EMPLOYMENT
Romney
- Make college affordable
- Grow scholarships and loans accessible
- Help college grads get a job
- Will create "good" jobs again
- Fewer people working than when Obama was elected
- 5 point plan to create 12 million jobs over 4 years and a raise in take-home pay.
- Obama stole his ideas for Detroit's bailout.
Obama
- Investnment in higher education
is critial to whole nation
- Keep creating more jobs (over 5 mil created)
- create more manufacturing jobs
- give incentives to companies creating jobs in us, and exporting to new markets
- Ensure we have best education system by investing.
- Investing in new energy.
- Reinvest military spending into rebuilding American infrastructure.
- romney has a 1 point plan. Make the rich richer.
ENERGY
Obama
- Increased oil and gas production
- Increase in coal production and employment
- Have to look to future - double fuel efficiency in cars.
- Doubled clean energy production
- Contributes to lowering energy imports.
- Open new areas for drilling.
- 600,000 jobs in new natural gas production
- Need to figure out efficient energy. This will help reduce demand and keep gas prices lower.
- Romney wants to let industry write policy.
- Want to keep new energy jobs in US not overseas.
- Demand has gone up, but efficiency is going up.
- We are encouraging natural gas production.
- Romney shut down a coal plant in Mass.
- Investing in Clean coal tech. - Same with gas and oil.
- Effieciency and production will reduce savings.
- Oil companies were leaving public leases unused. Use it or lose it. We are reletting.
- Prices were low in 2008 due to recession.
- Have built enough pipeline. But can't ignore clean energy jobs.
Romney
- Oil production was through private enterprise.
- Fed licenses were cut in half.
- Obama is prosecuting producers
- Want to increase coal, gas, nuclear and renewables (ethanol).
- Obama is not helping coal or gas. He is putting up obstacles with new regulation.
- Make US energy Independent with more drilling and more federal permits.
- Bring pipline from Canada.
- Obama cut licenses. Production on public land is down by 14%.
- Coal is not up.
- Prices at pump show Obama's strategy is not working. Gas and elec. is up.
- If the strategy works, costs will go down.
TAXES
Romney
- Bring rates down. Simplify code. Lower taxes for middle-income.
- Incomes for middle-come is down by 400.
- Utilities and food costs are up.
- Limit deductions and credits and exemptions for high income.
- High income (top 5%) will continue to keep same tax burden (60%).
- Middle income will have standard 2500 deduction, and rate will also go down.
- No tax on capital and dividends and interest for those earning under 200K.
- Under Obama, middle class will face 4K more in taxes.
- Lowering rates will help create jobs. Lots of businesses are taxed as individuals.
- Energy independence in 5yers. Opening trade and championing small biz will create
new revenues.
- Romney plan adds up. Ran a business, a state and the Olympics with a balanced budget.
- Obama record is to double deficit and increase the debt.
Obama
- Tough spending cuts.
- Ask wealthy to contribute a bit more to balance out cuts.
- 250k and less don't face an increase.
- Romney thinks cuts to wealthy grows economy and he will cut their taxes
- I think small business and middle class grows economy.
- Romney's cost of lowering rates for every body along with eliminating estate taxes
and corporate tax reductions will cost 5 trillion. Increasing military
spending will call 2 trillion. Romney's plan increases spend by 8 trillion.
However he cannot explain where the difference will come from.
- We have no specifics from Romney.
- The math does not add up. This will increase deficit.
- People will lose deductions with Romney's plan.
EQUALITY/EQUITY
Obama
- Approved a bill to make salaries transparent (missed this?).
- Salary equity is a family issue.
- Expanded college loans to millions of people, included women.
- Give loans directly to students and eliminated the middle men.
- Will enforce the laws. Will not tolerate discrimination.
- Romney failed to support ledbetter bill.
- Women need access to better health care. Insurance companies
need to provide contraceptive coverage.
- Romney opposes this and thinks employers should decide who
gets contraceptive coverage.
- Romney will eliminate funding for planned parenthood. that will hurt pocket book of women.
- Providing child care credits.
- These are family and economic issues.
- Make sure women have same opportunities.
Romney
- Worked to find qualified women for his Mass. Cabinet.
- Due to recruiting effort and work flexibility.
- Have employers that are willing to create jobs.
- In Obama administration ~550,000 less women are working.
- Need to improve economy. Creating a stronger economy will
help women get work.
- Don't believe gov should dictate health care choices.
BIG BAD BUSH
Romney
- Bush and I are different. Times are different. More possibilities.
- We can get all of the energy we need inside US.
- Will open trade with China (or get tough?). More FTA.
- Will balance budget.
- Champion small business. Rep. focussed too much on big bussiness. Will
help small business with lower taxes. Current tax policies discourages small
businesses from hiring.
Obama
- Administration started during tough times.
- Created 5.2 million new jobs (timeframe?).
- Romney's economic plan is tax cuts. This is what created deficit in first place.
- Romney helped pioneer outsourcing to China. Invested in companies that did business
with China.
- Cracked down on unfair business practices. Romney thinks this is protectionist, but
this saved jobs.
- Romney will turn medicare into a voucher, calls for self-deportation, will eliminate
funding for planned parenthood. Difference with Bush and Romney is in social policy.
OBAMA YOU STINK, SOMEWHAT
Obama
- Killed Osama bin Laden.
- Created a plan for affordable health care.
- Created 5 million jobs.
- Saved auto-industry.
- People are struggling, new plan will help manufacturing and reinvest
military spending into America.
- Romney has signed a no tax pledge for the wealthiest. He will repeal Obama care (same
plan as Mass.).
