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These would be changes he has said he will make if he gets his way. I know it's hard because he is a lying flip flopper.
I think destroying women's rights would be at the top of the list.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)Then, destroy the poor.
That about covers it.
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)I was just looking for some specifics, which like I said, it's hard because he is flip flopping on everything.
janx
(24,128 posts)It's still in a very bad way now even though it's improving.
tjwash
(8,219 posts)That way he can siphon off billions of dollars and send it to offshore bank accounts
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)not really good but you know what I mean.
tjwash
(8,219 posts)...are dumping so much money in to his campaign?
Sadiedog
(353 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)a war helps the economy. Obviously, after Iraq and Afghanistan, we know that wars hurt rather than help the economy.
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)but he could always add another war. rethuglicans sure do love their wars...as long as other people fight them and they can go to France and lay on the beach or whatever.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Supreme Court nominees. Shove middle class into poverty. Eliminate EPA, OSHA, and other govt agencies. Sell off or privatize federal owned lands inc. National Parks. Drilling and fracking everywhere.
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Gut the EPA or defund it. Cut regulations for corporations & banks.
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)the middle class will get stuck with the bill while the "47" are completely left to fend for themselves regardless of how they wound up in their situations. I have a feeling that 47% would grow as more jobs are outsourced and more veterans of more wars come home maimed and unable to work.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)2. Sign bills passed by Congress that will destroy the few rights that gays have won. (See 1. Any justice that overturns roe v. Wade will not support gay marriage.)
3. Rubber stamp any bills passed by Republicans that limit the rights of women, gays, and minorities.
4. Continue destroying unions in America which will result in lower wages for the poor and middle-class and higher profits for the rich and investor class.
5. Help destroy medicare as we know, turning it into a voucher system that is a profit machine for big insurance companies and leaving millions without health-care.
The worst things Romney will do will be do erode the rights and the lifestyles of the middle-class and poor to benefit the wealthy and investor class.
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)and we had come so far. It really scares me. Getting rid of Obama care will leave a lot of Americans uninsured.
You mentioned a lot of horrific things he will do.
meti57b
(3,584 posts)dimbear
(6,271 posts)1. Bans coffee
2. Bans alcohol
3. Bans cigarettes
4. Bans Coca Cola
5. Bans tea
Tell your friends.
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)will be in vogue.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)StarryNite
(9,458 posts)Filibuster Harry
(666 posts)okay I'll give it a shot:
1) eliminate the minimum wage
2) will have his tax cuts (no cap on deductions); I mean, do you think Mitt will cap his $ 4 million in deductions? Think about it: a cap on $50,000 or pick a number increases his tax big time ( a no -no to Grover Norquist and the republicans) How do you think they would react if the president was going to cap Sch A at $ 50,000? They would go berserk !!!
3) eliminate tax credits
4) repeal Affordable Health Care Act
5) cut programs or give to the states so state and local income taxes go up and property taxes increase too
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)He won't get elected.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)But they will probably make him president via use of the way votes are counted. They have these computerized vote counting machines and we all know how easy that is to add things up just the way they want when you own them. Romney even owns some of the very machines that will count his votes and yours too, maybe. That sucks, but that is the only way Romney gets to be president.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)I didn't say Tagg. I said Romney. Why would you bring up something that has no bearing on what I wrote?
Does "RomenyLies" mean Romney lies or does it mean you are here to tell lies that make Romney look good?
mtnester
(8,885 posts)nycbiscuit
(46 posts)will be his appointments on the Supreme Court.
The effects will last long, long after his administration. The SC could overturn Roe v Wade, upholding DOMA or expanding it into an amendment, expansion of Citizens United, elimination of restrictions of non-profits and religious organizations to campaign.
Romney would also redesign/eliminate Medicare and Social Security, invoke a tax policy that will surely add exponentially to the debt, expand of the military/defense spending, militarily provoke our adversaries...
There's just so much that could go wrong.
dontknowmuchbout
(11 posts)1. Even more militarized foreign policy (attack Iran, even more drone strikes)
2. Further deregulation of the financial sector
3. Even faster spreading of neoliberal trade mechanisms that dry up any space in other countries for alternatives
4. Even further Patriot Act type restrictions, particularly on the ability to protest
5. Even faster transfers of wealth to the very rich (even more rapid worsening of Gini coefficient)
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)StarryNite
(9,458 posts)Two Out Of Three Ain't Good. Or One Out Of Three Ain't Bad?
kentuck
(111,107 posts)If Obama wins, we have a chance.
If Romney wins, we are up shit creek...without a paddle...
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)I don't think there is any way that Rmoney could actually win. But I do think another stolen election is very possible.
Sadiedog
(353 posts)I cannot stand either but Ryan just seems so evil to me.
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)He makes me go
kentuck
(111,107 posts)He looks in the mirror and he cannot believe someone as young as he could be so old and bitter...?
upi402
(16,854 posts)a real one with piles of dead innocents and nearly as tall piles of cash for Neocon Inc.
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)It was merely an invasion/occupation where hundreds of thousands of people were killed.
upi402
(16,854 posts)...was LOST!
:doh:
treestar
(82,383 posts)2. war with Iran
3. vouchers for public programs
4. waffles back and forth on issues so even the executive branch has no idea what will happen next week
5. Queen Ann as FLOTUS
StarryNite
(9,458 posts)she's a frightful one!
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Kiss goodbye to child labor laws, and minimum wage laws, and workplace safety laws.
Kiss goodbye to Roe v. Wade - kiss goodbye to abortion rights, to contraception rights, to women's rights in general, to LGBT rights.
Kiss goodbye to Brown v. Board of Education. Kiss goodbye to the Civil Rights Act. Say hello to the new Jim Crow.
Romney must be stopped at all costs!
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)StarryNite
(9,458 posts)if you think a stole election is impossible then you don't know anything about recent history. And the absolute worst thing we can do now is to put our guard down.
treestar
(82,383 posts)I figue it can motivate some people - motivation by fear of a right winger White Horse President.