Romney: Obama is turning the US into a European welfare state
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romney-in-iowa-stop-obama-would-poison-the-very-spirit-of-america/2012/01/02/gIQAoBI2WP_blog.htmlHoly shit, sounds like Obama is doing a better job than any progressives realized..
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)There is such a disconnect between what Republicans think and what Liberals to the Left of Democratics think - isn't there?
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)phantom power
(25,966 posts)MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)phantom power
(25,966 posts)peace frog
(5,609 posts)Alas, if it were only true.
Cirque du So-What
(25,949 posts)which went - verbatim - 'we should BE so lucky!'
bikebloke
(5,260 posts)RUMMYisFROSTED
(30,749 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Betting on Romney is easy - all you have to do is flip a coin to see whether he's flip or flop on an issue.
trusty elf
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kenfrequed
(7,865 posts)If it weren't such a lying, pathetic, pile of nonsense. Most Americans would probably favor a little European socialism tossed into their system.
Turbineguy
(37,354 posts)Every day come out with something really fucking stupid. It's the only way you can win over the republican voters.
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)Massachusetts kindly provide an example, like a health care mandate.
marmar
(77,084 posts)progressoid
(49,992 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,208 posts)But we must not be complacent ourselves, and must fight to preserve ours!
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)If we're talking economic policy, nothing at all has changed since the Bewsh Administration, and for fuckers like Romney, they're doing just fine and dandy, thanks.
Fucking Christ. This idiot would say this if Joe Liebermann were in office. "All Demuhcraps is THA DEVUL!!"
yurbud
(39,405 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)Obama won't start more wars--I will.
Obama will try to raise taxes on the rich and make it harder for corporations to pay no taxes--I will make sure only working people pay taxes.
Obama will prosecute the Wall Street executives whose fraud caused the crash of our and the world economy--I won't.
Obama will fund education and make it easier for kids to go to college--I won't.
And so on.
Now if we could just get Obama to be all the things conservatives claim he is.
stockholmer
(3,751 posts)AUSTERITY kills.
treestar
(82,383 posts)In order to realize they are winning!
Loge23
(3,922 posts)"JUST MAKE SHIT UP!"
liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)They have FOX
Amonester
(11,541 posts)back to 1980, only worse shit up at each stop.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)Wingers seem to have this idea that not letting people starve to death is somehow cheating.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)risky and unregulated investment vehicles
privatizing profits
socializing losses
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)"...Romney, who has been rather punchy on the campaign trail this past week, playfully introduced his wife as my girlfriend...."
What a SCAMP!
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)As long as its for building weapons to kill people or bailing out Wall St. They only get peeved when it's used to protect the environment or the less fortunate.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Frosty1
(1,823 posts)LOL
liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)They throw these one liners out there without ever backing them up with facts.
WHY? - Because there are no facts to back it up.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)like George Orr in the Ursula LeGuin classic The Lathe of Heaven.
nineteen50
(1,187 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)of Obama policies that were European.
Mandatory purchase of for-profit health insurance -- not European, not at all. Their health insurance companies are almost entirely non-profit or government-run.
Investment in infrastructure: repairing roads and schools is as American as it comes. In fact, Eisenhower did his part to build the interstates, so it can be said that a lot of our infrastructure investment in the past was not just American, it was Republican American.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- a Republican started those.
What in the world is Romney talking about? Obama has been hampered by a Republican House for the past years or so.
A lot of hot air. That's all Romney is about.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)They pretty much let deluded bubble-dwellers like Romney say this and not call him out.
I sometimes wonder why a Republican . . . well, any of them, let's be quite frank . . . is never taken to task for their blatantly false statements. Would a reporter who, you know, does his/her job and not just say "OK, then, sir" get fired if they dare question the corporate favorite by asking them anything you just asked?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)racist minions out to vote. It's so ridiculous and pathetic!
Between them calling Obama a socialist and some here on DU calling him a Wall Street enabler who is worse than Bush, I'd conclude that the president must be doing a fantastic job!
Martin Eden
(12,872 posts)... without the welfare.
eppur_se_muova
(36,271 posts)I wish ! It would save me the trouble of moving to Europe.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)In 1996, under the Bill Clinton administration, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which gave control of the welfare system back to the states. Because welfare is no longer under the control of the federal government, there are basic requirements the states need to meet with regards to welfare services.
Still, most states offer basic assistance, such as health care, food stamps, child care assistance, unemployment, cash aid, and housing assistance. After reforms, which President Clinton said would "end welfare as we know it,"[20] amounts from the federal government were given out in a flat rate per state based on population.[24] Each state must meet certain criteria to ensure recipients are being encouraged to work themselves out of welfare.
