Mitt Romney Debt Speech: 'Inferno' Debunked

Mitt Romney Debt Speech: 'Prairie Fire Inferno' Speech Debunked

A study by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget concluded earlier this year that Romney's plans would not make a dent in deficits, and could worsen them considerably. That study was done before Romney upped his tax cuts, inviting even deeper debt.

That's not to say he can't at some point lay out the spending cuts necessary to achieve his aims. But he would have to slash domestic programs by more than 20 percent — far more than the 5 percent in immediate cuts he has proposed. It is nearly unthinkable that Congress would approve the evisceration of basic federal functions such as food inspection, air traffic control, the Border Patrol, FBI, grants to local governments, health research, housing and heating aid for the poor, food aid for pregnant women, national parks and much more.

Nowhere in Tuesday's speech was there a new idea of how Romney would accomplish the promised deficit reduction. He spoke generally of reforming Social Security and Medicare, eliminating duplicative government programs, and transferring some functions to the states or the private sector, adding that he would "streamline everything that's left."

The closest he has come to laying out a specific spending plan has been in his endorsement of the budget blueprint passed this year by House Republicans, which also fails to produce his promised deficit reductions.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/1 ... 19253.html

A step-by-step debunking of the usual lies and garbage talking-points from Gov. Etch-a-Sketch... Imagine my surprise...

Thanks for providing 285 Bound with the Obama Talking Point for this week. Do they e-mail you or is it a conference call?

:VeryScared: Lets compare the plan to Obama's plan which is adding debt at unsustainable levels. If Barack wins, maybe he can take us to 120% debt compared to GDP.

daily blast of "manufactured-outrage-of-the-day" crap

Since Romney actually said it point-by-point, it's hardly manufactured is it...

Outraged by his outright lies and knowing falsehoods?...You bet.

"Speech 'An Amalgamation Of Free-Floating Conservative Rage And Anxiety, Completely Untethered To Any Facts'" - Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/ro ... -tale.html

Imagine my surprise.... :Snooze

LadyJazzer wrote: :Snooze

I missed it. was there anything of actual substance in there, or just more of your normal Obama butt-kissing blog quotes?

Gee, you obviously have me confused with someone who gives-a-sh*t....

LadyJazzer wrote: Gee, you obviously have me confused with someone who gives-a-sh*t....

Nope. I had you confused with someone that wasn't just a liberal reflection of the conservative whackjobs she loves to hate.

"liberal reflection of the conservative whackjobs"

Ya think?

LadyJazzer wrote: "liberal reflection of the conservative whackjobs"

Ya think?

And you really think that mimicing their style is a good way to combat them? How's that been working out since you started that tactic? Any reduction in the whackjob posts?

No...You're still posting.