It's not because he's a Republican and I'm a Democrat. It's not because he's a Mormon. Every President we've ever had claimed membership in SOME religion. And from where I stand? Everyone of them is just as bullshit goofy as the rest of them.
It's because he was a business man, and government cannot be successfully run like a, "business". If you try it, you get lousy government services.
Romney the businessman thinks in terms of marketing (he's admitted that 47% of the population isn't going to buy what he's selling). And government isn't about marketing. It's about providing services to people who sometimes don't want the service, so you help everyone. Think about prisons and jails as just one example.
MOST of the population in this country will never need to be locked up in a jail or prison. So, should we, "downsize" this industry? You could save a lot of money by letting all those murderers and rapists go lose. After all, then you don't have to feed them, clothe them and treat their medical problems. That would save TONS of money every year.
Well, we can't do that, so I guess we should look at private prisons. Ask folks in the south how well THAT has worked out. The answer is, it hasn't worked out very well.
As a society, we want a safe, effective system of keeping people who would willingly hurt the rest of us, behind bars in a human and responsible manner. And that cannot be done in the cheapest manner possible, while still being safe and humane.
If you run government the way Romney would have it, the Fire Department would only be open durring the summer, and would be greatly downsized. After all, in a free market place, if you didn't call in YOUR fire first, too bad. We're taking care of other customers right now, and your call will be answered in the order it was received.
In Romney world, every citizen would be responsible for taking care of the sidewalk and road in front of his own home. To have a centralized government do that runs contrary to capitalism.
Look, I want a guy who can run an efficent government that doesn't take all my money in taxes as much as the next guy. But the truth is, we have a government to do for us what we can't do for ourselves (do you want to have to buy your OWN garbage truck? Didn't think so). And this costs money. It is not free.
Dispite what the NRA wants you to believe, if the Chinese decided they want our land, not just all our money and attack us, you and your friends are not going to keep them from doing it without a strong, centralized, well armed military. I don't care how good you are with your .22 Long Rifle.
So, lets let the professionals run the government, and Mitt go back to what he does best. Accuireing companys with other peoples money, loading them with debt, borrowing tons of money on their resources then bankrupting them so he doesn't have to pay back the loans and walking off with a ton of money while putting other people out of work.
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