How can you say Romney's skills are without question? He is bashing the Affordable Healthcare Act and distancing himself from his own healthcare in Massachusettes that this one was patterned after. And it is very popular. He was pro choice until he ran for election this time. His business experience was buying businesses and running them into the ground and taking any profit from them. That sounds like a great way to obliterate the people's government.
sstonetx writes:
How can you say Romney's skills are without question? He is bashing the Affordable Healthcare Act and distancing himself from his own healthcare in Massachusettes that this one was patterned after. And it is very popular. He was pro choice until he ran for election this time. His business experience was buying businesses and running them into the ground and taking any profit from them. That sounds like a great way to obliterate the people's government.
Wrong,,, wrong,, wrong. He has been a businessman, in the real world for a long time. Have you heard anyone accuse him of being a crook, a cheater, dishonest? He has made a LOT of money. Sorry, that is not a crime. YET.
The "Affordable Healthcare Act " is a Federal Government takeover of the health care system. Get it? The moron's in Washington want to decide how, when and where, YOU get healthcare. I'm scared for you and me. The Massachusetts health care plan has NOTHING in common with "The Affordable Healthcare Act ". Quit believing what you hear the other Republican candidates say and find out the truth.
Topics that have to do with personal choices have NO business in the Presidential election process. I don't care what he said 20 years ago.
Your statement,, "His business experience was buying businesses and running them into the ground and taking any profit from them", again shows that you are listening to the B.S. of the other Republican candidates. You have no idea how that business works. Find out for yourself before the government takes control of it.
I'm sorry your angry and appear to be waiting for the next government handout. Wake up and looking the mirror. Please take some personal responsibility and stop blaming everything on everyone but yourself.
Greece is a great country that gave and promised their citizens more than they could pay for. We are on the same road,,, sadly.
sillystring writes:
js, why do you think Romney is out of touch with the "real" world?
Have you watched clips of him trying to connect with regular people? It's laughable his inability to carry a conversation with people. His gaffes too also show his inability to talk amongst the masses.
js1906 writes:
Nothing more than someone motivated by untrue DNC talking points.
Very true. They were talking about this on the radio just the other day. Usually Liberals will just cut and past the DNC talking points. They fail to mention the bad things, one being 14 million more people on food stamps.
I like some of Romney's ideas. I like some of Newt's ideas, too, but he won't get the nomination.
I think Romney really wants to be President. I think he has a good heart and wants to get the country back on track. He is successful in business and has leadership skills.
He is hard to relate to, but all the candidates are millionaires. None of them live the life of the middle class and certainly not the poor.
I am hoping for a big change..........someone who can lead this country out of the mess it is in. We cannot have another 4 years of Obama.
txwoodchuck says:
The "Affordable Healthcare Act " is a Federal Government takeover of the health care system. Get it? The moron's in Washington want to decide how, when and where, YOU get healthcare. I'm scared for you and me. The Massachusetts health care plan has NOTHING in common with "The Affordable Healthcare Act ". Quit believing what you hear the other Republican candidates say and find out the truth.
Topics that have to do with personal choices have NO business in the Presidential election process. I don't care what he said 20 years ago.
Your statement,, "His business experience was buying businesses and running them into the ground and taking any profit from them", again shows that you are listening to the B.S. of the other Republican candidates. You have no idea how that business works. Find out for yourself before the government takes control of it.
Tex
I'm sorry your angry and appear to be waiting for the next government handout. Wake up and looking the mirror. Please take some personal responsibility and stop blaming everything on everyone but yourself.
First of all, the Affordable Healthcare Act does decide when and where you get your insurance. If you like the insurance you currently have and want to keep it, no problem. This gives you an additional choice. If you don't have insurance, it is an affordable way to get it. Try getting insurance now if you are not working for a corporation, are self employed on unemployed. The rates are sky high. And, those that cannot afford it will be subsidised.
Secondly, I agree that choice/anti choice should not be a platform, but, the Republicans have made it one.
3rd, I did not get my information from the Republican candidates. There are many sources one can go to find information and I use a lot of them. Romney's background is common knowledge. I don't object to him being rich, it is how he got there. I never said he did anything illegal.
Aa far as business is concerned, I have owned my own successful business and think I have a pretty good knowledge of the principles of business.
Lastly, I am not angry at anything and have never had a government handout in my life. It seems like on the anger thing, you might want to look in the mirror.
