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Mr.Bill

(24,305 posts)
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:21 PM Nov 2012

So now that Romney doesn't have to be bothered with being President,

I'm sure he will be taking all his accumulated wealth and creating jobs. That is what the wealthy people do with all the money they have from the reduced taxes they pay, right? We're waiting, Mitt.

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Mr.Bill

(24,305 posts)
2. You do know my post was sarcasm, right?
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:27 PM
Nov 2012

I wish someone during the campaign would have asked him how many jobs he's created in the last four years.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
3. Wouldn't have matter what question they asked
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:33 PM
Nov 2012

He lied all the time. And they NEVER put him on the spot.

geckosfeet

(9,644 posts)
4. The job creators must have tax cuts so that they can create more jobs.
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:37 PM
Nov 2012

Unfortunately, when the job creators pay zero taxes we will still have 3 to 4% unemployment. To get to 0% unemployment we will need to pay (an as yet unnamed sum) the job creators with tax dollars extracted from the people that they employ.

This makes a lot of sense to me. I am a republican.

Tutonic

(2,522 posts)
5. He'll rertun to being one of the 47%--paying 0 taxes and getting tax credits for shipping jobs
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:42 PM
Nov 2012

overseas.

left on green only

(1,484 posts)
6. Actually, now that we all have flushed the toilet, I expect him to file amended tax returns......
Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:49 PM
Nov 2012

.....retroactively for those two years when he actually did pay something, in an effort to impress our common citizens that he pays taxes just like they do.

qwlauren35

(6,148 posts)
7. Oh, THANK YOU!
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 03:10 PM
Nov 2012

If Romney had actually been able to point to jobs he had created, he would have been a lot more credible.

I am convinced that wealthy people have no interest in creating jobs, and when it actually happens, it's an accident.

We are lucky to have small businesses that create jobs, and companies that choose to manufacture in the states, who also create jobs. And a government that sponsors and pays teachers and first responders, and scientific research, who create jobs.

You have hit on the head one of the reasons I hated Romney. The sheer hypocrisy of his candidacy was the idea that the rich create jobs when he couldn't demonstrate it personally. Oh wait. He employed stable boys, gardeners, housekeepers... sorry, that doesn't count.

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