Romney was not a good governor, so why would he be a good president?

[Lakhota]

But you saw something in Obama's past that qualified him to be President now all the sudden past qualifications matter.LMAO

I didn't vote for Obama in 2008, but I sure as hell will this time.

Because of his record?

Yes, and also because the alternative is too dangerous!

 

[Vel]

Romney was a lousy governor! What did he do for Mass?

He left them with a balanced budget and a surplus. How's Obama's budget?

 

[Lakhota]

Romney was a lousy governor! What did he do for Mass?

He left them with a balanced budget and a surplus. How's Obama's budget?

Please provide some "credible" proof/links to prove that Governor Romney left a balanced budget and surplus...

Mitt Romney's record on debt | Romney Economics

 

[Vel]

Romney was a lousy governor! What did he do for Mass?

He left them with a balanced budget and a surplus. How's Obama's budget?

Please provide some "credible" proof/links to prove that Governor Romney left a balanced budget and surplus...

Mitt Romney's record on debt | Romney Economics

You're just now old enough to vote aren't you? And really? You're getting your information from Barackobama.com and you're asking others for "credible" sources.
Romney

 

[auditor0007]

oh well then, he can be as shitty as obama has been

With Obama's past he should of never become President either

Anyone newly elected to become President has zero experience at the job. It's a crapshoot, and it's rare that everyone loves any president for their entire term. Even the ones that were pretty good had their haters. Look at FDR, many say he was the best while many say he was one of the worst. Same goes for Reagan.

 

[Lakhota]

By Romney’s last year in office, Massachusetts was ranked by the Public Policy Institute of New York on its Cost of Doing Business Index, as the 4th most expensive state in which to do business in. (17) Data compiled by the Tax Foundation reveals that during Romney’s term, the per capita tax burden increased from 9.3% to 9.9%, a .6% increase. In real dollars, the per capita tax burden increased $1175.71 during Romney’s term. (18)

Contrary to the letter writer’s comments, Romney didn’t “turn a $3 billion dollar deficit into a nearly $1 billion surplus.” Rather, the deficit was $1.3 billion according to Factcheck.org (19) and he balanced the budget with mostly tax and fee increases with very little spending cuts. According to the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation, Romney “proposed four budgets while in office…each budget increased spending over the previous year.” (20). As Club for Growth echoed, Romney’s last budget “was a whopping 10.12% larger than the preceding fiscal year.” (21) Out of the 25 freshmen Republican Governors rated by the Cato Institute on fiscal issues, Romney had the 2nd worst score. (22)

Indeed, Carla Howell, president of the Massachusetts-based Center for Small Government, is blunt about Romney’s record: “Romney claims to have cut the Massachusetts budget by ‘2 billion.’ Sometimes he claims he cut it ‘3 billion’….but these cuts were merely budget games….not only did Mitt Romney refuse to cut the overall Massachusetts budget, he expanded it. Dramatically….Romney initiated massive new spending –without any prodding.” (23)

More: Romney is a Manufactured Candidate - - Liberty Counsel Action

 

[Vel]

Why Mitt Romney Had Such a Bad Record on Jobs in Massachusetts | The Nation

Why Didn’t Mitt Romney Run for Reelection as Governor? | RedState

16 Reasons Why Mitt Romney Would Be A Really, Really Bad President

What's Mitt Romney Hiding in His Record as Governor - The Daily Beast

Foreign Policy experts in agreement about Mitt Romney

Romney has a great record as governor of Mass. He went into office with a 1.5 billion dollar deficit and left it with a 2 billion dollar surplus in a rainy day fund. He went into office with a 5.6% unemployment rate and left it with a 4.7% unemployment rate.

Not only that but Romney was responsible for turning around the Utah winter olympic games.

A little Wikipedia reading is all it takes.
Governorship of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We have a REAL record of Barack Obama over the last 4 years--and it spells MISERY. 8.2% unemployment still after he borrowed and spent 878 billion dollars to create jobs that later turned into saving government workers jobs. The real unemployment rate is approximately 10.9% if you count those that are no longer counted in employment stats because they have run out of unemployment benefits.

