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Updated 11:22 a.m. — Eric Cantor, the second-ranking House Republican, endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Sunday, saying he is the candidate best suited to handle the issue of the economy.
Cantor, the House Majority Leader, announced his support on "Meet the Press," just two days before the primary on Tuesday in Virginia.
"What I have seen is a very hard-fought primary. And we have seen now that the central issue about the campaign now is the economy," Cantor told moderator David Gregory. "I just think there's one candidate in the case who can do that, and it's Mitt Romney."
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor thrusts his support behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on NBC's Meet the Press.
Cantor is the highest-ranking Republian member of Congress to make an endorsement in the primary. Moreover, Cantor has emerged as a national political figurehead for conservatives on Capitol Hill; he's generally seen as the informal leader of the faction of anti-establishment conservatives to have been elected in 2010. To that end, he is one of three House Republicans considered the party's "Young Guns," along with Reps. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Paul Ryan (Wis.), neither of whom have endorsed in the presidential race.
Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told reporters traveling with Romney on Sunday that Cantor called the former Massachusetts governor on Wednesday to inform him of the endorsement.
The Virginia lawmaker's support adds to a collection of endorsements Romney has collected from elected officials. Eighty-one Republican members of Congress have voiced public support for Romney, according to Roll Call's count of endorsements. Just 11 members of Congress have endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, by comparison. Romney has additionally won endorsements from other national Republican figures like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Fehrnstrom suggested Cantor's support stems from an interest in riding Romney's coattails — coattails which, by implication, Fehrnstrom meant that Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum wouldn't have for Republicans downballot.
"I gotta believe in the back of his mind he’s also thinking about maintaining a Republican majority in the house and elected republicans are looking for someone who has coattails, not concrete shoes," the Romney adviser said of Cantor.
Some of the other members of the House Republican leadership team have made endorsements; the No. 3 member of the GOP, Conference Chairman and Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling, had endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Republican Policy Committee Chairman and Georgia Rep. Tom Price has endorsed Newt Gingrich.
Two members of the House GOP leadership have endorsed Romney, including Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the Republican conference vice chairwoman, and Oregon Rep. Greg Walden, the chairman of the House Republican Leadership.
The top House Republican, Speaker John Boehner, has doggedly refused to make an endorsement in the Republican primary. A political spokesman for the speaker confirmed Saturday that Boehner won't endorse before the primary on Tuesday in his native Ohio, arguably the crown jewel of the Super Tuesday contests.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has also declined, to date, to make an endorsement in the Republican race.
Cantor's endorsement comes at a point in Romney's campaign at which he's railed against opponent Rick Santorum's extensive experience in Congress. Romney has made his lack of time spent in Washington a cornerstone of his campaign.
The former Massachusetts governor has also broken, though, from congressional Republicans at points throughout the campaign. Most notably, Romney came out in opposition to a deal GOP leaders on Capitol Hill had struck with President Obama to raise the nation's debt ceiling last August after maintaining his silence for much of the debate.
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Well thank God little Eric finally found his cajones!
You do have to admire his courage... lol
*snark off*
Yep, that endorsment did it for me.
So Eric is another of those faux-tea-party guys. Supporting big business that the astro-turf Tea Party supposedly hates? And the Tea Party says OWS has a confused message.
Eric Nosferatu sidles up closer to the throne.
cavilier, I see your one of the obama lovers. How much they paying you with the stimulis funds? I can't imagine you could hold a real job.
Et tu, Brute?
I wonder when Willard is going to give an interview on something other then Faux News?
Never Feisty. He screws up his interviews with his friends at Fox (aka tea people GOP Koch republican propaganda machine). How do you think he would do with a real interviewer.
I hear ya Mo!
He would respond with; "the trees are just the right height and I can see them from my Malibu mansion" dontcha you... also... too...
Ah, Eric, now that it is assured Mitt will win Va., and the powers that be have rigged their own primaries in Ia. and Mich., (who could have seen that coming, the Kings of voter fraud), and the money has all pledged to Mitt, Eric steps up to the plate and endorses the already foregone conclusion that Mitt will buy his way to the nomination. Should we give him the Red Badge of Courage? So very transparent, Eric, what did the Mittster promise you? Who says money can't buy you "love"? LOL
I think Eric is envisioning himself as VP. He saw the power Cheney had over W.
Just my opinion, but Cantor seems to be a sleaze-bag... Every time I hear him speak I can't help but wonder, What is he hiding about himself? He just does not look trustworthy....
His main objective seems to be to destroy Medicare and social Security as we know it... Really just to do away with it altogether...
Well Eric your sure not listening to the same candidate Romney that I have heard talk about everything, in detail, EXCEPT the economy! But then your the favorite of the Tea Party. You know Eric, the Tea Party, your masters in the Republican Party! The ones you led last summer in the House of Representative, in the fight to get our United States Credit Ratings LOWERED from AAA to AA so we can all pay higher interest on our national debt! Oh, now you remember? Glad to see you now are a staunch endorser of a Republican LIBERAL, Mitt Romney!
Terry - He's gay.
Fiesty - you left off an adjective - little cajones!
The one sign that said it all during these GOP campaigns was the guy who had the big HELP! sign.
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So I, Eric Cantor the Great, am putting the FULL WEIGHT of my 9% approval rating, squarely behind (underneath) Mitt Romney!!!!!!!
And? In "the average" of things, doesn't that lower Mitt's 28% a few clicks?
I'm sure Romney appreciates the backing, though. I guess now, if Romney becomes president, it would be unlikely that Cantor would run a "make Romney fail" blockade like he normally does with presidents. Of course, that would only occur if Romney actually DID anything.
I would love to have a job that I lobbied for by saying that it never works and that it should do nothing but shrink... what an EASY task to fulfill! Especially for Romney. He can come in, put us through chapter 7 to screw our creditors and contractors, chop us up into manageable and sell-able parts, dissolve the debt, give he and his GOP cronies the profits, and walk away... problem solved.
So, even the Tea Party can be bought. Hey Eric, did you finally get the memo from the Koch bros to endorse Mittens?
Cantor is a bold face liar and cannot be trusted!
Cantor is a big whusssss...HIS TeaParty Congress is going to be MAD at him! Endorsing Romney against their very being!
And Romney can't "think" on his own, he needs the party to tell him what he thinks!! Like Palin, he can only give interviews to "friendly" interviewer, FAUX!
Obama will MOP Romney up in ANY debates!
I find it amusing that Romney is claiming Washington outsider, but is endorsed by more members of Congress then either of his opponents.
This article makes no mention of Santorum's endorsements in the Congress, but according to a February 24th article on The Hill, Santorum has 4 members of Congress that have endorsed him.
Let's see, Cantor's assistant Chief of Staff goes to his super pac and now Cantor endorses Romney. Is someone hoping for a VP nod?
"For public safety get this Nut Santorum out of the race"
"Cantor spits Coffee out for bad Tea"
phinephancy-4252115
An interesting notion... VP. Makes sense.
I picture this squirrely guy in the back on the room jumping up and down with his hand raised as high as he can get it... "Pick me! Pick me!".
LMarcT,
LOL! I can actually picture that! (And it is probably an accurate picture!)
Eric Cantor is a sycophant and an a$$ kisser. Note he has waited until Mitt has the primaries in the bag before he signs on for the ride. Eric had better be careful, he most likely will wind up strapped to the top of Mitt's station wagon!
Frankly, I can see President Obama debating all four the Tea Bag Express and winning handily.