The new program is called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).[23] It encourages states to require some sort of employment search in exchange for providing funds to individuals, and imposes a five-year lifetime limit on cash assistance.[20][23][25] The bill restricts welfare from most legal immigrants and increased financial assistance for child care.[25] The federal government also maintains an emergency $2 billion TANF fund to assist states that may have rising unemployment.[23]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare#United_States
The bottom line: Romney and all other GOPers who use the Welfare dog whistle are making caca up out of whole cloth just to mobilize their base to the polls. Any reputable fact-checker would smack them for it.
a2liberal
(1,524 posts)Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)harun
(11,348 posts)Our commune is 1%'rs only, rest need not apply.
NewImproved Deal
(534 posts)A crony hedge-fund entity as wantonly parasitic, speculative and anti-social as Romney's Bain typifies the "Free" Market...
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)rocktivity
(44,577 posts)rocktivity
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)"If by that remark, Willard means he believes 50 million Americans without access to health care is a GOOD thing, then we'll agree to disagree. If he means putting seniors back into poverty, like they were before Social Security, would be a good thing, we'll agree to disagree. If he means seniors should have to pay exorbitant rates for medical care, the way they did before Medicare, would be a good thing, we'll agree to disagree"
Too bad our president isn't a fan of SS, Medicare, or health care for all, and isn't a fighter.
DaveJ
(5,023 posts)It took me awhile to decipher, but I believe Romney and his ilk, are upset that Obama promotes the message of Hope and Change. Whereas the execution is scoffed at by most Democrats, the message still strikes fear in the hearts of Republicans. As evident by OWS and the general continued desire for change permeating the nation. Romney thinks the American way is to never question authority, and for all Americans to go to business school to learn how to worship the Dollar with blind religious faith. Republicans are concerned that, like Europeans, we will continue to question the system and demand more justice.
evilhime
(326 posts)who like the idea of one nation but aren't interested in the rest of the statement? Freedom FROM religion - this country was not founded as a religious entity....
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)is that someone else?
Sentath
(2,243 posts)He's just having to run on opposing himself.
Botany
(70,524 posts)We have fallen from 32 to 37 .... Mitt is an idiot throwing shit against the wall hoping something
will stick.
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5 Malta
6 Singapore
7 Spain
8 Oman
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10 Japan
11 Norway
12 Portugal
13 Monaco
14 Greece
15 Iceland
16 Luxembourg
17 Netherlands
18 United Kingdom
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20 Switzerland
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23 Sweden
24 Cyprus
25 Germany
26 Saudi Arabia
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37 United States of America
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)This clown is so full of himself, it makes me sick. Wake up Mitt!!!. You're party is going to lose in November. Making up lies will get you no where.
liberalmike27
(2,479 posts)When is that going to happen? I've certainly seen no sign of it!!
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)an original thought. And if this country is becoming more "European" under Obama I wish he'd provide some examples, because I'm not seeing it. Mass transit sucks. Our infrastructure is falling apart. Millions are uninsured. Education is underfunded. The military is way overfunded. Politicians take care of the 1% at the expense of the 99. The Republican Congress says "no" to anything that might do the ordinary guy some good. Mitt is already living in the kind of America he wants, so I have no idea what he's bitching about.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)TBF
(32,070 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)0rganism
(23,958 posts)This fascination republicans have with conceptually isolating the USA from the rest of the planet, it's like the teenager who still believes in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny -- okay, y'all had yer fun, but it's time to grow the fuck up already.
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)They are not without their problems, but ask a European if they would like to trade Health Care systems with us...you will get a resounding NO.
JHB
(37,161 posts)...that they play in their head.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)MarinCoUSA
(891 posts)N/t
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)Sounds good to me.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)America must not imitate the good ideas of anyone else. If we didn't invent it here, it can't be any good.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)I can see why Romney wouldn't want that.
Vinca
(50,285 posts)He thinks hunger is when the chef forgets to garnish the salmon with caviar.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)Fuck him!
kemah
(276 posts)The 1% have such a disdain for the European lifestyle, yet they live it. They get their month paid vacations, get excellent health care, get the best schools, get corporate welfare, pay little in taxes, they stick the bill to the 99% and then complain we are lazy and do not want to work. The Great Depression should be renamed as the Great Vacation according the the GOP mentality.
Corruption Winz
(616 posts)European. We know the Euro's are ass-backwards, church burning, baby killing fools. We obviously can't let this happen.