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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Romney Ad Blitz: Cutting Federal Spending costs us Jobs!
Its Not Just a Job. Its a Jobs Program.
Romneys ads against military cuts promise more jobs through government spending.
By William Saletan|Posted Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at 2:38 PM ET
Mitt Romney has launched a flurry of new TV ads explaining how hell protect and create jobs: more government spending.
The ads, available on Romneys YouTube channel, are tailored to eight swing states. The one running in Virginia, near me, says: Here in Virginia, were not better off under President Obama. His defense cuts threaten over 130,000 jobslowering home values, putting families at risk. Similar ads in other states complain that Obamas reductions in military spending threaten 20,000 jobs in Colorado, 20,000 in Ohio, and thousands more in Florida and North Carolina.
Romney promises to save these jobs by shielding the Pentagon budget. Heres his pitch in Virginia: Romneys plan? Reverse Obama defense cuts. Strengthen our military, and create over 340,000 new jobs for Virginia. The ad in North Carolina is identical, except that it adds 10,000 jobs to the offer. The ad in Colorado promises 200,000 jobs. The ad in Ohio promises 450,000. The ad in Florida promises 700,000.
The jobs wont all come from defense spending, of course. Romney also promises to improve education and job training, provide alternatives to foreclosure, and stand up to China. He doesnt say how a trade war and more job training will solve the nations economic problems. Nor does he explain how these ideas square with his rhetoric about free enterprise, much less with his simultaneous pledges to cut taxes, repeal regulations, and eliminate the deficit. But he does assert that all of this will create millions of jobs.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/09/romney_s_ads_against_defense_cuts_treat_military_spending_as_a_jobs_program_.html
Romneys ads against military cuts promise more jobs through government spending.
By William Saletan|Posted Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at 2:38 PM ET
Mitt Romney has launched a flurry of new TV ads explaining how hell protect and create jobs: more government spending.
The ads, available on Romneys YouTube channel, are tailored to eight swing states. The one running in Virginia, near me, says: Here in Virginia, were not better off under President Obama. His defense cuts threaten over 130,000 jobslowering home values, putting families at risk. Similar ads in other states complain that Obamas reductions in military spending threaten 20,000 jobs in Colorado, 20,000 in Ohio, and thousands more in Florida and North Carolina.
Romney promises to save these jobs by shielding the Pentagon budget. Heres his pitch in Virginia: Romneys plan? Reverse Obama defense cuts. Strengthen our military, and create over 340,000 new jobs for Virginia. The ad in North Carolina is identical, except that it adds 10,000 jobs to the offer. The ad in Colorado promises 200,000 jobs. The ad in Ohio promises 450,000. The ad in Florida promises 700,000.
The jobs wont all come from defense spending, of course. Romney also promises to improve education and job training, provide alternatives to foreclosure, and stand up to China. He doesnt say how a trade war and more job training will solve the nations economic problems. Nor does he explain how these ideas square with his rhetoric about free enterprise, much less with his simultaneous pledges to cut taxes, repeal regulations, and eliminate the deficit. But he does assert that all of this will create millions of jobs.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/09/romney_s_ads_against_defense_cuts_treat_military_spending_as_a_jobs_program_.html
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New Romney Ad Blitz: Cutting Federal Spending costs us Jobs! (Original Post)
cthulu2016
Sep 2012
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cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)1. .
theaocp
(4,241 posts)2. Must be nice to have no conscience and be able to lie with impunity. n/t
spanone
(135,846 posts)3. it's an old tactic called pandering.
babulgame
(6 posts)4. Spam deleted by Paulie (MIR Team)