FIRE LIMBAUGH AND O'REILLY!
AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only 257 more days of listening to ALL of this political crap from BOTH sides...
WOW......There is A LOT of nervous folks typing on this fine Sunday. One lil endorsement by one member of 435 and look at the posts.....losers...lol
Better start getting used to the fact that Romney is getting the Republican nod and Obama will be out of the Oval Office next Jan.
PS......who's watching Obummer TRY and kiss Isreals ass at AIPAC this morning????......he is too clueless
David Gregory is not a very good interviewer.. He just let Eric LIE! on tv. On gas prices he let Eric say that Obama has a war on deep oil drilling. He does not... Obama had a moratorium back in 2010 to investigate what happened with the oil spill.
He said Obama has a war on oil and gas.
Gas production has increased under Obama.
The keystone pipeline had an amendment where it will guaranteed all the oil will stay in America. Republicans just killed the amendment.
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012/02/22/430234/bought-by-big-oil-house-gop-vote-against-keeping-keystone-xl-oil-in-america/
It is they who have a war on oil by not letting the oil stay here for American consumption. Again they are for the oil companies.
Nice to see you're a fan of the First Amendment! Nazi's hushed opposing views too
Remember that Obama will get a few chances to debate Romney. That is going to be fun to watch. im thinking Romney will flip flop every other debate. Our president is going to destroy Romney. Why is he not getting interviewed in other networks other than fox news? What is he afraid? of flip flopping some more before getting the nomination???
Free speech has its consequences too. And Rush has gone over the line. I hope the lawsuit for defamation from this lady gets announced this week.
I know "wishful thinking" when I see it sir....lol....and that was it.
Obama's "newness" has worn thin on the American. Now he's the incumbent, the insider, Mr. Washington. All the pretty speeches chock-filled with platitudes aint saving his butt this round.
Remember how the world treated him like a rock star and the Nobel folks said he rocked too??? yeah, that's over. He's got an actual record to run on now....lol.....and I don't hear or see many people bragging about it......slammin Romney but not bragging 'bout Bamma....lol
I understand why you need it to happen, but it's wishful thinking.
LMAOOOOO, I actually watched this tard "testify" in front of Pelosi's "photo-op"....lol....(let's not make it any more than it actually was) and she was embarrassing.
She WANTS YOU AND I TO BUY HER CONTRACEPTIVES!!!!!! At a cost of $3000 over her college career. Is that insane?!?!?!? Well, ok....just me since I'm the only taxpayer on this board....but you know what I mean.
Then, get this, she said it was "A womans health issue"!!!....lmaoooooo, holy crap the left are retarded. Talk about spin. The left has won the Brian Williams "media war" on this issue but that's as far as it goes, especially come June when the SCOTUS is going to @!$%#can ObamaCare.
She'll have to whip out her own coin purse at Walgreens. Awwwwww
Obama has over 20 years of flip flopping from Romney to run on. You know what i find Ironic?? In 2010 the teba g gers voted in droves to stop Obamacare and their nominee is going to be the only governor in America who passed the same law at the state level. jajajajaja!!!!! And now you have the flip flopper saying that he is going to get of the rid of the law by executive order. I think he flip flopped that also because you cant get rid of it by executive order.
She wants her insurance company to be able to provide the drugs. You see!! right there is where Rush is lying to the ignorant American people.
One question for you??
Does the American tax payer own the insurance companies?
LOL....finallllllllllly, ya got something right...lol
Your statement STILL doesn't change the fact that Obama is history. Are you saying we're going to get the white version of Barry?
Please tell me you're kidding!
Do you have any idea of how many things I'd like my insurance company to pay for?!?!?
Is there no end to you liberals and what you think your neighbor "OWES" you?????
Wait till the debaters start getting into things like taxes and the economy, Romney will make himself look like a fool.
Contraceptives are already provided by the insurance companies.
Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. Time for some fresh air.
Have a good Sunday
Limbaugh is an ignorant male who apparently doesn't understand how birth control works, he thinks that every time a woman has sex she takes a pill. NO, you take one every day, one could have sex many times a day you still only take one a day.
As he is an aficionado of the little blue pill, in relation to sex he thinks birth control works the same way! Apparently some other misogynists have the same idea. Birth control pills are prescribed for many medical reasons and prevention of pregnancy is just one, women have the right to plan a family or to prevent pregnancy. To the hair on fire big mouths, it is a women's health issue and just like the men we have every right to expect our issues to be treated with respect.
So.....gingerbread.... Does she also want condoms paid for since the pill does not prevent HIV and hundreds of other STD's. If your having sex with people you dont know that well your playing Russian roulette with your Vagina. I paid for my own Vasectomy but before I married And yes Ive been married 4 times any of my wives.....I used condoms when in the sexual situation. As a side note I divorced the first 3 and still remain good relationships with them. To be honest they are all much more stanch republicans than I am. My 3rd wife thinks Reagan was a god....me not so much. I realize that there are medical reasons to take birth control and fully support insurance covering these reasons. But living here in Detroit there are 2 different mind sets. Most of the younger women in this area either on one side or the other..... 1 they want children so they can get assistance or they want birth control so they can have sex several times a day with many people..sometimes at the same time. We have had police raid local motels where these events take place.
I watched the interview with Cantor and he kept shaking his head side to side while he was extolling Romney, as if to say "no," so unless he thought he was in India, he's sending a subliminal message he really doesn't support Romney.
That post is a little creepy.
Gingerbread, every time I see Limbaugh call the woman who spoke up for acess to contraception, a slut, I just want to punch the wall. Not wanting to hurt myself, I think I'll just vote for every Democrat on the ballot, instead. Republicans refuse to take on Rush for fear of losing their neanderthal male vote? Well, you just lost the womens vote, cowards!
Well, Cantor is throwing in his support at the critical moment when it doesn't really matter any more. All that is being determined in the primaries is who gets to lose against President Obama in November. The GOP officially is in the fetal position and the race is, for all intents and purposes, over.
Amy - as Cantor kept telling Gregory NO to a VP run, his head was bobbing up and down. Romney better watch that one .. Eric has already sharpened all the kitchen knifes in anticipation of getting on the ticket as VP. Life follows art .. and we have already seen that story play out on the TV show '24'.
alex cali.... That post is a little creepy.
My thoughts exactly, in addition, it qualifies as TMI
As Limbaugh has also been married four times as our 'friend' @ 1.43 post, they are kindred spirits. Enough said, if the shoe fits..............lol
I watched the presidents speech this morning, and I wonder if the republican candidates realize just how "out of class" they appear in this horse race. Then I checked the latest polls of swing states like Ohio and Virginia and a few others, Rasmussen the republican leaning poll has Obama beating all republican candidates by single digits above the polls margin of error, the other polls have Obama leading by double digit margins. Having said that democrats should take nothing for granted, make sure you start mobilizing your voters now, because many states have changed their registration rules, make sure you know what the rules are and if they want a long form birth certificate to register then bring it, forewarned is forearmed.
Alex,
That post was mega creepy! ☺
Gingerbread Mamma,
Or the condom... in JOS's case no doubt, he's and extra small!
Amy, every woman of every stripe who values her hard won rights, needs to remember events come November.
They need to remember, that the response to these insulting statements by Limbaugh from not only the candidates but the grand poobahs of the Republican were tepid at best.
