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DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
8. I Often Just Scratch My Head
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:23 PM
Aug 2012

When I read some of the comments. It is like people don't know how to follow events. Here is an example from the article.

By double-digit margins, voters in each state say his policies would hurt, rather than help, their personal financial situation if he won re-election


Obama's policies have died in Congress. What we are left with, for the most part, is continuing resolutions that reflect hold over policies from the Bush administration. Not only that, but what Romney is proposing is more of what got us into the mess in the first place. For the first two years nearly everything died in the Senate due to Republican filibuster. The last 18 months none of Obama's policies have even made it to the Senate. In that short period the House has 33 times voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and spent countless time on abortion bills. Plus, analysis has shown that Romney will raise taxes on most Americans while cutting them sharply for the top 10%. Because of lack of specifics it is hard to put exact numbers on his proposals but if the assumptions are wrong then Romney has to cut more deeply into spending and that will focus mostly on cuts to Medicare and Social Security (because that is where the money is).

The only good news is that they are not at the same time saying that Romney's proposals would help their personal financial situation so this could just be reflecting on the general doom and gloom that the political wrangling has caused with voters. But they need to become more focused. A lot more focused.
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