When Obama was running in 2008, the right wingers complained that he didn't have enough executive experience to prepare him for the highest executive office in the country.
OK, maybe that was a valid point. So now, another man comes along who says he has lots of executive experience and who says he can change the direction of the country--create more jobs, get the economy back on track.
This man, Mitt Romney, will likely be running on the Republican ticket, after the GOP convention. Romney has held several big executive positions, including the governorship of Massachusetts.
So let us take a look at what Mitt Romney actually did as governor. What was his record? What did he accomplish? Not much, it turns out.
It is weird that you don't see this information in the newspapers all the time, and you don't hear it on the radio and TV news. You'd think it would be everywhere.
First of all, Romney didn't do what he said he was going to do.
Romney said he was going to increase job growth. Massachusetts went from #37 to #47 in job creation while Mitt was governor. Down, the numbers went down. That was not supposed to happen, but it did.
What happened to all that big-time expertise? He said he was a successful businessman who knew how to grow an economy. That is what he said then, running for governor, and that is what he says now, running for president.
When he was governor, Romney cut spending for education, probably the most important item for the future of any society.
Question: How to do attract new high-tech businesses when you don't have an educated workforce? Answer: You don't.
Romney raised fees on "everything from college students to mortgages, from buying a boat to opening a bar," according to Paul Begala, a columnist for Newsweek:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/04/29/paul-begala-what-s-mitt-romney-hiding-in-his-record-as-governor.html
"Fees for university students shot up 63 percent," according to Begala.
What is the difference between a fee and a tax? I don't see any difference. Do you? If it walks like a duck....
Romney's record as governor was bad. Real bad. He cut job training, workforce development and trade assistance, according to Begala.
Looks to me like Mitt Romney was a weak, misguided, ineffective governor, and I believe he would make a worse president.
Oh, he talks a big game. A big game.
But will he deliver? What do you think? Look at his record, and you tell me.
Does he walk like a duck?
-- Roger
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© 2012, Roger R. Angle
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