John Boehner, Speaker of the House, it was 'inappropriate'
Romney, "It's not the language I would have used" as he signed autographs. Would he have used other words to insult women. Wonder how his wife and daughters in law feel about that ringing denouncement?
Santorum, "He's being absurd, but that's you know, an entertainer can be absurd". Wonder how his wife, daughters and his mother think it is 'entertainment' to insult women.
This is what women have to remember come voting time, this holds true for all the good men out there who love and respect ALL the women in their lives.
Hi Forrest, Good to see here, very good advise on voting. Many of these new laws are designed to limit the ability of the elderly, the young and the uninformed of all ages. The republicans are counting on that happening.
Every state who elected a TeaParty candidate in 2010 has had new laws or are preparing to have them changed by November. Same thing goes for voter registrations. When you read of the discrepancies occurring in the various primaries and caucuses so far, you know they are capable of doing it as they are willing to do it to their own party members.
Hope you are well and Mrs Grump too.
OK gals may I suggest for your listening pleasure Annie Lennox's "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" as you mobilize the women's vote against these asshats.
Thanks GM we are doing OK hope all is well with you.
Cantor "anti-establishment"????? Cantor is the GOP establishment!!!
@jolly,
Really??? really??? Not only CREEPY (as well as TMI) do you really think women "purposely" get pregnant to receive "assistance"??? That is STUPID!!!!
I wonder what part of the government he gave to cantor to fuc,k up
Ha it sounds like a lot of women marry Jolly to get assistance.
Gingerbread, well put. When I heard the President of the Catholic University so eloquently defend the law student with whom he disagreed on the issue, I thought: that's what Romney should have said. Why didn't he? Because he's afraid of Rush Limbaugh. I say, if he can't stand up to Limbaugh, how will he stand up to the President of Iran?
I am certain you endorsed Hillary and when she lot you voted for McCain/Palin...right?
Ohhhh, I see, women's rights rights only matter when there's a "D" behind the name....dolts...You 'occupiers' are so transparent....lol
Fear is driving the pubbies including Cantor. They realize the longer this contest continues the worse off their eventual nominee will be entering the general election. The pubbie elitist establishment has been beating the drum for a few weeks now to rally to the establishment's candudate Ro-money. Cantor's endorsement is the sign that even the obstructionists are starting to deconstruct their barricades because they fear the backlash from the electorate. I'm going to miss the rabble rousing hangers-on. It has been so entertaining and their antics have been side spitting. Even if Super Tues. doesn't bring this laugh fest to a close, the end game is now predictable. The pubbies are stuck with Ro-money and really isn't it fitting that their plastic candudate is their representative.
Americans, I know you need jobs, I know you need help, I know your children need help, but see, what we gotta do first is establish who the real ones among you are. So far we've established it's not the black ones (shudder), it's not the brown ones, it's not the female ones, it's not the smart ones. Now, that we have the real Americans in the party paying attention, let's do this thing, boys! - Love letter from the GOP
Little sissy-boy Cantor: "I want what I want, when I want it"
Sounds like a good Republican to me!
No doubt he supports: "I don't worry about the poor" Romney.
Let's see, Eric Cantor - who has ambushed the United States every chance he has gotten - now endorses Romney. Well, that should be the kiss of death for Romeny!
Ha Michael wants to talk about transparent, Sarah Palin did not even carry the republican women's vote she contributed heavily to an electoral landslide loss, as her silly babble does not reflect the nature or mindset of the vast majority of American women. They saw right through her, and there is no comparison between her and Hilary's ability or intellect. You got it all wrong Michael, it's not about just voting for a women, it has to be the right women, and very few people felt Palin was the right women, as she turned herself into a laughing stock in the first 5 minutes of her 15 minutes of fame.
alex cali....please inform me as to which republican presidential want to be has NOT lied or stretched the truth big time ? As for Cantor..he like all the want to be's are doing their best to ruin this nation. Profits for the wealthy and big business is all that is being counted today by anyone in the republican party. Cuting taxes for the wealthy created no jobs during the Bush term of office...as a matter of fact..it cased a huge drop in employeement..and NO creation of any jobs... So now the republicans want to do that all over again..so who will no doubt benefit..the majority of the citizens of this country...the 99%..or the top 1% of the wealthy ? From all the figures published so far..it is NOT the middle class for sure.
This reminds me of the old politically incorrect statement: "If rape is inevitable, etc etc etc". If all the ships are sinking does it really matter which one you choose to be on?
Well now since the anointed one has endorsed Romney, the primaries are officially over.
Here's what would have been a real kick-ass headline... "Eric Cantor, a Non-Swimmer wades into the Deep-end of the Pool".
Well gingerbread mama this woman is not going to support your view on election day. Contraception is murder in my eyes because I really do know how the pill works. I will stand and speak against being forced to contribute to a program that makes me an active participant in contraception/abortion. All insurance is pool coverage I know this so you can't scam me on that either. So I will opt out without the permission of my government. I will refuse to pay the fine and if neccesary I will go to jail. But I will not pay into a system that I believe forces me to pay for murder.
Cantor never met a lie he didn't like to tell!
Well if Obama wins a second term it won't be
because I didn't do everything that I could to prevent that from happening.
Obama and this administration lie to us the American public every day. It has
become almost impossible to know what is true and what is not true. Spread the
truth. Obama and this administration prey on the uneducated and the uninformed.
Obama has become an artist at saying one thing and doing another. Obama has
been the worst most destructive president to Americans and what we believe in.
LETS LIGHT THE FIRE TO IGNITE A FREE AMERICA THAT
OUR FORFATHERS WOULD BE PROUD OF.
A FIRE THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE REPUBLIC STARTED
BY THE FOUNDERS OF THIS COUNTRY WILL LAST FOREVER.
A FIRE THAT WOULD LET OBAMA AND THOSE LIKE HIM
KNOW THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN A SOCIALIST COUNTRY.
ANYBODY BUT OBAMA 2012!!!
AMERICA IS DEPENDING ON US!!!
Michael1969
Just because Palin is a woman we should have voted for her????? What has Palin done to show that she is for women's rights? Show that a woman can shoot at helpless animals from a helicopter????
Micheal, that is the stupidest thing I have read - vote for a woman because she is a woman. I'm going to tell you a secret - most vote for a woman that DOES ANYTHING/SOMETHING for women's rights and not because she has ovaries.
Abbnormal, I'll see you one and raise you one on Eric "Charlsie" Cantor. He looks gay-er than David Cicilline. I wonder how many sons his mother had and how many were male.
I put an endorsement from Cantor in the same category as an endorsement from Scott Walker, another piece of garbage who deserves to leave office feet first: it's a sure-fire campaign killer. They're they poster boys for turning America into a Chinese whorehouse.
Eric Cantor is a weasel. Remember the self appointed hall monitor in high school? He grew up to be Eric Cantor.
...and that is EXACTLY why I'm voting again for the President! Sure sucks to be you doesn't it.
P.S. Since we're being "honest"... Joe... why don't you tell us why it is you hate the President so much... is because he's fixing the economy... or is it because he's black or is because just a better President than all of the last Republicans combined... please tell us?
If Romney accepts this endorsement that should tell you where his real priorities are. On the side of the party that has brouht this country to it knees just to not raise taxes the rich.Romney is a 1% er If you are not in the 1% then why in the world would you vote for this guy. I don't get it.
Obama is a 1%-er, if you're not in the 1%, then why in the world would you vote for him? And he's dumb, too.