I had a typo and meant to say the Affordable Healthcare Act does NOT decide when and where you get insurance. And it is not a government insurance. It is private insurance companies that come into a pool for people to find what is best for them. It is really easy to find out the gist of the Affordable Healthcare Act if you just go on Thewhitehouse.gov.
sstonetx writes:
I had a typo and meant to say the Affordable Healthcare Act does NOT decide when and where you get insurance. And it is not a government insurance. It is private insurance companies that come into a pool for people to find what is best for them. It is really easy to find out the gist of the Affordable Healthcare Act if you just go on Thewhitehouse.gov.
Oh,, I see, you want the "private insurance companies" to decide what is best for my health. No thank you.
I should just go to "thewhitehouse.gov" to get my information. Can't I just read it for my self? Have you read it? Why is it written by a bunch of lawyers and soooooo HUGE? It's another government scam. We all need to wake up.
Have you really thought about this? There needs to be changes made, and they are being made. I don't want the scoundrels in Washington D.C. making them.
I used to think like you when I was about 18-20 years old.
European Socialism isn't working, but you think it will work just fine in the USA. Go figure.
Most of the whining on this board comes from the ‘right’. I guess if you cannot make your case then it is OK to resort to name calling, assumptions of intelligence and financial status or blaming everything on some government conspiracy theory. Hey whatever gets you through the day right?
You must have corporate insurance, which is wonderful for you and you will never have to change it as long as your company provides you with it. However, I have a friend who lives here, but, had to keep residency in another state because she is retired, but, not 65 and the premiums in Texas were more than she makes a month. What would you do for those people? Or, the people who have been unemployed and cannot find a job that will pays benefits? Or, those who are working at part-time jobs that do not pay for benefits, either. A lot of companies make their hours 30 hour weeks so they can avoid that. We need to find a way for those who are not so fortunate to pay for their healthcare or ours will keep going up and up and up.
There always have been exceptions, people that fall through the cracks. Having the Fed's take over healthcare will not be a viable solution. Medicare was well intentioned, but it has gotten out of hand. It is part of the problem. This is a VERY complicated problem, with no simple solutions. Having the federal government administer another HUGE program is just wrong.
What federal program is well run and cost effective? There has to be solutions that make health care available to all our citizens. Having the Federal government administer another program, they aren't capable of running, will be more government waste. Isn't there enough government waste?
txwoodchuck, I understand your side of it. I am on Medicare and I find it a good program. If we had Medicare for all, it would be a whole lot cheaper. I have had brest cancer and before I got on Medicare, my premiums were $1100 a month with a $5000 deductable. That was the high risk pool rates. Regular insurance would not cover me, and if they would, the rates were much higher than that. So, for you younger people who are working for large corporations in The Woodlands (which is a higher income per capita than most places), you are not aware of what people in lower income brackets are having to deal with. I know that government run things are not always the most efficient, but, everyone is trying to take away Medicare, Planned Parenthood, health clinics, and such, but, not offering anything to replace them. I am 70 years old. Medicare is all I can afford! And, by the time you buy a supplement, that is not cheap, either. Yes, it is complicated, but, I wish the Republicans would get together with the Democrats and really work on a solution instead of how they can take away from the rest of us. All the politicians are taken care of for life. They don't have to worry about it. But, they have some responsibility to help keep costs down for those who are not millionaires........or in high income brackets. There are a lot of problems in the areas under $100,000 if not employed in a great company.
The lines are clearly drawn between the right and the left. At some point, it would be great if folks could forget right and left and realize that neither side is working for us. Why defend politicians just because they are on "your" side..........they aren't. They are on their side.
If politicians are going to make laws that we have to abide by, they should also. Let them be on the same health plan, let them lose their ridiculous pensions, let them pay social security. Stop the lobbyists from contributing to the politicians, stop the ridiculous pork.
We cannot have bigger government. We need a much stronger welfare system with recipients being accountable.
These politicians go through all this BS in front of the cameras, but they are ALL friends. We need a politician with backbone that will get this country back on track and eliminte all the government waste. Unfortunately I do not kn ow one!
The lines are clearly drawn between the right and the left. At some point, it would be great if folks could forget right and left and realize that neither side is working for us. Why defend politicians just because they are on "your" side..........they aren't. They are on their side.
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sillystring .... just a portion of your post but I couldn't have said it better! E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T !
I have to agree with you, sillystring, but, there seems to be little enthusism for compromise. No matter what you think of Obama, he has tried to compromise. He believes in it. A lot of us who support him have been upset with him for not holding his ground and giving into the Republicans on things we hold dear. However, he believes in something is better than nothing. And, I have to agree with him, now that time has passed and I see what has been accomplished that would not have been if he was not willing to do that, example, raising the debt ceiling. I feel we all need to hear one another and try to compromise with our thoughts. I enjoy this board, not because I think I will change minds, but, I want to understand why people think they way they do about issues.
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