Media Endorsements of Presidential Candidates

[Tino]

Tino, I keep making a point that you keep ignoring.

Conservatives are clutching their pearls over that awful debt. Set aside that the debt comes from tax cuts, the Bush bank bailouts and the unfunded wars, Romney's solution is to cut taxes and increase defense spending?

So how do you suppose this will work given the track record with how it worked for Reagan and W Bush?

Or does Romney have some secret plan to solve the problem with the debt that I haven't heard about yet?

And while I'm asking about what Romney plans, what exactly is the plan to "put Americans back to work" aside from wishing it so? Or are tax cuts going to magically take care of that problem too?

Our debt is due primarily to spending too much.

I've already answered your questions about how lowering tax rates can actually generate more tax revenues. You don't want to hear it but I've already covered it.

Romney's plan has 5 components:

1. achieve energy independence on this continent by 2020

2. open new markets for American goods and services, while also confronting nations like China that cheat on trade and steal American jobs. In the debates Romney explained why his trade focus is on S. America.

3. provide Americans with the skills to succeed through better public schools, better access to higher education, and better retraining programs that help to match unemployed workers with real-world job opportunities.

4. cut the deficit, reducing the size of government and getting the national debt under control so that America remains a place where businesses want to open up shop and hire.

5. champion small business by pursuing tax reform that lowers tax rates for all Americans, and cut back on the red tape that drives up costs and discourages hiring.

Romney discussed his differences with Bush in one of the debates. The difference I recall is a focus on small business rather than Bush's focus on large business, Bush was also not very successful at working with Democrats; Romney wants to identify the goals and then have Congress work out how to get the cuts needed in a bi-partisan way.