One more reason to despise Mitt Flopney. The only 'economy' Cantor cares about is how to destroy Socal Security and distribute the proceeds to rich people.
Hey fellow seniors and babyboomers, check out Romney's plans to cut Social Security and Medicare should be be elected: www.outcomemag.com/news/politics/2012/02/10/romney-vows-social-security-medicare-cuts
Remember that come election time!
Sorry marlen but simple math says either we go into bankruptcy or we do cut Social Security and Medicare, the govt has over promised what they can deliver. Either a democrat or republican will have to do it but it will have to be done. But look on the bright side if your old enough you might not see it, but I and my children certainly will.
Marlen, your a buffoon. Seniors or close have nothing to worry about except the stupidity of the American public. Look at Obama's Bowles / Simpson report, the EXACT same thing.
@square dude: Check out the following short video presentation on how the right wing media (backed by the billionaire Koch Brothers) are actively working to destroy Social Security and I'm sure you will change your mind.
Note how Social Security has a $2.6 Trillion surplus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFymBUsoNWY
sorry Square Dude put if they are going to make cuts for us then they da~ well better start cutting their own benefits, that includes all the Public Empoyees that we are supporting with their High Pay and Benefits..... After all what is good for the goose is also good for the gander..... What you mean they need to pratice what they preach, Yea Right.....
Square Dude and JCB, do you two realize Social Security and medicare won't be there for you if the tea people GOP Koch republicans get their way. I know they tell you they'll make it better, but the truth is they aim to destroy them and force you to give your retirement money to investment firms and your medicare money to insurance companies to make them richer, and by the time you retire there will be nothing left for you. Wake up and quit buying into their propaganda. You can bet they will get their government retirement and health insurance paid for by you.
You have to admire the simple math crowd. If you can rise above 3rd grade math, there are also other options to make Social Security and Medicare viable options in the future that do not include bankruptcy and/or cuts.
Republicans are so self-centered that they would buy a plan that keeps "their" benefits while cutting those in the future. That argument plays badly in Democrat quarters. Democrats hold their own curent benefits no less dear than those in the future.
I understand both the need and the logic behind pushing the Social Security full-benefit age out to 69 or 70. I also understand that it would still be absolutely necessary to keep the 62 and 67 ages as options for those that can't make it to 70. But this also creates a larger problem from a currently unaddressed small problem... the ability for those over the age of 55 to find work. 55 is hard, 60 is much harder, 65 is near impossible to even KEEP a job. Take it to 70 and you now have created a huge gap... a new "donut hole", if you will, that MUST be addressed. Any ideas? It's all well and good to argue that we are healthier later in life, but if we can't work, it means NOTHING from a Social Security standpoint.
I also understand why Medicare is unsustainable. It's because of steady and unbelievable rises in overall health care costs. We are living longer. New, albeit more expensive procedures are available to us. New drug treatments and therapies are available to us. And, yes, there is fraud... a ton of it that must be weeded out.
What I don't understand (actually, I do) is the GOP approach to solving Medicare funding issues. Their solution is simple: don't FIX the problem, simply disconnect the government from escalating costs by capping the government's participation. It's EXACTLY what corporate america has done... "I'll pay $100 a month for your medical insurance, but after that, you're on your own". That IS NOT a solution. All it does is place the burden squarely on the insured, which, for medicare, are those over 65.
So, please don't preach partial and harmful solutions to us hoping that the voters of today will not care for those in the future. That song may resonate with the right, but my bet is that Democrats and Independents will see it for what it is and reject your plans outright.
Right RedDev, like expanding the tax base for SS, just like Medicare. Something like 0.5% tax on all income above the $110K cutoff that exists now will make SS solvent for an additional 20 years (to 2055). I make well over $110K so I'm talking about more taxes on myself, so no "class envy" comments please.
SmBusOwnerinNY, I'm with you. I have never even noticed my Social Security taxes... they could have doubled and I wouldn't have noticed. In fact, I was always pleasantly surprised when the cap was hit. Unexpected and unneeded.
How about a campaign "1% to save Social Security" All incomes above the $110K pay 1% on all income (including Div and Cap Gain). Who can't give up 1%? I'll bet that would create permanent solvency. Curious to know if that's true/enough.
Eric is the church cantor and he hopes to lead the Tea Party choir.
"Marlen, #2.3 - The Kocheads are playing a dangerous game with the American people, their day will come"
I love it, Rush Limpy only had to lose 6 advertisers to finally apoligize.
I think the republicans might be getting the ideal that trying to make women into second class citizens just might not be the right path for them.
If men in congress who have no medical history can makes laws controlling my reproductive system even to denying me birth control. How is this freedom?
Whether I take birth control or not is a medical issue and should be between me and my doctor, not some yahoo republicans in congress.
The Blunt amendment was nothing but all out war on women's health care. Then Rush did his part by demeaning all women who take birth control by calling the whores and prostitutes and then demanding he should get porno film.
Republicans this is 2012 not 1912 where Santorum wants to lead us back to or 1812 where Ron Paul wants to take our country, please try and move into this century.
Just remember you storm victims that Cantor doesn't want to assist you in anyway unless he can take from the poor somewhere else. Remember when he was ranting against helping the flood victims and how it is always more important to protect the 1% than help our fellow countrymen in need.
Cantor the republican poster child for how much the republicans hates the American people. Cantor is against food stamps, health care, education, clean air and water, social security, medicare, helping disaster victims and especially any laws that keep wall street from robbing us again and votes for anything for the rich 1% no matter how much it hurts Americans.
To top it off he voted against keeping the Keystone pipeline oil in our country.
Republicans want to risk our water supply for nothing but the pleasure of making the Koch brothers richer. Cantor sounds like the perfect republican VP to me.
They don't want to go to the economy because they don't have a plan,they dont care,and they know that anything they say will hurt them
they want to end S.S. because they don't feel they should have to pay for it or anything else for the American Worker.
marlen, why aren't you yapping about the $500 billion Obama cut out of Medicare to pay for Obama-care?
You mean that $500 billion that was a give-a-way to the insurance companies that did nothing for the people and was unfunded that the republicans passed?
Heard this on faux did you? Any lie will do when you are pushing hate for our President.
Poor republicans can't see the difference between the 500b they cut from medicare vs. the 500b that Obama cut from medicare. When Obama makes cuts, the mantra is stand up and scream like a hyena in heat. If the GOP proposes the cut, well, party like it's '1999'. And you are right Americans, the republican version basically gives that money to insurance companies, while the Obama version moves the money from care givers (not the beneficiaries) to recipients of Obama care.
I am posting a good link for the reading, but I doubt the home schooled in the back hills crowd will read and understand it - they need the Faux News yapping mouthpiece to have an ounce of understanding.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/fact-checking-the-gop-debate-500-billion-in-cuts-to-medicare/2011/06/14/AGsnGAVH_blog.html
Marlen - Those are IOU's from the Fed. If when the bill comes due, the Fed can't borrow from someone else (as it is doing now) then the IOU's become WORHTLESS and you who paid in all these years have NOTHING, but a fraction of what you were promised.
RedDev - as usual you do not see below the surface of things. That $500 billion is mainly cuts in payments to doctors that put them even further below the break even point of the previous cut about 2005. Did you know that although that cut was made that every year there is a bill which passes, that eliminates that cut by using general funds (borrowed) money to restore what was taken from Medicare.
It's a big shell game of robbing peter to pay paul.
BTW: you are refencing a Blog - where facts sometimes aren't really facts.