You know.. I look at the cartoon and am sad to be reminded of the trip we just took to the coast of South Carolina. We took Hwy321 from Columbia down to the coast and I was so shocked to see empty town after empty town along that Hwy. Boarded up storefronts, dilapidated houses.. it was just sad. I hope that Nikki Haley can get some turn around there but we've desperately need a change in Washington.

 

[Lakhota]

Why Mitt Romney Had Such a Bad Record on Jobs in Massachusetts | The Nation

Why Didn’t Mitt Romney Run for Reelection as Governor? | RedState

16 Reasons Why Mitt Romney Would Be A Really, Really Bad President

What's Mitt Romney Hiding in His Record as Governor - The Daily Beast

Foreign Policy experts in agreement about Mitt Romney

Romney has a great record as governor of Mass. He went into office with a 1.5 billion dollar deficit and left it with a 2 billion dollar surplus in a rainy day fund. He went into office with a 5.6% unemployment rate and left it with a 4.7% unemployment rate.

Not only that but Romney was responsible for turning around the Utah winter olympic games.

A little Wikipedia reading is all it takes.
Governorship of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We have a REAL record of Barack Obama over the last 4 years--and it spells MISERY. 8.2% unemployment still after he borrowed and spent 878 billion dollars to create jobs that later turned into saving government workers jobs. The real unemployment rate is approximately 10.9% if you count those that are no longer counted in employment stats because they have run out of unemployment benefits.

You know.. I look at the cartoon and am sad to be reminded of the trip we just took to the coast of South Carolina. We took Hwy321 from Columbia down to the coast and I was so shocked to see empty town after empty town along that Hwy. Boarded up storefronts, dilapidated houses.. it was just sad. I hope that Nikki Haley can get some turn around there but we've desperately need a change in Washington.

That's hilarious! Sooo, you're blaming Obama for Nikki Haley's wingnut governorship?

Isn't South Carolina controlled by Republicans?

 

[del]

Romney was a lousy governor! What did he do for Mass?

He left them with a balanced budget and a surplus. How's Obama's budget?

Please provide some "credible" proof/links to prove that Governor Romney left a balanced budget and surplus...

Mitt Romney's record on debt | Romney Economics

FY2011 H 2 - Budget Development - Overview of the Operating Budget Process

The annual budget process varies from state to state. Here in Massachusetts, the State Constitution and Massachusetts General Laws outline and govern the budgeting process. The Massachusetts Constitution requires the Governor to present a budget to the Legislature within 3 weeks of the beginning of the new session in January. State finance law (Chapter 29 of the Massachusetts General Laws) requires the Legislature and the Governor to approve a balanced budget for each fiscal year. In other words, the Commonwealth cannot spend more than it receives in revenue. Further, during the fiscal year, the Governor may approve no supplementary appropriation bills that would result in an unbalanced budget

dope

Truth Test: Did Romney create $2B rainy day fund? - NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida

We checked the claim with the state's 2003 financial records and with the non-partisan Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation.

They say Romney raised corporate taxes and fees in order to generate some revenue. The booming economy helped as well.

Romney also worked closely with democratic leaders to strengthen fiscal policy.

So, our ruling on Romney's claim he created a $2 billion dollar rainy day fund - true

 

[Vel]

Romney has a great record as governor of Mass. He went into office with a 1.5 billion dollar deficit and left it with a 2 billion dollar surplus in a rainy day fund. He went into office with a 5.6% unemployment rate and left it with a 4.7% unemployment rate.

Not only that but Romney was responsible for turning around the Utah winter olympic games.

A little Wikipedia reading is all it takes.
Governorship of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You know.. I look at the cartoon and am sad to be reminded of the trip we just took to the coast of South Carolina. We took Hwy321 from Columbia down to the coast and I was so shocked to see empty town after empty town along that Hwy. Boarded up storefronts, dilapidated houses.. it was just sad. I hope that Nikki Haley can get some turn around there but we've desperately need a change in Washington.

That's hilarious! Sooo, you're blaming Obama for Nikki Haley's wingnut governorship?