- Choice is to decide which promises are better for you.
Romney
- Last 4 years not as good as President described.
- Will get a repeat of last 4 years.
- 9 million americans without work.
- Obama has:
- no plan to reform medicare or social security yet.
- No immigration plan yet.
- Did not cut the deficit.
- Middle class is crushed under President.
- 15 million more on food stamps.
- Obama policies have not helped economy.
- Regan's recovery created twice as many jobs as Obama.
IMMIGRATION
Romney
- Nation of immigrants.
- Want legal system to be streamlined and clearer.
- Grant green cards to skilled workers.
- Stop illegal immigration. Will not grant amnesty.
- Put in place employment verification system.
- WIll not give driver licenses to illegal immigrants.
- Children should have a pathway to citizenship.
- Obama said he would reform immigration. Did not do it.
- Did not say Arizona law is model. E-verify is a model - not
whole law.
- Obama did not file legislation. He should have kept his promise.
- We will not round up illegals and deport. We will let them
make their own choice. In favour of deporting criminals.
- My investments are in a blind trust.
- Obama's pension will have investments in chinese and foreign companies.
Obama
- We are a nation of risk takers, but of laws also.
- Streamlined system and reduced back log to make
sure legal immigrants can gain entry.
- invested in border enforcement.
- Will focus enforcement on criminals.
- Young people should have a pathway to citizenship.
- Romney will veto citizenship access to young people
- Will create life so miserable, that immigrants will leave.
- Administration did engage congress/senate to fix system.
- Republicans are not interested in supporting.
- Romney top advisor on immigration designed Arizona law.
- People see America as land of promise.
ATTACK ON US EMBASSY IN LIBYA
Obama
- US diplomats are in harms way. They have a risky job. Concerned
for their safety.
- Instructed State Dept. to beef up security, investigate what happened,
and find out who did this and hunt them down.
- Romney put out a press release for political points. Not how CIC operates.
National Security is not a political issue as it happens.
- Ended war in Iraq.
- Transition out of Afganistan.
- Taking out Al-Qaeda and took out bin Laden.
- I am ultimately responsible for what happens out there.
- Sec. Clinton has done and extraordinary job but President is responsible.
- Stood in Rose Garden and laid out my plan.
- Was at repatriation and with families.
- We do not play politics with these events.
Romney
- President is responsible for failure.
- Sympathetic to families of lossed ones.
- Many days passed until we knew it was a terrorist attack.
- What took so long?
- Day after assissination, the President flew around to fund raisers.
- Puts doubt in President's policy in middle-east.
- Iran closer to bomb.
- Syria is...(?)
- His strategy is unravelling.
- President says it was an act of terror? Moderator confirms.
- Administration took a long time to admit that it was an attack by a terrorist group.
GUN CONTROL
Obama
- Believe in 2nd Amendment.
- Have to comfort families of gun violence too many times.
- Weapons designed for war don't belong on streets.
- How do we reduce violence? Get an assault weapons ban re introduced.
- Also discuss how to give young people opportunity and schools that work.
- Help police intervene before violence happens.
- Get into communities to prevent violence.
- Romney was for an assault weapons ban before he was against it (LOL!)
- Believe in the importance of parents and schools.
- Better screening for gun owners.
- Give people a chance to succeed. Setting up training programs.
Romney
- Not in favour of new gun legislation
- automatic weapons are already illegal
- enforce laws that already exist.
- change culture of violence. Improve education.
- Need parents to help raise kids. Help have two parents
in the hom.
- Encourage marriage. It reduces poverty and helps improve lives of children.
- Don't repeat Fast and Furious. A greaty tragedy. The administration has
prevented information from being released.
- In Mass. both interest groups worked to create legislation together.
Mutually agreed upon. Need more of this in Washington.
- Need leadership for that.
THEY TOOK OUR JERBS!
Romney
- .5 million manufacturing jobs lost.
- Obama made it less attractive for business to stay in america.
- Will not create more regs. Will make America more attractive to business.
- Ensure countries play by rules in trade. China has not. They artificially deflate
currency.
- Will label China a currency manipulator. This will allow us, if necessary, to put
tarrifs on chinese imports.
- Will lower business tax rates to stay competitve with other countries.
- Obama tripled business regulations. This is a deterrent.
- Can compete with world as long as playing field is level (currency and ip).
- Encourage expansion of business.
Obama
- Need to create jobs. Will lower corporate tax rate.
- Will close loop-holes in tax code,though (off-shore profits).
- Romney wants to expand tax breaks to overseas profits.
- The jobs that creates will go overseas.
- We will double our exports. This is creating 10,000s of jobs.
- Romney will crack down on China? But his old business help China take away
american jobs.
- Some jobs will not come back. We want high skill high wage jobs. Need to
invest in advanced manufucturing and science and research.
- This investment will create innovation and innovators.
I AM WHO I AM!
Romney
- President's campaign has distorted my character.
- Care about America, its kids, and future.
- Spent life in private sector.
- Believe in god, we are all children of god. Served as
a missionary and worked with folks through their tough times.
- Helped the olympics get on track.
- Got Mass. schools ranked no. 1 in nation.
- Can get country back on track.
- Don't have to settle for unemployment, 47 million on food stamps, college grads with
not jobs.
- Reform medicare and socialcare. President has not done this.
Obama
- Free enterprise system is engine of prosperity.
- Rewards to risk takers and innovation.
- Everyone should have a chance. We should all play by the same rules.
- Romney is a good man. However, I believe he has given up on 47%.
- Those 47% are parents, soldiers, and low-income folks. I will fight for them.
- Government programs do help grant opportunity.
