Mitt Romney for President--Part something

The GOPers who trumpet Romneys experience with formulating budgets and all the other things conveyed by executive experience, will be forced to acknowledge it as the exact same experience brought by Michale Dukakis. Lets all look back to their analysis of that experience back in '88.

Will Mitt be attending Gordon Hinckleys pagan internment? When Moroney (Not the running back) blows the eternal trumpet, will Mitt be there to hear it? Or, will he be doing more pandering to the washed-in-the-blood-of-the-lamb crowd?

 

Do you read anything besides this discussion board Matt?

The state of Massachusetts (the Massachusetts legislature and the Governor) requires residents to purchase health insurance - like other states and their policy of requiring auto insurance - at the state level. Reread that underlined part again so it sinks in - at the state level. Insofar as what you alleged, this is not Federal "Hillarycare" but a modest state level plan; surely even you can see the difference. Since all the candidates are mentioning health care on their "to do" list, Mitt Romney is the only one that has managed a plan in a successful way: at the state level! Important that you read a bit about this Massachusetts plan - it is not Hillary care... The Massachusetts measure would be the first in the nation to require people to buy health insurance if they don't get it at work. Which means if you have a decent employer-provided plan you can skip the state's plan. By the way, this health care plan in Massachusetts demonstrates that Mitt Romney can reach across the aisle to secure compromise: it was coordinated by a Republican governor and a Democrat-dominated House to completion. Second by the way, in case you try to say this state-level health care plan in Massachusetts is not conservative, here's Mitt explain it: "It's a conservative idea," says Romney, "insisting that individuals have responsibility for their own health care. I think it appeals to people on both sides of the aisle: insurance for everyone without a tax increase." Surely paying your own way meets your idea of conservatism?

 

At the state level government-imposed insurances and government-imposed taxes have long been present. Is it conservative? Depends on your perspective...

You drive a car? You have to buy liability insurance...
You own a house? You have to have fire insurance...
You fill up the car with gas? You have to pay gas tax...
You buy a pack of cigarettes? You have to pay cigarette tax...
You buy a drink? You have to pay alcohol tax...

Mitt Romney's plan varies tremendously with any comparison to "HillaryCare," to the extent that (1) it is on the state level, (2) it is not mandatory if you have a better employer-provided plan, and (3) it does not bankrupt the state to provide it.

 

Pretzel-twisting justification. It's the new black for GOPers.

 

Or paying about $900 or so. But I guess that's kinda like death.

 

Most states require you to wear a seat belt when you drive too Matt for two reasons; it helps ambulance drivers find the body at accidents and it protects idiots that choose to disobey the law and drive. Now perhaps that comparison will help you understand what is happening at hospitals and emergency rooms when those without health insurance choke up the system.

Nobody is forcing you to live in Massachusetts are they?

 

No. I think every state should evaluate its own requirements and develop its own plan, at the state level, to address citizens health care needs. Health care is not a federal issue. I only cite the Massachusetts plan simply to illustrate that Mitt Romney is the only one with credentials in this area. Nobody else running for president has such experience.

 

I'm no Romney convert, but if the Dems nominate Hillary, I'll sing as I vote for him.

Romney strikes me as highly contrived and phony, but at least he's not the breathtaking slime mass that is the Clintons.

 

To be honest I don't know enough about ERISA to recommend termination or support; I understood it generally to be a Department of Labor program for minimum standards for pension and health plans and indeed if ERISA goes into the mandating language mode than it may be a candidate for examination on treading on state responsibilities...

 

You don't think Paul will run in the general election?

 

Seriously? You have a lot of thinking to do between Obama and Romney?

Has anybody given a thought as to why every remaining Bush loyalist is supporting Romney?

 

Romney won't close the cookie jar their corrupt hands are all digging into. He's the candidate of choice for Halliburton and Blackwater execs.

 

You're good at ignoring the point.