Isn't South Carolina controlled by Republicans?

No, I wasn't blaming Nikki Haley. I said I hope that she can effect a turnaround. The problems that I saw were long in the making and will probably be long in the fixing, but there will be no fixing it when you have the president of the United States suing South Carolina because companies like Boeing want to move there. Obama's policies make doing business in the U.S. difficult. The uncertainty he's created with ObamaTax alone has been a miserable drag on hiring.

 

[Seawytch]

The best part of Willard's governorship is that he has to disavow the good things he did for the state. MA loves Romneycare...Mittens must stay mum.

Gay marriage proved a financial boom for his state. Mittens has chosen the anti-gay route this go-round.

Even his budget was a result of... tax increases!

 

[Stephanie]

Obama isn't even a good person, just look at the campaign he's running for RE-ELECTION..

that's enough reason to VOTE HIM OUT

We can't take another four years of this thuggish hateful administration

 

[del]

The best part of Willard's governorship is that he has to disavow the good things he did for the state. MA loves Romneycare...Mittens must stay mum.

Gay marriage proved a financial boom for his state. Mittens has chosen the anti-gay route this go-round.

Even his budget was a result of... tax increases!

mass doesn't love romney care- our costs have risen faster and higher than the rest of the country, iirc, and the wait time for pcp is over a year in some areas.

i've seen no numbers to prove that gay marriage has provided a financial *boom*- gotta link?

actually, he increased license fees- same difference, but technically different

 

[Chris]

Romney has never been a good anything.

Except a thief.

 

[del]

Romney has never been a good anything.

Except a thief.

how's things at the sunglass hut, chris?

 

[Seawytch]

The best part of Willard's governorship is that he has to disavow the good things he did for the state. MA loves Romneycare...Mittens must stay mum.

Gay marriage proved a financial boom for his state. Mittens has chosen the anti-gay route this go-round.

Even his budget was a result of... tax increases!

mass doesn't love romney care- our costs have risen faster and higher than the rest of the country, iirc, and the wait time for pcp is over a year in some areas.

Funny that polls in MA tell a different story...

The poll by Market Decisions, a research and consulting group, found that 84 percent of residents are satisfied with the Massachusetts plan​

Massachusetts Health Care Plan Gets High Marks

The poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe found that 63 percent of Massachusetts residents support the 2006 health law, up 10 percentage points in the past two years. Just 21 percent said they were against the law.​

Support for MA Health Care Law Rises

i've seen no numbers to prove that gay marriage has provided a financial *boom*- gotta link?

How can you see numbers if you don't bother to look?

In Massachusetts, the Williams Institute estimated that marriage equality added $111 million to the state's economy in the first five years after legalizing same-sex marriages in 2004. That's thanks to wedding spending by same-sex couples who live there, in addition to an influx of same-sex couples coming from elsewhere to say "I do."​

The Gay Marriage Windfall

actually, he increased license fees- same difference, but technically different

And yet the link and quote you yourself provided said:

Romney raised corporate taxes and fees​

 

[paulitician]

Romney was a lousy governor! What did he do for Mass?

He left them with a balanced budget and a surplus. How's Obama's budget?

BAM!!

 

[del]

The best part of Willard's governorship is that he has to disavow the good things he did for the state. MA loves Romneycare...Mittens must stay mum.

Gay marriage proved a financial boom for his state. Mittens has chosen the anti-gay route this go-round.

Even his budget was a result of... tax increases!

mass doesn't love romney care- our costs have risen faster and higher than the rest of the country, iirc, and the wait time for pcp is over a year in some areas.

Funny that polls in MA tell a different story...

The poll by Market Decisions, a research and consulting group, found that 84 percent of residents are satisfied with the Massachusetts plan​

Massachusetts Health Care Plan Gets High Marks

The poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe found that 63 percent of Massachusetts residents support the 2006 health law, up 10 percentage points in the past two years. Just 21 percent said they were against the law.​

Support for MA Health Care Law Rises

i've seen no numbers to prove that gay marriage has provided a financial *boom*- gotta link?

