balanced budgets?
When did the National Debt decrease $500 billion?
According to the US Treasury, the National Debt hasn't decreased in any fiscal year since about 1957.
When were those balanced budgets?
When did the National Debt decrease $500 billion?
According to the US Treasury, the National Debt hasn't decreased in any fiscal year since about 1957.
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