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progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:15 PM Sep 2012

A "capital" conspiracy? Another nugget from Romney's 47% video.

I was just reading the most excellent NYT editorial that was just posted:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/opinion/mitt-romney-class-warrior.html

THIS quote stood out to me, and it's not been addressed much, because frankly there is just too much good material in that video. But read that quote below:

Mr. Romney spoke with a bone-chilling cynicism and a revolting smugness. If he is elected, he said, capital will come back and “we’ll see, without actually doing anything, we’ll actually get a boost in the economy.”

Anyone else's suspicions raised in reading that??? My take? That the banks and institutions that we, the taxpayers, bailed out, have been holding on their capital ON PURPOSE. They have been so ridiculously tight with lending, and Romney's comment that "we won't have to do anything" because "capital will come back" if he's elected, makes you think. Like the republicans Reps that met in January 2009 and pledged to destroy our economy to make sure that the President is not elected, I beginning to believe that the lack of lending, the tightness of the market, is actually planned. The capital will flow freely again, once Mitt is elected? Then why are they sitting on it now and prolonging the housing crisis? And refusing to lend to small businesses, and cutting consumer credit? And will they suddenly loosen up the money once Mitt is in office?

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A "capital" conspiracy? Another nugget from Romney's 47% video. (Original Post) progressivebydesign Sep 2012 OP
oh that is one heck of a catch progressivebydesign. nc4bo Sep 2012 #1
I commented about that on my blog last night. ohheckyeah Sep 2012 #2
great minds think alike. ;) Is there nothing that man hasn't manipulated? n/t progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #6
Nope... ohheckyeah Sep 2012 #8
no doubt in my mind that is what is happening! Ship of Fools Sep 2012 #3
I thought that was a given? Just as republicans conspired against the President notadmblnd Sep 2012 #4
You may be on to something. LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #5
Always wondered when TRICKLE DOWN DearAbby Sep 2012 #7

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
2. I commented about that on my blog last night.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:34 PM
Sep 2012

He is either engaged in magical thinking or he knows that corporations are withholding jobs in order to make President Obama look bad.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
4. I thought that was a given? Just as republicans conspired against the President
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:40 PM
Sep 2012

in their attempt to force him to fail, so has big business.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
5. You may be on to something.
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 06:43 PM
Sep 2012

But of course you know that the reason (in political parlance) is tax uncertainty. Remove tax uncertainty and capital will flood back. This has been their meme for ... ever.

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
7. Always wondered when TRICKLE DOWN
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 07:34 PM
Sep 2012

happens? When capital is being stashed in the Cayman, Bermuda, Switzerland? When does TRICKLE DOWN Takes place?

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