Don't worry square dude You can have my medicare I plan to find a way to opt out as it will become part of the healthcare pool and I consider Cantraception/abortion murder so I will not accept it in October, nor will I pay the fine. That should end me in jail so you will be able to have my SS too.
The $500 billion that Obama cut from Medicare to pay for Obama-care is going to make it all but impossible for the elderly to find a doctor that will care for them. Doctors have already indicated that the lower reimbursement rates Obama-care dictates will force them to limit or eliminate Medicare patients under Obama's misguided scheme.
In the world of Obama-care, the elderly will be stacked up in emergency rooms across the country waiting for hours for someone to see them. They won't have a primary care physician looking after them anymore. God forbid they need a major medical procedure to save/extend their lives, because those waiting lists are going to be months long just like in Canada and Europe. They'll literally die waiting for care. Thanks for throwing Grandma under the bus, Obama!
Yes, the HCL will push doctors over the edge.
Like we all give a sh*t who Cantor backs.
Obama will beat anyone they put up.
Mittens was my governor... and he sucked !!!
The puppeteers just pulled a few more strings so that one puppet backed the other. There will be a steady stream of string pulling from here on out... now that Romney has the nomination. And we can discuss this all we wish, but he DOES have the nomination. Cantor is too much of a squirrel to back anything less than a sure thing.
Cantor endorsing Romney - an interesting wrong choice.
Since I'm not sure who I like less Obama or Cantor I think the whole thing is absurd.
I'd use gerbil in the same sentence when talking about Cantor before I'd use squirrel.
Well its about time Eric.
Partisan politics aside, I think the fat lady's warming up. If all of the candidates perform as expected (based on the polls) in Tuesday's contests, the mathematical arguements for Santorum, Gingrich and Paul will be very difficult to make. For example, Gingrich who is projected to perform the worst will need to win 67% of the remaining 1550 delegates to garner the nomination while Santorum will need somewhere around 61%. By contrast, Romney will only need 48%.
SI
...and then the buyer's remorse will set it. The Republican base will go back to sleep. As much as the media will try to hype all of the political "controversies" there is not much to get them excited about.
The Republican base will go back to sleep.
I disagree. The Republican base is very motivated to remove Obama from office. It's the independent voters that will make the difference in the general election.
SI
Maybe SI, but they're not going to be excited about their candidate. That's going to take a toll. I'm not taking anything for granted, believe me. We're going to have to fight to keep Obama in there. I think it's very important that we do, for middle-class America's sake. The other side will only continue policies that have been killing the MC for upwards of 30 years.
Seattle Indie - I think the GOP voters who are motivated are a very small number. Given their candidates I predict many will chose not to vote at all. As a registered Independent I can tell you they got nothin! We will come out in force to vote against taking the country back 100 years. Unless something major happens I see Obama by a large margin in November.
Obama/Biden 2012
I think the GOP voters who are motivated are a very small number. Given their candidates I predict many will chose not to vote at all.
We'll see...
SI
Seattle have you forgotten these are not the last primaries before the convention this time. Due to all the insanity in Texas ours will be the last primary on May 29th. If nobody gets the required delegates, a real possibility, we may actually decide it or throw it to the convention undecided. In which case it will be a whole new ballgame after the first vote.
reb:
While your question is probably more rhetorical in nature and in all liklihood you will never see my response, I can't help but post this anyway. In answer to your question, no I have not forgotten. Also, while it's true that the race being undecided by May 29th is a possibility, sadly, it is a remote one at best. I don't think that people realize how much momentum Romney has gained recently and this is probably due to the media's overuse of the Real Clear Politics average of polls. The average takes into consideration polls that are often times a week old (an eternity in politics) and does nothing to give more recent polls any added weight. Because of this, the Real Clear Politics averages are lagging indicators of what is actually going on. If you look at the current polling you can see that Romney actually has a good chance of winning the state of Tennesee and will challenge Gingrich in Georgia. Both of these things were unthinkable based on the polling from just one week ago. Why is this important? Because if the trends that I am currently seeing continue, Romney will overperform on Tuesday and all but clinch the nomination. The Republican establishment will not only pressure Gingrich and Santorum to withdraw from the race but also pressure Sheldon Addelson and Foster Friess to defund their respective Super PACs that are keeping Gingrich and Santorum viable.
SI
Just another reason not to vote for romney.
Cant'or dreams of a little Mittsy puppet, Not going to happen Obama in a landslide.
Wow big surprise, and here I thought he was going to endorse President Obama.
Eric Cantor...Do you mean Eddie Cantor??? I thought that comedian was dead. The jokes on the American people.
""""""NEWS ALERT THIS JUST IN""""" SPEAKER JELLYFISH, announces his support for MR.MITTENS!
Eric Cantor endorses' Mitt Romney? I love it, that's like the final death nail in his coffin, next to Rush Limbaugh, who should be summarily fired for his "Don Imus" moment. There is no excuse for this drug addicted idiot to permeate the airwaves with his crap. I hope more than 6 sponsers pull their adds from his show. Somebody needs to publish a list of all of his sponsers so we can boycott all of them & their products.
As far as Cantor is concerned, he outranks both Boehner & McConnell for stupitidy. Hopefully, his "constituants" will give him his "pink slip" & he can join the ranks of the unemployed. Oh wait, he can become a lobbist in a year then can't he!!!!! Pays better than the job he currently holds.
Romney says; "I'll eliminate all of the czar's in Washington my first day in office". Really? Only to make yourself & the republican party the only czar ( which by the way, the definition of czar is the emperor of Russia).
The republicans want total dictatorship of this country. Hopefully, there are enough "well informed" people to prevent this from happening. The "elite" 1%'ers want nothing less than total control.
Hang on to you're hats folks, this is gonna be a good one, with Cantor in the lead, backed by the Koch Brothers & Ruphart Murdock.
Sherman ... here you go ...
here is a list of Limbaugh's sponsors:
Pro Flowers
Sleep Train
Domino's Pizza
Lending Tree
Life Quotes
e-Harmony
OnStar
Hotwire Corporate Headquarters
CARBONITE, Inc.
Select Comfort
The Neptune Society of Northern California
Oreck Corporation
Mid-West Life Insurance Co. Tennessee
AutoZone Inc.
Mission Pharmacal (Citrical)
LegalZoom
Blue-Emu
Citrix Online (GoToMyPC)
American Forces Network
And don't forget your local Clear Channel sponsors. Local affiliates hold a lot of power.
With all the phone calls I made yesterday, some of the people I talked to were embarrassed they had ever advertised on Limpy's show and were definitely never going to again.
You go republicans. Making women into second class citizens where any state can mandate state sponsered rape for their religious beliefs.
Republicans want to make a miscarriage a murder investigation by passing the person-hood amendment. Being that overweight women have more miscarriages that regular weight women. Does that mean we can fill our prison with heavy women because their weight caused the miscarriages?
Most republicans are not doctors and medical decisions should be made between a person and their doctor not some republican religious freak in congress trying to pass controlling religious laws.
If I wanted to live in a country where a religion that I did not believe in ruled the country, I would move to Iran. Yet republicans want to bring Iran type religious laws controlling women's bodies to America in the name of freedom.
Vote for real freedom and the real American way, vote for Obama/Biden 2012
Tired Old Guy - Lending Tree and Quicken Loans (not on your list but a sponsor) announced they are pulling their ads because of the outcry against Limbaugh.
