Romney: 'We Don’t Have People Who Die Because They Don’t Have Insurance' By Rebecca Leber on October 11, 2012 at 9:35 am "Romney: ‘We Don’t Have People Who Die Because They Don’t Have Insurance’" Mitt Romney doubled down on his suggestion that uninsured Americans can find the care they need in emergency rooms, telling The Dispatch that people will always receive the treatment they need, and do not die or suffer because they can not pay for care.
He pointed to federal law that requires hospitals to admit emergency patients, repeating his advice that patients rely on the most expensive form of care reserved strictly for emergencies. 72 Million Will Go Without Health Insurance Under Romney's Health Plan. By Annie-Rose Strasser on October 2, 2012 at 11:50 am "72 Million Will Go Without Health Insurance Under Romney’s Health Plan" One of the myriad things presidential contender Mitt Romney has pledged to do on day one of his presidency is to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature health care reform legislation, and replace it with “market drive” reforms.
But a new study estimates that the effort would actually increase the number of uninsured Americans to 72 million and increase costs across the board. The Commonwealth Fund report considered Romney’s proposal in full, including his plans to transform Medicare into a “premium support” structure and convert Medicaid into a block grant for the states.
As a result, 72 million Americans would be unable to obtain insurance — more than if the Affordable Care Act had not become law in the first place: Mitt Romney's Bain Capital Timeline. SECRET VIDEO: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters. During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama.
He dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them. Fielding a question from a donor about how he could triumph in November, Romney replied: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan Can't Say Which Tax Loopholes They'd Plug. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep.
Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), stressed in interviews on Sunday that they would offset tax cuts for the wealthy by closing tax loopholes. But pressed on which loopholes they would close, both of them dodged the question. "We think the secret to economic growth is lower tax rates for families and successful small businesses by plugging loopholes," Ryan told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week. " "Now the question is not necessarily what loopholes go, but who gets them. High income earners use most of the loopholes. Romney & Son Investigated For 8 Billion Ponzi Scheme. Romney & Son Investigated for 8 Billion Ponzi Scheme Mitt Romney and his son Tagg Romney have been implicated in a 8.5 billion dollar ponzi scheme with Wall Street investors Allen Stanford and James M.
Davis. The pair are not cleared including their three partners in a court document verified, ongoing legal proceeding involving selling fraudulent CD’s to potential investors. The statement of fact, includes SIBL, Stanford International Bank, SGC Stanford Capital Management and the associates R. Allen Stanford, ( Allen Stanford) and James M. The Stanford Financial Group now in receivership headed by Allen Stanford sold investments described as a “well-diversified portfolio”. Documents Show Details on Romney Family Trusts.
The documents include annual financial statements and investor letters circulated to limited partners in more than 20 Bain and related funds where ’s financial advisers have at times invested large parts of his personal fortune, estimated at more than $250 million.
As part of his retirement agreement with Bain, Mr. Romney has remained a passive investor in the company’s ventures and continues to receive a share of the firm’s investment profits on some deals undertaken after his departure. The documents, obtained and published by Gawker.com, do not specify the stakes held in the funds by the Romney family trusts or by other investors. But they highlight the range and complexity of Mr. Big Oil Buys Gusher: 5 Pro-Oil Planks In Romney Energy Plan. By Climate Guest Contributor on August 23, 2012 at 10:49 am "Big Oil Buys Gusher: 5 Pro-Oil Planks In Romney Energy Plan" After raising nearly $10 million in Texas oil money in two days, Mitt Romney announces an energy plan on the Texas-New Mexico border later today that includes billions of dollars in giveaways to industry contributors.
Romney will call for extensive expansion of oil and gas drilling – including along the coasts of Virginia and the Carolinas – and eliminating most federal safety and environmental standards that govern the development of energy resources on our public lands. This corporate polluter agenda should come as no surprise, as the Washington Post noted: Dept. Of Scientific Fact. Romney Spokesman Richard Grenell Resigns Following Backlash For Being Openly Gay. Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney‘s foreign policy and national security spokesman, has received backlash for being openly gay — as has Romney, for hiring him.