How can you see numbers if you don't bother to look?

In Massachusetts, the Williams Institute estimated that marriage equality added $111 million to the state's economy in the first five years after legalizing same-sex marriages in 2004. That's thanks to wedding spending by same-sex couples who live there, in addition to an influx of same-sex couples coming from elsewhere to say "I do."​

The Gay Marriage Windfall

actually, he increased license fees- same difference, but technically different

And yet the link and quote you yourself provided said:

Romney raised corporate taxes and fees​

according to your link, 51% support the romneycare law- not exactly a ringing endorsement and not even a majority if you take margin of error into account.

according to your link, gay marriage has yielded 121MM in spending over five years- let's call it 25MM/year.

the mass economy runs at about 365BB/year

maybe you consider a 0.0006% increase a *boom*- most rational people would probably disagree.

you're right about corporate taxes-mea culpa

 

[Seawytch]

mass doesn't love romney care- our costs have risen faster and higher than the rest of the country, iirc, and the wait time for pcp is over a year in some areas.

Funny that polls in MA tell a different story...

The poll by Market Decisions, a research and consulting group, found that 84 percent of residents are satisfied with the Massachusetts plan​

Massachusetts Health Care Plan Gets High Marks

The poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe found that 63 percent of Massachusetts residents support the 2006 health law, up 10 percentage points in the past two years. Just 21 percent said they were against the law.​

Support for MA Health Care Law Rises



How can you see numbers if you don't bother to look?

In Massachusetts, the Williams Institute estimated that marriage equality added $111 million to the state's economy in the first five years after legalizing same-sex marriages in 2004. That's thanks to wedding spending by same-sex couples who live there, in addition to an influx of same-sex couples coming from elsewhere to say "I do."​

The Gay Marriage Windfall

actually, he increased license fees- same difference, but technically different

And yet the link and quote you yourself provided said:

Romney raised corporate taxes and fees​

according to your link, 51% support the romneycare law- not exactly a ringing endorsement and not even a majority if you take margin of error into account.

according to your link, gay marriage has yielded 121MM in spending over five years- let's call it 25MM/year.

the mass economy runs at about 365BB/year

maybe you consider a 0.0006% increase a *boom*- most rational people would probably disagree.

you're right about corporate taxes-mea culpa

It proved a financial gain to MA did it not? If Mittens had wooed and brought in a company that made that much, he'd be shouting it from the rooftops.

Only 25% of residents don't like it and over 80% are satisfied with the law. Again, if it were any other time in RW history, Willard would be crowing over a success like that.

 

[del]

Funny that polls in MA tell a different story...

The poll by Market Decisions, a research and consulting group, found that 84 percent of residents are satisfied with the Massachusetts plan​

Massachusetts Health Care Plan Gets High Marks

The poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe found that 63 percent of Massachusetts residents support the 2006 health law, up 10 percentage points in the past two years. Just 21 percent said they were against the law.​

Support for MA Health Care Law Rises



How can you see numbers if you don't bother to look?

In Massachusetts, the Williams Institute estimated that marriage equality added $111 million to the state's economy in the first five years after legalizing same-sex marriages in 2004. That's thanks to wedding spending by same-sex couples who live there, in addition to an influx of same-sex couples coming from elsewhere to say "I do."​

The Gay Marriage Windfall



And yet the link and quote you yourself provided said:

Romney raised corporate taxes and fees​

according to your link, 51% support the romneycare law- not exactly a ringing endorsement and not even a majority if you take margin of error into account.

according to your link, gay marriage has yielded 121MM in spending over five years- let's call it 25MM/year.

the mass economy runs at about 365BB/year

maybe you consider a 0.0006% increase a *boom*- most rational people would probably disagree.

you're right about corporate taxes-mea culpa

It proved a financial gain to MA did it not? If Mittens had wooed and brought in a company that made that much, he'd be shouting it from the rooftops.

Only 25% of residents don't like it and over 80% are satisfied with the law. Again, if it were any other time in RW history, Willard would be crowing over a success like that.

whatever, hon. if you want to call it a *boom*, by all means, have a party.