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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 04:05 PM Jan 2015

Mitt Romney returns to stage with vow to fight 'scourge of poverty'

Source: L.A. Times

In his first public remarks since telling GOP donors that he is weighing a third bid for the White House, Mitt Romney suggested Friday that if he does run he would alter the focus that led to his loss in 2012 to President Obama.

“I believe in the post-Obama era we need to stand for safety, and for opportunity for all people, and we have to stand for helping lift people out of poverty,” Romney told hundreds of Republican National Committee members and their guests at a dinner aboard the aircraft carrier Midway, berthed in San Diego Harbor.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-republicans-romney-20150117-story.html



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Mitt Romney returns to stage with vow to fight 'scourge of poverty' (Original Post) LiberalElite Jan 2015 OP
Oh Come On Now -- The Guy Will Say Anything To Get Elected...... global1 Jan 2015 #1
That's funny. Comedy routine? louis-t Jan 2015 #2
Mitten's IdiotsforPalin Jan 2015 #62
Go away please LadyVV Jan 2015 #3
Because he and the missus had to use an ironing board as a table once.. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #4
They had an ironing board? rickford66 Jan 2015 #20
SHE had an ironing board! eom Maeve Jan 2015 #21
That language shows what he really thinks of the poor. Trillo Jan 2015 #5
Time to order a bigger clown car. n/t eggplant Jan 2015 #6
Talk to your running buddies, Mittens... Call your GOP fans and stop this to prove you mean it: freshwest Jan 2015 #7
Paladin of the 47% Freeloaders. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #8
He's sounding a lot like a "compassionate conservative" groundloop Jan 2015 #9
That's so funny: he'll say whatever he needs to get the votes. C Moon Jan 2015 #10
His cure for poverty is to let poor people die quickly. nt valerief Jan 2015 #11
Poverty is not a "scourge," Mitt, like roaches. SunSeeker Jan 2015 #12
"He would alter the focus that led to his loss..." 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #13
What a joke Iliyah Jan 2015 #14
If you buy this claim, then I have some enron stock to sell you Gothmog Jan 2015 #15
Is he going to be passing out money with his rich friends? undeterred Jan 2015 #16
This doesnt belong in LBN and should be moved cstanleytech Jan 2015 #17
Yeah, right. n/t xocet Jan 2015 #18
I hope Mitt's OK!!! Plucketeer Jan 2015 #19
Is that those with no car elevator? nt Mnemosyne Jan 2015 #22
I think he means the ones who LiberalElite Jan 2015 #23
He is such an inappropriate ass. nt Mnemosyne Jan 2015 #67
We thought GWB was talking about the "ownership society".... lastlib Jan 2015 #63
Like that scam they pulled with CARS, most of the eligible cars were luxury, iirc. I had friends Mnemosyne Jan 2015 #68
Follow the money. Dude can't get nominated truthisfreedom Jan 2015 #24
He can really relate to this issue. Chemisse Jan 2015 #25
He could try a "Bill Gates" and give all his millions away. George II Jan 2015 #26
Until he takes personal responsibility for driving down wages with the work he did at Bain... TeamPooka Jan 2015 #27
He plans to ban the Private Equity business? jmowreader Jan 2015 #28
Here's to hoping he siphons enough votes away from Jeb to help Ted Cruz to the finish line corkhead Jan 2015 #29
Will someone pleez asiliveandbreathe Jan 2015 #30
He'll never get the nomination talking like that OKNancy Jan 2015 #31
Romney HAS given to his own, we got stories about it at the convention, this is true of many JI7 Jan 2015 #37
He's had his whole life to do something about poverty C_U_L8R Jan 2015 #32
Bwahahaha. Oh, how rich... blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #33
this from a man who made his $$$ by taking away people's jobs, pensions, and health care? Botany Jan 2015 #34
Let me guess...more tax cuts for the 1%? hibbing Jan 2015 #35
That's the GOP answer to everything. OnionPatch Jan 2015 #61
Don't bother clicking the OP link, hoping to find more details on R's war on poverty progree Jan 2015 #36
Well, it just started yesterday.... LiberalElite Jan 2015 #41
Hopefully, he can Threepete. 0-3 would look good on Mitt. Thor_MN Jan 2015 #38
This Assh*le is a day late AND a dollar short. orbitalman Jan 2015 #39
Right... davidthegnome Jan 2015 #40
Mitt fought poverty...... in China, by sending American jobs douggg Jan 2015 #42
For Mitt "helping lift people out of poverty" means ending welfare so they are "takers" anymore. nt TeamPooka Jan 2015 #43
Once again, NOT The Onion! AwakeAtLast Jan 2015 #44
Time to lift the 2% out of the scourge of poverty and into the 1% zone.. IDemo Jan 2015 #45
Since when does Mr. Robme care CountAllVotes Jan 2015 #46
Does he know what poverty is? wheniwasincongress Jan 2015 #47
he and Ann felt they lived in poverty while they were in college Skittles Jan 2015 #55
I knew it! Riding up and down in that car elevator was more boring than he thought it would be!! Major Hogwash Jan 2015 #48
If he fights poverty, he will win, the poor will surrender. olddad56 Jan 2015 #49
K&R DeSwiss Jan 2015 #50
I don't have a middle finger big enough to respond to this asshole. nt killbotfactory Jan 2015 #51
He could help the poor a lot if he'd give back all the pensions he stole. lob1 Jan 2015 #52
He's floating truthisfreedom Jan 2015 #53
Let me guess Prophet 451 Jan 2015 #54
I believe this is going to be the main talking-point for these fuckers King_Klonopin Jan 2015 #56
His plans would've made poverty even larger. sakabatou Jan 2015 #57
Dear Mitt...... sendero Jan 2015 #58
I'll believe it when packman Jan 2015 #59
Oh Mittens lark Jan 2015 #60
The fools have NOTHING. elleng Jan 2015 #64
What Mitt really meant was ... Kennah Jan 2015 #65
In the language of Orthanc, save means slay and help means harm. n/t Orsino Jan 2015 #66

