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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKrugman: Romney's 'portrait of his own experience is so misleading that it takes your breath away'
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/opinion/krugman-snow-job-on-jobs.html... Mr. Romney, it turns out, doesnt have a plan; hes just faking it. In saying that, I dont mean that I disagree with his economic philosophy; I do, but thats a separate point. I mean, instead, that Mr. Romneys campaign is telling lies: claiming that its numbers add up when they dont, claiming that independent studies support its position when those studies do no such thing.
... Before I get there, however, let me take a minute to talk about Mr. Romneys claim that he knows how to fix the economy because hes been a successful businessman. That would be a dubious claim even if he were honestly representing his business career, because the skills needed to run a business and those needed to manage economic policy are very different. In any case, however, his portrait of his own experience is so misleading that it takes your breath away.
... Ahem. Its true that when Bain Capital started, it had only a handful of employees. But it had $37 million in funds, raised from sources that included wealthy Europeans investing through Panamanian shell companies and Central American oligarchs living in Miami while death squads associated with their families ravaged their home nations. Hey, doesnt every plucky little start-up have access to that kind of financing?
... To summarize, then, the true Romney plan is to create an economic boom through the sheer power of Mr. Romneys personal awesomeness. But the campaign doesnt dare say that, for fear that voters would (rightly) consider it ridiculous. So what were getting instead is an attempt to brazen it out with nakedly false claims. Theres no jobs plan; just a plan for a snow job on the American people.
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Krugman: Romney's 'portrait of his own experience is so misleading that it takes your breath away' (Original Post)
Newsjock
Oct 2012
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beac
(9,992 posts)1. And Romney insisted on a backup plan for himself so that if Bain Capital failed, he'd
get his old Bain & Co. job back, including ALL the bonuses he would have earned.
Yes, ALL small businessmen have that kind of security built into their start up plan.
What an ass he is.
Cha
(297,693 posts)2. the sheer enormity of mitt's snake oil should
be enough to boo him off the American stage Forever! But, I guess in history there have been others whose evil power fooled too many.. for awhile.
Please let it be that America is too damn smart for that ..this Election 2012.
Maven
(10,533 posts)3. Please, America, this fraud cannot win.
How this election is even close, I still don't know.
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)4. "nakedly false claims"
Yep, that pretty much sums up what comes out of Willard's mouth.