Boy and I remember how mad all you liberals were at the conservatives with the muslim show and Lowes. Seems you don't mind using the same tactics though when you get mad.
Now the sickening little puke Eric Cantor opens his vile disgusting mouth to endorse Romney. No fair minded thinking person will even consider voting for ANY republican at any level of government as anyone with a lick of sense can see that the republicans do not even WANT to do the right thing by the country. All the election will show is what percentage of Americans are complete and total IDIOTS. All we can do is hope that percentage is less than it appears to be so that the republicans are left with no voice at all which is what they deserve to have.
I don't know if republicans will be your only problem in November. This independent( ex lobor democrat) will not vote for Obama if he was the last man on earth.
Pro Bailout Girly men UNITE!!! Print money till you drop, lets see if we can get 12.00 dollar gas.
If Eric Cator is for the Mitt that says it all. Bad following bad.
This CANTor help !!!!!!!
Ah, Cantor endorses Romney - - acting out a biblical kiss of death ? That should really separate Romney from the moderate base.
Eric Cantor's endorsement is the best reason I've seen to not vote for Mitt Romney.
My thought exactly.
Is it good for Romney, a 'Washington outsider' to be endorsed by so many insiders?
he's the outsider and Rick wants to be in be in charge of whats inside her........
Its like taking a glass of curdled milk,and to make it taste better....you drop in a little rat poison...Mmmmm good !!!
A serial rapist who is extremely against women's right to get rid of unplanned, unexpected and unwanted pregnancies forced upon them by serial rapists bragged as he wrote the following:
" I have at least 6 children out there being raised by six different young school girls I raped. No one has been able to arrest me because each time I rape like that, I would smartly disappear without being caught.
One major reason I like Republican Party is their anti-abortion policy that could not allow my victims to get rid of my babies growing in their wombs no matter the circumstances. Yes, it made it possible for me also to have children out there. I saw a picture of one of the babies and he looks exactly like me. I wanted to have a biological baby and the only way I could have a baby brought into this world was to rape a girl and that is what I did. Women hate me because of my ugly appearance and a deformity that I have so raping was my only alternative of protecting my right to have children. One of my victims; a fifteen year old young school girl, whose parents were staunch supporters of Republicans' policies, really cried to her parents to let her get rid of my baby by terminating the pregnancy but the parents could not allow her. I am glad that I have this baby with her even though she does not know where I am. I am thankful to Republicans and her parents for having protected my baby. Democrats' policy of freedom to choose would have enabled the young girl to terminated the pregnancy and I would have lost my baby. The girl dropped out of school and even though she hates the baby, I do not care much because my baby is growing up.”
I read what this serial rapist wrote and was shocked. Many girls have been forced to carry rapists' babies in their wombs and have had their lives destroyed because Republicans believe that even rapists have a right to have their babies raised by their victims no matter what. Rapists are very happy with republicans on this.
Democrats DO NOT and HAVE NEVER encouraged abortion. What Democrats stand for is women’s freedom to terminate an illegal pregnancy that has been forced upon them. Regarding the above mentioned circumstances, Democrats policy is that this girl who was forcefully made pregnant by this rapist had a right to make the rapist understand that she was not obliged to reward and please him with a baby resulting from his sexual crime. Unlike Republicans who would reward such sex offenders with babies, Democrats are always out to fight for women’s right to choose. It is a stupid thing for some people to be too strict to be sensible is circumstances such as this one.
I wish the rapist mentioned here above was apprehended and brought to justice.
Bullsh!t.
Then you have no knowledge of how contraceptive pills actually work. They do not prevent either conception or fertilization. They trick the uterus into thinking the egg has not been fertilized and flushing it on the schedule determined by the change in pill on the last 7 days. In my belief that means killing a human lifeform approximately 14 days after conception in other words abortion. I would respect your side more if you didn't try to scam people and told the truth about what contraception actually was.
Most fertilized eggs do not implant and/or spontaneously abort. Should we launch an investigation into every woman during every menstrual cycle to find out whether she has accidentally or intentionally "killed a human lifeform?"
That would also make your god the biggest abortionist in history. Think about that, won't you?
What did Eric Cantor smoke before coming on Meet the Press today? Romney can create jobs? How did he come to that conclusion? When Romney was Governor of Mass, his state was #48 in this area. Bain Capital made money but part of it was due to letting workers go and in some case re-hiring them at lower wages. Bain at times took over companies, sold the assets, took the company to bankruptcy and had the government pay for the laid off workers' pension. Mitt's plan of lowering taxes benefits the wealthy. His plan does not really include any real job solutions to my knowledge. How does getting rid of the estate tax help the economy? What red tape is Eric talking about in relation to Mitt's Economic proposal? I must have missed that. Eric presented a really weak case for choosing Mitt Romney as the next President. On a side note, what REAL job bills is his party working on in the House? To me, it seems that they are only addressing social issues. Case in point: a hearing composed of ONLY of men discussing women's health issues. As the Rev says, "We Gotcha Eric."
"$Millions for me, pink slips for thee" - Mitt Romney
Eric CAN'TOR is just as clueless as his colleagues in the HOUSE OF NO REPRESENTATION. The TEA/PUBLICANS have not put forward one coherent JOBS BILL in the time they have controlled the congress.Instead they have focused on the important issues of protecting IN GOD WE TRUST as our NATIONAL MOTTO,OIL&GAS companies tax loopholes,restricting VOTER RIGHTS,WOMEN'S RIGHTS and LET'S keep fighting senseless WARS.The President has been a willing PARTNER but Mr. JELLYFISH and CAN'TOR are LEADERS of the PARTY over COUNTRY crowd ,and as stated by MR.TURTLE in the Senate,our goal is to make sure BARRACK OBAMA is a one term PRESIDENT.Oh the HYPOCRISY.
Well lets see my voters rights have been in jeoprady all year at the hands of Obamas justice system.So how does that square with your rant. and my first amendment rights 3rd clause have been walked all over by Obamas justice system (censorship anyone) And my first amendment rights 2nd clause are under attack by the Obama administration now so I think your rant is way out of line.
So, Prissy Eric throws the baggers under the bus by going with the moderate rich guy with a pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-universal health care record instead of the conservative.. You can take a career politician out of the swamp, but you can't take the swamp out of the career politician, I guess. When will Mittens show up on Faux to thank Eric for that ringing endorsement?
Eric Cantor endorses Romney.
Let's take a look at the GOP's religious litmus test for a moment. Cantor who is Jewish endorses Romney who is of Mormon faith. I have heard and read from many sources that many Evangelicals don't believe Mormonism is a true christian religion.
It has been said that Eric Cantor is after the GOP House Speaker-ship which would put him 3rd in line for the US President if the worst case scenario were to happen to the President and Vice President.
This got me thinking, if President Barack Obama got such vitriolic treatment because of his race, mischaracterization of his religion and false claims about his place of birth, I wonder what would happen to Eric Cantor.
Now, ask yourself, if the far right wing religious zealots would actually allow a man of Jewish faith to occupy the White House as President and put up a Menorah instead of a Christmas Tree, I have a hard time believing they would. But. let's see if Eric Cantor ever makes Speaker of the House.
I think that Eric Cantor would receive the same racist attacks as President Obama did. The GOP is not ready for a Jewish American to become President of the United States, nor a women, or a Hispanic, or Asian. That is why they have become so rabid since 2008 and even more so in 2012 because an African American is a sitting President. Although he is a Christian, they are trying to brand him as anything but and make false claims about his place of birth.
