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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
1. Yes. It is essential that we explain to people that Romney and Bain built very little
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 12:25 PM
Sep 2012

if anything. They destroyed. They ate companies. A few companies survived their attack. But which of the manufacturing companies that they bought still exists?

They saved some retail companies, but did they save any manufacturing jobs? That's where the marketable assets were. The companies that had factories with machinery and equipment -- steel and other materials.

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
4. That may be another reason why my voter-registration team was so successful this weekend!
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 02:13 PM
Sep 2012

A lot of them may have experienced losing a job to one of Romney's ilk.

Of course, the general Looney-Tunes quality of the GOP convention was a major factor.

 

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)
5. The real problem is these bastards bribing Congress to get the tax laws in place that allow them to
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 03:43 PM
Sep 2012

pull off this shit. Vote a straight Democratic ticket and maybe Raul Grijalva, Bernie Sanders, and the Progressive Caucus can correct this crap.

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