Fair play. These questions need to be asked.
The Palins have run their own business. They’ve had to make payroll.
And Palin has stated how important it is to get Government out of the way of business.
That’s two ticks, compared with Romneys one. Also Romney’s disastrous liason with government healthcare has got to drag down his economic credentials.
lastly: one of the more important things a President must do is a) keep out of the way of business, and b) keep Congress out of the way of business. Palin would do both: I have no confidence that Romney would do either.
So have I, and millions of others. What does running a business and meeting a payroll have to do with dealing with Fannie/Freddie, bailouts, the dollar, the Fed?
I looked up the business experience Palin has, and could only find slanted sources I don't really trust like the Village Voice, which claims the Palins ran a car wash and "her husband's commercial fishing business"--what exactly does the partner in a commercial fishing business do that makes her fit to run the world's largest economy?
I have always been a blue collar worker, so I'm sure as hell not saying there's a thing wrong with running a small business. But what is it that makes this particular owner of a commercial fishing business fit to run this economy at this time?
Would you be changing your mind about Romney if his business experience was that of co-owning a commercial fishing business? Would you downgrade your estimation of Palin's skills if she had Romney's business history of takeovers/leveraged buyouts, layoffs (we're all saying the president needs to cut the size of government)?
Which business experience is of more use when dealing with an economy such as ours?
And Palin has stated how important it is to get Government out of the way of business.
Hasn't Romney said this and more? Whatever one thinks of Romney, hasn't he been very articulate in saying this same thing, while also having turned around the troubled 2002 Olympics, arguably at least as massive a labor as Palin's business ventures?
As I wrote, if there's more to Palin's non-governmental experience, let me know, as it seems when I search these terms with Google I get a lot of suspect sources.
That’s two ticks, compared with Romneys one.
I don't know about that.
Also Romney’s disastrous liason with government healthcare has got to drag down his economic credentials.
As I mentioned, Romneycare makes him a non-starter for me. But it's also a lot more complicated than that--check out the history of what he did, what he vetoed, and the Democrat numbers in our statehouse. It's at least as complicated as Palin's struggle on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which she resigned after a year.
lastly: one of the more important things a President must do is a) keep out of the way of business, and b) keep Congress out of the way of business. Palin would do both: I have no confidence that Romney would do either.
I don't know, I agree on your point about Palin, but if it weren't for Romneycare and his obvious efforts after the fact to spin and spin like it's such a conservative thing, I don't think anyone would see Romney as anti-business--the idea is absurd on the facee of it. I really don't get what the heck he's doing with the healthcare thing--I get his point about making people pay instead of having others foot the bill, but he sure seems to have hopped aboard the train as a way of appealing to the supposed middle by saying he's a compassionate conservative or whatever. What is it with him and former oilman Bush, with big business backgrounds, wanting to do something for The Little People, with OUR money?