I don't really care what his position is; look at his record. Also, you realize you just said his position was such-and-such and then said he had to be a liar?
I didn't say that Romney
specifically is a liar, what I said was that, "lying, pandering" and "flip-flopping", are
job requirements for
politicians. That is an
inclusive statement about the nature of the political beast, not any individual politician. Those few who don't have those traits,
do not arrive in Washington, D.C.
By war-mongering, I am referring to his tough stance on Iran.
Romney, as are any and all "candidates" for office, is in the "talk is cheap" stage. Beyond that, somebody
needs to take "a tough stance on Iran". Iran's nuclear saber-rattling is a greater threat to the middle-east than any military action currently underway in the area.
Regarding his governance, do you think the government coerces people to pay taxes in any other way than the threat of guns pointed in their faces? Nevermind that if you stand firm and actually defend yourself against their depredations, they will kill you in your living room.
Apparently, I missed the news reports of the referenced Romney-directed tax murders. Cite?
Regarding reducing the size of government, bullhockey. I'll believe it when I see it. His whole game at Bain Capital was taking advantage of crony capitalism (alliance between government and business). He fully understands the relationship between government and big business already. He's not going to change that. No with his record, in and out of government.
Again, Romney is in the "talk is cheap" stage of the election. He can
DO nothing at this point other than peddle his ideas. Is he being truthful? He's being as truthful as
any politician. We have a natural tendency to vote for the liar whose lies we find most in line with our own philosophies and desires.
Oh, and I forgot to mention his ads saying China was cheating (currency manipulation). Boy, talk about the pot calling the kettle black.* He is not currently a currency manipulator, but he is certainly a part of that system and has made no such accusation against the US despite it being very well deserved. Nor has he said he will end the currency manipulation by the United States (fedgov and Fed).*
"That system", to which you refer, is the American political system. Romney didn't invent it, and yes, he is certainly - and
necessarily - "a part of that system". The Chinese don't have an
official vote in this election, and - unlike Obama - Romney does not see it as
his responsibility to apologize for America's existence or practices. One does not
successfully engage in international negotiations from a position of weakness.
Don't underestimate the significance of our debt problem with China. In Sept or so, I think it was Reuters who reported that a couple Chinese generals were recommending economic war over Taiwan. The Chinese can wreck our economy in just a few weeks by dumping their US Treasury bonds on the world's bond markets. How does that work? Just like this. Our government has to spend, and spend, and spend. In order to do it without taxing us into poverty it has to borrow, borrow, borrow. Well, if the world bond markets are flooded with US Treasury bonds, then the US government has that much more trouble selling its next issue of bonds (borrowning). Also, as the supply of bonds goes up on the market, the value of the bonds goes down. Here is how that works. Lets say a $100 bond usually sells for $93, (the other $7 being the 7% interest on the bond.) But, as bonds flood the market, the value of bonds maybe goes down to $85. Here is the other whammy. If the bonds go down in price, it means the Treasury has to sell even more of them to get the money it wants (but still has to pay the face value at maturity to redeemers.) So, it gets harder to sell bonds, and you have to sell more of them to raise the same amount of money. And, it has to pay off that higher interest at maturity to redeemers.
Yep - that's how it works... except that our government doesn't
have to "spend, and spend and spend" like drunken sailors - the Congress
chooses to spend money we don't have, and there's no sign of that changing, regardless of the outcome of this election. Why is there no public outcry - with hundreds of thousands of people descending upon Washington -
demanding that Congress get control of itself?
I am scared to death of an economic war of this nature with China. No, no, no, no. Anybody who would blunder us into such a war, or deliberately provoke one, is insane with a capital i. Thus, when I saw the anti-China commentary in Romney's ads, I sat bolt upright, my hair standing on end. WTF! is he talking about!?! He had better be lying.
Government Motors has more than 50% of it's manufacturing facilities in China. We MUST DEMAND that our government rein in it's spending, and get our deficit(s) under control! U.S. goods and services trade with China totaled $539 billion in 2011. Exports totaled $129 billion; Imports totaled $411 billion, for a deficit of
3.14:1. Put into dollars, that's a deficit of
$282B in China's favor. Whoever in the USTR's Office of China Affairs, is responsible for managing the horrific formulation and implementation of U.S. trade policy for China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Mongolia, should be FIRED! Our National Debt increases at the rate of approximately
$162,500,000 per hour,
24 hours per day! That's
$2,708,333.33 per minute or,
$45,138.89 per second!
The Obama administration has increased our National Debt by almost
$6T. We (as a nation) are in a money hole
so deep, it will take several generations to recover -
IF even then.
Now... isn't all of this a bit off the thread
TOPIC? Pax...