That is one of the reasons why the sentiment among the GOP establishment and many voter's is "Anyone but Mitt". (his Mormonism).
That's why there needs to be a separation between Church and State, no litmus tests or pledges signed by politicians.
Politicians get out there, be yourself, tell the truth, say what you are for and against policy wise and stick to it and don't lie about your opponent . Let the voters decide not special interests, or corporate money.
If we are indeed American Citizens and we live in a Democracy, then our individual votes should be the only votes that count.
Oh, and stop the "we are more patriotic than you" crap against the opposing party talk. The only true American Flag is the Stars Spangled Banner. The one that get draped over the dead soldiers caskets. Forever let it wave!
Most Americans are NOT religious zealots. Most Americans value the role that religion plays in their children's lives. It teaches respecting others, morals, values, principles, self-discipline, etc.
Democrats Spit on religion however, because they're intimidated by morals and values.
Paul you claim to be a christian, but lying is not a moral christian value. I am sure you meant your lie in the most respectful, moral way as a christian.
Democrats do not spit on religion. That only happens in faux vivid imagination, however republicans do seem determined to make women into second class citizens where men can make laws controlling her reproductive rights.
Written into our constution is a separation of church/state. I took a history class, and I learned that the founding fathers chose the separation due to the Salem witch trials. They felt that the religious get over zealous and too emotional to follow the rule of law. The founders wanted to eliminate the religious killing of people for just being. You might note that we have no laws today putting people to death for being a witch.
Want proof, that is still true today. Well the elected officials in Virginia thought it was their right to pass a law mandating state enforced rape for their religion.
Nobody spits on religion, we just want you to take it back to the church where it belongs. If I wanted to live by Catholic doctrine, I will join the church myself. But, until then, keep your religious laws away from my rights as a free human.
Religious people do not demonstrate higher moral values, nor do Republicans. I am not intimidated by people who believe things such as: Earth is less than 10,000 years old, an embalmed dead person was reanimated to living function, the fable of "Noah's Ark" is historically accurate, etc. etc.
Paul, Your first paragraph says it all. You should have stopped there. THE NEXT SENTENCE IS PURE CRAP. ZEEK
Paul - Democrats don't spit on religion, just figuratively on the religious fanatics, who want to impose their beliefs on everyone.
Paul said: "Democrats Spit on religion however, because they're intimidated by morals and values."
I suppose Paul lives up to the principles of the hateful, intolerant Westoboro Baptist Church more than Democrats, that is true. He also embraces the wicked values of the pederast priesthood of the Catholic church, too. Furthermore, I have no doubt Paul identifies strongly with the end-of-the-world millionaire conman, Harold Camping.
I think its apparent what kind of person Paul is and what he stands for. He is, by normal standards, contemptible.
Chalk the white house did not have a christmas tree they had a holiday tree. Christmas is not allowed on public property.
"Christmas is not allowed on public property."
Good.
So repealing Obamacare by indorsing Romneycare?.... What a double faced snake this Cantor is.
In the past 22 months, Obama administration has only recovered 41% of the 8.8MM jobs lost in the recession. The recoveries have never been this slow. While I applaud Obama for some of his foreign policy successes such as getting Osama and eliminating important Taliban leaders, he has been just average with other foreign policy issues. Domestically, his regulations have been hurting business growth. He cut military tuition benefits and retracted after realizing it is an election year. Just look at how much cash businesses have on their balance sheets. They are scared to invest in this economic climate. You can keep on defending him, but the truth is, he is pretty ordinary when it comes to fixing the economy. Romney is the best choice we've got. Romney has the intelligence to do it despite his flip flops on social issues, which I really don't care about. I don't need charisma, I need substance.
Obama spent $4.3 Billion stimulus money on wind farms and netted 300 full-time jobs.
(most of the jobs were 6-week, temporary jobs that did not result in permanent employment)
We cannot afford Obama.
G.M. will be laying-off 1300 workers who worked on the Chevy Volt, due to lack of sales.
Abound Solar will be laying-off hundreds of workers, too. This is another Obama energy failure.
We CANNOT afford Obama.
Vote for Romney, the guy who understands economics, and what it takes to create REAL, lasting jobs!
The only economics Romney understands is how to screw everyone out of a buck, funnel it into his pockets, and store it in foreign bank accounts. How will that rebuild America?
The only jobs he knows how to create are minimum wage jobs with limited opportunity for movement up the ladder. How will that rebuild America?
Neither of those tactics will rebuild America - in fact they are directly responsible for the decline of America.
Stanley, the Republicans keep saying they would do less than what Obama did, to create jobs. They wouldn't have bailed out Detroit, or sent stimulus money to the states to keep teachers and firefighters employed. They think the free market should be trusted to fix any problem, so how exactly would Romney be more successful at helping the jobs come back than Obama?
Amy, the assumption that Republicans will be doing less than what Obama did is wrong. Romney has outlined plans to cut taxes and limit regulations, which would boost private sector to invest more and take risks. This means more jobs and more tax revenues. On the cost side, you keep the public sector efficient. For example, the department of education employs roughly 4,000 people. But what is their role? Disburse and collect student aid and track data. Do we need that many people to handle loans? Do you know how many Pell recipients even graduate? Why can't we keep the government efficient? I am not asking to eliminate everything but make it more efficient. That's why I support Romney. In addition to fixing the economy, balancing the budget is crucial. Regarding State budgets, again, if you let the private sector expand, it means more jobs and tax revenues. The ultimate goal should be to encourage business growth. It appears that Republicans are better at it. Obama stimulus money would have helped states for 1 or 2 years. What about 2014 and beyond? I am sure Romney understands this. Other candidates can't even run a convenience store.
In the past 22 months, Obama administration has only recovered 41% of the 8.8MM jobs lost in the recession.
It took 8 years to screw it up, why does it surprise you that it might take more than 3 to fix? The basic problem is that we exported one helluva lotta jobs to China. They won't be coming back. We have to create new markets and new jobs to replace the 8.8M jobs lost. That takes time.
The recoveries have never been this slow.
And the recession has never been this deep (except maybe the great depression which took damned near 20 years to come back from). Bush and his manipulation of the housing/mortgage market cashed in the equity in real-estate (read "savings" - for a long time the only wealth people built was in their houses, they didn't save much) across this country and sent it overseas as "investments". It came back as national debt since Bush/Cheney spent far more than taxes brought in (especially after their monstrous back-to-back tax cuts). I think until we start paying that down, things won't come roaring back. And Romney ain't gonna help with that. All the independent analyses of his economic plan says that the debt will be even bigger than Obama's would be with his current budget plan.
Just look at how much cash businesses have on their balance sheets. They are scared to invest in this economic climate.
Oh, nonsense! There is decreased demand. There is decreased demand because so many are out of work. In order to make more jobs, there has be more demand. In order to increase demand, there have to be more jobs. It is a vicious circle. Do you really think that a Republican government is going to ease all of business's concerns sooo much that they will immediately start hiring more people to feed a demand for products that just isn't there? Go take a few classes in Economics.
I don't need charisma, I need substance.
And that would be Romney? Hahahahaha!
"Romney has outlined plans to cut taxes and limit regulations, which would boost private sector to invest more and take risks."
Hey, JStanley08, you just won. That's my favorite job creation plan pet peeve. You said the magic pet peeve; you win a prize. Oh, maybe I should tell you, the prize is about the same as Romney's job promise, ZIP. That statement is no job creation plan at all. It is sales pitch at best with no substance whatsoever. If you GIVE me the farm, I'll take care of you. TRUST ME! Lets see, how did "W" say it, fool me once, shame on you, fool me again, .....................