global1

(25,285 posts)
1. Oh Come On Now -- The Guy Will Say Anything To Get Elected......
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 04:08 PM
Jan 2015

Poverty? Right!!!! Opportunity for all People? Right!!!! Stand for safety? Right!!!!!

I don't believe one word he says.

louis-t

(23,309 posts)
2. That's funny. Comedy routine?
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 04:09 PM
Jan 2015

He's gonna fight the "scourge of poverty"? Maybe he means himself? Stop hitting yourself, Mitt.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. Talk to your running buddies, Mittens... Call your GOP fans and stop this to prove you mean it:
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 04:20 PM
Jan 2015
House Rule Could Hurt Vulnerable Disability Beneficiaries

By Kathy Ruffing - January 6, 2015

...More specifically, here’s what people need to know:

* The last two reallocations have shortchanged DI, underfunding it compared with the retirement program. Congress redirected a big chunk of payroll taxes from DI to OASI in 1983 and only partly offset that in a 1994 law. (See graph.) If DI’s tax rate had remained at its pre-1983 level, we wouldn’t need to replenish the fund today. Yet nobody claims that the 1983 reallocation, which helped stave off OASI’s imminent depletion, “robbed” DI … nor could they reasonably claim that reallocating in the other direction would “rob” OASI.



* A reallocation would have only a tiny effect on the retirement program’s solvency. Reallocating taxes to put the two trust funds on an even footing would prolong the DI trust fund by 17 years (from 2016 to 2033), while advancing the OASI fund’s depletion by just one year (from 2034 to 2033). The reason is simple: OASI is much bigger than DI, so a modest reallocation barely dents OASI. And before then, policymakers will almost surely address Social Security solvency in a comprehensive fashion.

* Most DI recipients are older people, so helping DI helps seniors. The risk of disability rises with age, and most DI beneficiaries are older. Seventy percent of disabled workers are age 50 or older, 30 percent are 60 or older, and 20 percent are 62 or older and would actually qualify as early retirees under Social Security...

http://www.offthechartsblog.org/house-rule-could-hurt-vulnerable-disability-beneficiaries/

Most of the comments are very good and worth reading.

groundloop

(11,527 posts)
9. He's sounding a lot like a "compassionate conservative"
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 04:32 PM
Jan 2015

Lord help us if voters fall for that charade again.

C Moon

(12,221 posts)
10. That's so funny: he'll say whatever he needs to get the votes.
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 04:42 PM
Jan 2015

We all now know how you really feel: it's on record, pal!

