Mitt Romney: Why For President?

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today I will be informing you on our beloved (and I say this with all sarcasm) Willard Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947 and is the son of Lenore and George W. Romney (who was Michigan's governor in 1963 through 1969). Mitt is an American businessman and politician who is the nominee of the Republican party for the 2012 Presidential election. So you ask, what was Mitt Romney's motivation to run for President? In 1954 Mitt's father became the chairman and CEO of American Motors, helping the company avoid bankruptcy and return to profitability. By the time Mitt was 12, his father had become a nationally known figure in print and on television and Mitt idolized him. In 1963 Mitt's father was elected Governor of Michigan…show more content…
He has proposed changes such as gradually raising the eligibility ages for receipt of social security, medicare, and other entitlement program benefits. He favors substantial increases in military spending, and has promised to invest more heavily in military weapons programs and to increase the number of active-duty military personnel. Romney supported the Bush administration's Troubled Asset Relief Program in response to the late 2000 financial crisis, which he has said prevented the U.S. Financial system from completely collapsing. He pledges to lead an effort to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act or also known as (Obamacare) and replace it with a system that gives states more control over Medicaid and makes health insurance premiums tax-advantaged for individuals in the same way they are for businesses. Romney has said he would seek income tax law reforms that he says would help lower deficits and would stimulate economic growth. Among the series of tax changes he has proposed are: reducing individual income tax rates across the board by 20%, maintaining the Bush administration-era tax rate of 15% on investment income from dividends and capital gains. He has promised that the loss of government revenue from these tax cuts would be offset by closing loopholes and reining in tax deductions and credits available to taxpayers with the highest incomes, so that his tax plan would not raise federal deficits, but has said that aspect of the plan cannot be evaluated yet due to lack of specific detail. But whats new with mitt romney? Every position he seems to stand by has lack of detail because he runs from just about every question. So tell me people, do we want another George w. Bush in
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