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Here is how his "hand it back to the smaller entity" philosophy actually played out in Massachusetts.
We had a 3 billion dollar deficit, more than half got displaced by a capital gains tx signed into law by the previous governor. Which Mr TaxBuster DID NOT repeal or.amend, btw. Then he cut the state aid to cities and towns. That's how the income and other taxes make it back to the cities and towns to do things like help fund schools and.otherwise maintain the municipality. Ok... In Gloucester, we got t by close.to a third. They in turn raised my property tax 4 times over the next 4 year's. My $1500 / year property tax went to $7000+
It looks good at the top of the pyramid scheme, but the smaller entities can't manage it. Could they in several decades? Probably not without a top to bottom balancing of the books first. Romney certainly has no recipe for that.
I don't pretend to be political savvy, but that sounds pretty much like everything I have heard or read about Romney. After all, he openly admits he doesn't care about the 47%, right?
The reality is that just like with this storm, people seem to think that change and fixes happen overnight. When it doesn't, the people want someone to blame, and after all, isn't that what the majority of this pissing match of an election is all about? The president has very little real power. They can take credit for change, but most intelligent people must realize that the president or candidates have teams of "idea" people who help them figure out what to want credit for. Mainly they are battling for a job that pays less than they make in the private sector so they can be blamed with everything that goes wrong. That alone shows they are all crazy, lol.
When Obama was first running, I told people he was going to win, while everyone swore McCain would sweep. My reasoning had little to do with campaign promises. McCain lost the second he took on Sarah Palin as his running mate and she opened her mouth. After all, the guy was older than dirt and if he kicked the bucket in office, no one wanted her to take his place. Meanwhile, Obama was, like it or not, going to get minorities who never bothered to vote to register and do so, which is exactly what happened.
Now, you have Romney coming in thinking that he has the "stuff" to get elected. He admittedly doesn't care about the middle or lower income population, which is a big portion of the voters (1% anyone?). He has gone from pro-life to pro-choice to be more appealing to women, but if he gets in office, will want to overturn Roe v. Wade. Luckily, even if he does win, he won't be able to do it, but he will still attempt to set the country as far back to Puritanical times as he can. That would be a huge loss for this country. Then of course, there is him being a Mormon which alone hinders his election. JFK had incredible charisma to overcome his being Catholic to get elected, but when people think of "Mormons" they think of polygamists and the nutcases in Utah.
So it all comes down to the basic premise of whether or not people can get over Romney's Mormonism and whether or not the white supremists who never thought Obama could get elected are going to take off their hoods and go vote.
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