SunSeeker

(51,745 posts)
12. Poverty is not a "scourge," Mitt, like roaches.
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 05:12 PM
Jan 2015

Poverty is the consequence of bad government policies and indifference. The poor are the victims, not the problem.

3catwoman3

(24,070 posts)
13. "He would alter the focus that led to his loss..."
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 05:17 PM
Jan 2015

Yeah, right. Even for a position chameleon like Mitt, it's tough to completely alter your basic nature We know he's only be doing it to get votes, not because he's really had a change of his 1%er privileged heart.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
16. Is he going to be passing out money with his rich friends?
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 05:43 PM
Jan 2015

Is there any other subject where he has so little credibility?

lastlib

(23,322 posts)
63. We thought GWB was talking about the "ownership society"....
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 04:00 PM
Jan 2015

Turns out he was talking about the "own-a-ship society". Meaning tax cuts for everyone who had a yacht. Mittens is going down that same road.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
68. Like that scam they pulled with CARS, most of the eligible cars were luxury, iirc. I had friends
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 02:39 PM
Jan 2015

that wanted to trade 1980/90 cars, not on the official list.

People always thought that war criminal, *, was lying. He wasn't. He just wasn't talking to us, the invisible.

truthisfreedom

(23,159 posts)
24. Follow the money. Dude can't get nominated
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:52 PM
Jan 2015

Because he'll refuse to reveal what investments he's made with his son's company.

Chemisse

(30,817 posts)
25. He can really relate to this issue.
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:58 PM
Jan 2015

That awkward moment when you realize yours isn't the biggest private jet at the airport.

TeamPooka

(24,264 posts)
27. Until he takes personal responsibility for driving down wages with the work he did at Bain...
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 07:14 PM
Jan 2015

acquiring businesses and firing employees, off shoring, and developing businesses like Staples that drove small business owners out of business then he should really shut the fuck up about wage and income inequality.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)
28. He plans to ban the Private Equity business?
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 07:35 PM
Jan 2015

I wonder what percent of poverty in the United States is directly attributable to the work he and his competitors in the Mergers and Acquisitions (aka "private equity&quot industry did?

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
30. Will someone pleez
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 07:54 PM
Jan 2015

explain to Romney that he doesn't have to run for president to do what he suggests needs doin' - although nothin' specific..as usual..

Right now he could stand for safety and promote strong gun rules - that's what I mean by specific....

Or - opportunity for all people - well, then promote Universal Healthcare - and an infrastructure jobs initiative...or oppose Keystone - no real jobs there - and just a boondoggle for so many right now (not that it hasn't been a boondoggle all along) - considering a foreign company wants to ship their crap down pipelines over our land..I digress..

help lift people out of poverty - okay then, promote a higher minimum wage - bring tax money back to US shores - quit the attack on SSDI - and SSI - increase the tax on the 1% - like you Mitt!

See Mitt, you will never be president - but you sure can do the most good for the most people...right now....I await your suggestions at the next Republiklan meeting....sigh;

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
31. He'll never get the nomination talking like that
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 07:55 PM
Jan 2015

At the risk of getting slammed... he may actually believe it if he really follows Mormon teaching.
If you know any Mormons on a personal level, they are very giving. If you are fortunate to have one as a neighbor, they'll bend over backwards to help you out if you need it.

I'll have to add my usual when I comment about things like this: I'm an atheist.

JI7

(89,279 posts)
37. Romney HAS given to his own, we got stories about it at the convention, this is true of many
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 08:39 PM
Jan 2015

conservatives. they might give to those they personally know or come across. but it ignores the many who wont be so lucky to know someone who could help them out.

he is almost 70 years old. i doubt he has changed his position on issues much. but he is willing to do or say whatever he thinks will help him become president.

C_U_L8R

(45,025 posts)
32. He's had his whole life to do something about poverty
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 08:09 PM
Jan 2015

and it doesn't look like he's done anything remarkable.
Certainly doesn't look like he's done squat since the last election.

Hey Mitt, you don't need to be elected President to help the poor
(and self-serving contributions to your church really don't count)

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
33. Bwahahaha. Oh, how rich...
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 08:12 PM
Jan 2015

I wonder what Mitt Rmoney considers "poverty"? I bet it's 10 figures. Kinda like Clinton's "dead broke" BS... The 1% have it so tough...having to hide all their fabulous wealth offshore, so they don't have to pay their fair share. Not that Mitt or anybody's ever done that...

