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Romney to solve our economic woes
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It seems the only thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on in the midst of this currently undecided presidential field is that Washington is broken. Our country is facing significant challenges such as the threat of radical Islam, millions of uninsured Americans, illegal immigration, the economic threat of mainland China and notoriously out-of-control pork barrel spending in Washington. In 2006, the Democrats retook Congress, vowing to enact sweeping policy reforms, yet there have been very few tangible results.
Governing is hard, and enacting positive change is even harder. It is now time for another president with the experience necessary to bring about real change in Washington. Not just change you would hear about when watching C-SPAN, but real, tangible change that will improve the lives of every American.
Mitt Romney has spent his life fixing problems that no one thought there were solutions to. He did it in business as a venture capitalist, he did it when he saved and turned around the Salt Lake City Olympics, and he did it as governor of Massachusetts. By cutting waste and through a character of strong leadership and vision, Mr. Romney has already solved many of the problems our country is facing today and is the best candidate to lead the United States forward.
As college students, the choices our next president makes will have a more significant impact on us than ever before. Will there be jobs waiting for us when we graduate? Will we be able to buy a house, start a business or even just afford to fill up our cars with a tank of gas? Will we be left to foot the bill of entitlement programs for our parents and grandparents because of irresponsible spending today? And finally, will we still be living in the greatest and most prosperous nation the world has ever known? We as a generation won’t get ahead and make the world a little bit better for our kids, just as our parents did for us, if the American economy does not remain strong.
As a former businessman, Mr. Romney knows how the economy works and will do what it takes to keep the U.S. the world’s only superpower. By investing billions of dollars in research and technology and through fair tax policies that put American businesses on an equal playing field with foreign companies, Mr. Romney’s plan would not only keep jobs in America, but create new, higher-paying jobs as well.
While any economist would tell you the outsourcing of jobs to countries such as China or India is good for the macro economy and maximizes efficiency, it is soon not just going to be clothes, shoes and toy production we will export, but high-tech products such as cars, airplanes and computers that have been the bread and butter of the U.S. economy for years. If government continues to regulate businesses in ways that put them at a competitive disadvantage to foreign competition, the whole country may soon mirror the economic hardship Michigan faces from its struggling auto industry.
The failure to cut American dependence on foreign oil could end up crippling the United States. The dependence on oil is a problem not only on environmental grounds, but on economic and national security grounds as well. The high price of oil doesn’t just make it more expensive to fill up your car — it also makes it more expensive to ship bread and milk to the store. Everything becomes more expensive and puts a giant burden on middle-income families.
Mr. Romney has proposed an Apollo-scale program to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil. It is only through strong leadership that such drastic policies will ever have a chance of materializing, and time and time again, Mr. Romney has shown he is the best candidate to strengthen America.
Brad Engle (bradley.engle@gmail.com) is a junior majoring in business and is the chair of UW Students for Romney.
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Apparently, the presidency CAN be bought if you have enough money.
Brad, it was a Mormon—J. Reuben Clark—that got us stuck with the income tax. Mormons are nutjobs. I’ll go for Ron Paul. I don’t car what anybody says about him. It’s all crap! Ron Paul is the only candidate that cares about fixing America.
RON PAUL IN ‘08!!!
Rock On 11:26. RON PAUL is the answer for our turbulent economy. Long Live the r3VOLuton!
Two days before Iowa Mitt Romney was saying we don’t need change in Washington. Now this:
“It is now time for another president with the experience necessary to bring about real change in Washington.”
Ha, yeah right.
11:26, I would expect nothing less from a Ron Paul supporter than the intolerance you show towards Mormons considering Ron Paul displays that very same intolerance in among many examples his anti-African American writings on Dr. King.
What we need is a president who will tell us whatever we want to hear and change moral and political positions with imperceptible ease. We need a smooth talker with a full head of hair and pockets full of cash.
Go Willard M. Romney
You Ron Paul people are SO clever
Romney is the only viable conservative alternative for president at this point. Support Romney if you believe in conservative values and support McCain if you believe in big government, higher taxes, amnesty, and a litany of disasterous policies.