The Washington Post‘s Jennifer Rubin is now reporting that Grenell has resigned. RELATED: Social Conservative Activist Attacks Romney’s Hiring Gay Spokesman: Telling ‘Pro-Family Community’ To ‘Drop Dead’ Said Grenell, in a statement obtained by Right Turn (via Washington Post): I have decided to resign from the Romney campaign as the Foreign Policy and National Security Spokesman. While I welcomed the challenge to confront President Obama’s foreign policy failures and weak leadership on the world stage, my ability to speak clearly and forcefully on the issues has been greatly diminished by the hyper-partisan discussion of personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign. Study: Romney tax plan would result in cuts for rich, higher burden for others.
Mitt Romney’s plan to overhaul the tax code would produce cuts for the richest 5 percent of Americans — and bigger bills for everybody else, according to an independent analysis set for release Wednesday.
The study was conducted by researchers at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, who seem to bend over backward to be fair to the Republican presidential candidate. To cover the cost of his plan — which would reduce tax rates by 20 percent, repeal the estate tax and eliminate taxes on investment income for middle-class taxpayers — the researchers assume that Romney would go after breaks for the richest taxpayers first.
Romney and Culture: Flip-Flop-Flip! I was almost four when it first occurred to me that no one else was missing legs.
Flooded by questions without words to articulate them, I connected images with explanations. Those first confusing moments unravel in my mind like an old film. It begins with me being nudged awake by a waxy moon spilling silver-white light through the window as I sucked my thumb. Robert Gibbs: Romney’s slogan is Obama ‘didn’t clean up our mess fast enough’ By David EdwardsSunday, April 29, 2012 13:51 EDT Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on Sunday dismissed the Republican claim that women would vote for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney because they were being hurt by President Barack Obama’s economic policies. “I think sometimes you listen to the Romney campaign and they do think a lot people in this country are stupid,” Gibbs told NBC’s David Gregory. “Their message is: You didn’t clean up our mess fast enough.”
“The last six months of the Bush administration, we lost three and half million jobs. Mitt Romney Addresses Gay Marriage, Religion In Liberty University Commencement Address. Mitt Romney reinforced his stance that marriage is "between one man and one woman" while delivering the commencement address at Liberty University on Saturday. "The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and, at the foundation, the pre-eminence of the family," Romney said.
"As fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debate. So it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. Mitt Romney Urges Youth To 'Take Risks,' Borrow From Parents To Improve Economic Fortunes. WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Mitt Romney on Friday encouraged young Americans facing bleak job prospects to "take risks" – and even borrow money from their parents – to help improve their economic fortunes. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee noted that the nation's economy is recovering but blamed President Barack Obama for presiding over the "most anemic and tepid" comeback since the Great Depression.
On Deserted Factory Floor, Romney Says Obama’s Economy Prevented Recovery. Apr 19, 2012 4:36pm LORIAN, Ohio – Standing on the floor of a shutdown factory visited during the 2008 campaign by then-senator Barack Obama, Mitt Romney suggested that workers would have returned by now if it weren’t for the President’s economic policies. “So, as you can tell, we are in a factory,” said Romney, speaking at the National Gypsum Company in Lorain, with a massive sign that read “Obama Isn’t Working” hanging behind him.
“This factory is empty.” “It was closed in 2008 at the beginning of the economic downturn,” he said. Wall Street's Huge Bet on Romney. Let there be no doubt where Wall Street's political loyalties lie: Of all the money the securities and investment industry has poured into the 2012 presidential contest so far -- to the candidates and the super PACs behind them -- an unambiguous 92 percent has gone to the GOP, according to a new Center for Responsive Politics analysis. And in so doing, the securities and investment industry is betting hard on the candidacy of one of its own: Mitt Romney.
Between his campaign committee and a monster super PAC supporting his candidacy, Romney has benefited from about 72% percent of the near $33 million Wall Street has contributed through February. The former Bain executive has received $7.3 million from industry-affiliated individuals and political action committees. That means securities and investment accounts for about 10 percent of the more than $74.8 million Romney has raised. The sheer amount of cash Wall Street has sent Romney represents an extremely lopsided giving pattern. Still Voting For 'Mitt Romney'? Mitt Romney: 'I'm Not Concerned About The Very Poor' Former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney Says He 'Misspoke' On 'Very Poor' Comments. Romney: 'Young Voters Have To Vote For Me' Romney: Young people ‘have to vote for me’ By David EdwardsMonday, April 23, 2012 14:24 EDT.