Botany

(70,614 posts)
34. this from a man who made his $$$ by taking away people's jobs, pensions, and health care?
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 08:20 PM
Jan 2015

Bain Capital's working model was to buy up businesses, off shore the jobs,
fire the people, borrow money against the biz, sell of the parts, and dump
the health care and retirement costs onto the government.


hibbing

(10,110 posts)
35. Let me guess...more tax cuts for the 1%?
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 08:22 PM
Jan 2015

After all, that has worked so successfully in helping poor people in that past.

Peace

OnionPatch

(6,169 posts)
61. That's the GOP answer to everything.
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 01:47 PM
Jan 2015

I'm betting before I even read it that his plan involves some sort of tax breaks or deregulation (relaxed labor/environmental standards, etc.) for the uber-rich.

progree

(10,924 posts)
36. Don't bother clicking the OP link, hoping to find more details on R's war on poverty
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 08:33 PM
Jan 2015

because no more info is to be found there.

davidthegnome

(2,983 posts)
40. Right...
Sat Jan 17, 2015, 09:45 PM
Jan 2015

If he gave everything he had to charity, I might consider taking him seriously. I mean, I'd least consider it. Seriously though... Mitt? Go fuck yourself very much.

Skittles

(153,220 posts)
55. he and Ann felt they lived in poverty while they were in college
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 05:58 AM
Jan 2015

and living off investment earnings

so, fuck no they don't know

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
48. I knew it! Riding up and down in that car elevator was more boring than he thought it would be!!
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 02:19 AM
Jan 2015

But, then, you have to feel sorry for the guy, his wife claimed that he bought some shirts from Costco to try and be homey.

Unfortunately for Rmoney, Homey don't play that!



Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
54. Let me guess
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 05:56 AM
Jan 2015

His solution will be some combination of:
- Keystone XL
- Cutting or abolishing food stamps
- Cutting the time you can claim unemployment
- Cutting the taxes of the rich so they can create jobs
- Getting rid of those burdensome regulations

King_Klonopin

(1,307 posts)
56. I believe this is going to be the main talking-point for these fuckers
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 06:06 AM
Jan 2015

Carly Fiorina (GOP whore) made this exact talking point on
Bill Maher's show last week. I almost had a stroke....

The empathetic GOP is now going to reverse the trend of "income
inequality", their own Frankenstein's Monster which they created
out of their twisted ideology, while blaming this huge injustice on
Obama and the Dems !! How they plan to do this is anyone's guess.
The shamelessness of this is outright galling and nauseating.

The good news: this is all the scumbags have -- and the public ain't
gonna buy it one bit.

The only measurable index that hasn't improved under a Dem
POTUS is the income gap, mostly due to the stagnant middle
class wage and personal debt. So, let the first questions to Mitt-
Head be, "Do you think the minimum wage should be raised, that
labor union membership should be encouraged, that predatory
banking practices should be punished and prosecuted, and that the
Bush tax cuts for the wealthy made matters worse ????"

Just askin' Mitty, you fucking fraud.

sendero

(28,552 posts)
58. Dear Mitt......
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 09:35 AM
Jan 2015

...... what if you really *aren't* destined to become President of the US? What if no amount of lying on your part could make it so?

You'll forgive me if I choose to believe what you said to a select group of followers in a setting you thought was private over obvious crap you say to the public.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
59. I'll believe it when
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 11:54 AM
Jan 2015

someone tapes him in a soup kitchen telling the homeless how he doesn't care what the 53% of the people in the country-or better yet- the 1%'ers.

lark

(23,166 posts)
60. Oh Mittens
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 01:40 PM
Jan 2015

how you Repugs lie! You know damn well that cutting taxes and regulations on business doesn't increase jobs but decrease them and decrease the pay, yet that is what your, ahem, plan to reduce poverty actually is increase wealth for the richest and forget the 47%.
Yet, you will keep up this false framing, aided and abetted by Faux Snooze and the ultra rich, hoping that enough sheep will follow you. Americans haven't made that mistake in 2 previous tries, so good luck with trying the same thing again.

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