This all sounds SO great; however Bush 2 already cut taxes. Jobs left America. Lets cut them more since that worked so well. The Bush tax cuts didn't replace lost tax revenues; it cost the treasury trillions of dollars. Cutting regulations means a free hand for more damage to worker's rights and benefits plus environmental damage that future generations will pay for fully. The present tax rates on businesses are substantial but loopholes make a mockery of those rates. Your parroting the "Republican BS" would have some credibility if it had previously yielded jobs. As we both know, IT DIDN'T. ZEEK
So Stanley you are telling us you want to go back to the same worn out talking points that didn't even work the last time. We have been living with the bush tax cuts 12-13 years now. Where are all the jobs that the tax cuts should have provided?
If giving tax cuts to the rich was so good for our country why did we go into the deepest recession since the great depression? Or, how about the deregulation that allowed wall street to rob America and you think more deregulation and getting rid of the new laws that keep wall street from robbing us again is what we need to move forward.
No wonder the only real supporter of the republican party are the wingers out in la la land. Who else would fall for such stupid crap?
Our country doesn't have enough of a deficit? Now we need even more tax cuts over and above the bush tax cuts and we promise you this time tax cuts will create jobs. I can't even believe republicans are really this gullible.
Under Clinton we had high taxes and lots of jobs and under bush we had low taxes and loss jobs by the millions.
So tell me again why we should let Romney and the old bush economic team that left our country in such good shape a chance to do it again with the same exact plan.
No wonder faux and limpy are ratcheting up the lies and the birther issue and blocking the vote everywhere the republicans are in charge.
For the love of America Obama/Biden 2012
EEngineer, may be you should take classes on being decent on a discussion forum. Why do you attack someone's intelligence when they challenge any democrat policy? How exactly is Obama looking to "create new markets" and "new jobs". Are you arguing that the jobs created so far are in "new markets" created by Obama? Like jobs in Solyndra you mean? How long do you expect people to wait before they get "new jobs"? Since I am not trained in economics as you are, I want you to explain how Bush with his 2.2GPA from HBS "manipulated" the housing market? There is no denying that he screwed up with Iraq and Afghanistan wars but to attribute the entire crash on him is ignorant. Obviously, the tax cut that you are talking about is going to look useless when all the other expenses (including war) are going up. I believe demand can be produced by lower tax rates and reduced government intervention. If lower tax rates is such a bad idea, may I know why Obama proposes to cut corporate tax rates to 28%? And by the way Romney has substance. I know that he was a Baker Scholar at HBS. How did Obama do in school? Until you find his scholastic accomplishments, Obama is an empty suit in my opinion.
Solyndra, Solyndra, Solyndra! Have you looked into Solyndra? Or are you just parroting what you hear? Let's look at that...
December 2006 - Company applies for a government-guaranteed loan under the Bush administration.
October 2008 - Then Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet touted reasons for building in Silicon Valley and noted that the “company’s second factory also will be built in Fremont, since a Department of Energy loan guarantee mandates a U.S. location.”
November 2008 - The company raises $144 million from ten different venture investors, including the Walton-family run Madrone Capital Partners. This brings total private investment to more than $450 million to date.
January 2009 - In an effort to show it has done something to support renewable energy, the Bush Administration tries to take Solyndra before a DOE credit review committee before President Obama is inaugurated.
September 2009 - Solyndra raises an additional $219 million in private funding. Shortly after, the DOE closes a $535 million loan guarantee after six months of due diligence. This is the first loan guarantee issued under the 1703 program. From application to closing, the process took three years – not the 41 days that is sometimes reported. OMB did raise some concerns in August not about the loan itself but how the loan should be “scored.” OMB testified Wednesday that they were comfortable with the final scoring.
These are just highlights - you can find lots more in many places on the Web. This all started under the Bush administration. In fact, Bush, trying to look good for Solar before leaving office, trying to hurry the process through before Obama was sworn in. Truth is, Solyndra crashed because of unfair competition from Chinese subsidized solar products, not because of any underhanded dealings.
I want you to explain how Bush with his 2.2GPA from HBS "manipulated" the housing market?
Look up the American Dream Downpayment Act. This was pushed by Bush, sponsored by a Republican, co-sponsored only by Republicans, passed by Republican majorities in the House and Senate and signed into law by W. in 2003. It reduced the minimum downpayment for Fannie/Freddie guaranteed loans to 3%. Later legislation (thankfully not passed) pushed by Bush would have eliminated the downpayment altogether.
In speeches when the act was passed, Bush bragged about all he had done to help minority home-ownership:
The Administration also implemented a hybrid Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) product that makes it easier for new homebuyers to stay in their homes in the first few years.
Substantially increasing, by at least $440 billion, the financial commitment made by the government-sponsored enterprises involved in the secondary mortgage market specifically targeted toward the minority market.
Creating new mortgage products to meet the unique needs of recent immigrants.
(highlights are mine) Google these exact phrases, you'll find the speeches...
So, what Bush did was push ARMs through all GSE's (that includes FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) and he ordered them to invest almost $1/2T in the secondary mortgage market. If you read anything at all about the housing bubble you will find that the biggest blame is laid on ARMs and the secondary mortgage market. And Bush was pushing both back in 2002 when we still had a healthy housing market.
Look at the last highlight for an inkling as to why. This was a Karl Rove inspiration. He intended to broaden the Republican base by making illegal Mexicans into loyal Republican home-owning voters. Recent immigrants = illegal Mexicans.
Obviously, the tax cut that you are talking about is going to look useless when all the other expenses (including war) are going up.
Every other war America fought was accompanied by tax increases to help pay for them. Why didn't Bush roll back or rescind the tax cuts when war became inevitable? Instead, he put every dollar spent on the wars directly on the national debt. Look it up: none of the war's expenses were ever put on budget, they were completely paid for with non-funded emergency spending measures.
I believe demand can be produced by lower tax rates and reduced government intervention.
That's more Republican "Voodoo Economics" (who coined that phrase? George H. W. Bush, another Republican!). We tried that under George W. Bush. That's why he and Cheney felt so comfortable spending like drunken sailors: our tax cuts are gonna generate enough revenue that we don't have to worry about it! Didn't work out that way, did it?
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Well that keep people in their homes interest rate didn't help me while the people bailed out were demanding to talk to my deceased mother and refusing to talk to anyone else. And ignoring the land transfer laws of my state and requiring court procedures not neccesary in my state that would have cost me an inheiritance tax that I otherwise wouldn't need to pay. And holding checks while charging interest on said money and saying we were behind in the payment covered by said checks. Yeah your buddy helped a lot (not)
These Republicans sure know how to pick winners don't they! Remember McCain/Palin.
When you have a party that has been hijacked by the the most bigoted, paranoid, ignorant, and greedy elements of our society, the best they're going to be able to come up with are rubbish. Rick Sanotorum belongs with the Roman Catholic Church in the dark ages around the year 1012. Romney belongs with the Bourgeoisie of Europe in the 18th century. Gingrich belongs on the moon. And Ron Paul belongs somewhere in the US circa 1700.
Unfortunatly your party isn't the only one hijacked. Yours by the most reactionary idiots in the country and mine by the most radical idiots in the country.
Most parties and most votes are being highjacked by money. Period.