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ROMNEY: Obama’s health care plan “puts in place an
unelected board that’s going to tell people ultimately what kind of
treatments they can have. I don’t like that idea.”
THE FACTS:
Romney is referring to the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a panel
of experts that would have the power to force Medicare cuts if costs
rise beyond certain levels and Congress fails to act. But Obama’s health
care law explicitly prohibits the board from rationing care, shifting
costs to retirees, restricting benefits or raising the Medicare
eligibility age. So the board doesn’t have the power to dictate to
doctors what treatments they can prescribe.
Romney seems to be resurrecting the assertion that Obama’s law would
lead to rationing, made famous by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s
widely debunked allegation that it would create “death panels.”
The board has yet to be named, and its members would ultimately have to
be confirmed by the Senate. Health care inflation has been modest in the
last few years, so cuts would be unlikely for most of the rest of this
decade.
ROMNEY on the failure of Obama’s economic policy: “And the proof of that
is 23 million people out of work. The proof of that is 1 out of 6
people in poverty. The proof of that is we’ve gone from 32 million on
food stamps to 47 million on food stamps. The proof of that is that 50
percent of college graduates this year can’t find work.”
THE FACTS:
The number of unemployed is 12.5 million, not 23 million. Romney was
also counting 8 million people who are working part time but would like a
full-time job and 2.6 million who have stopped looking for work, either
because they are discouraged or because they are going back to school
or for other reasons.
He got the figure closer to right earlier in the debate, leaving out
only the part-timers when he said the U.S. has “23 million people out of
work or stopped looking for work.” But he got the facts wrong
in asserting that Obama came into office “facing 23 million people out
of work.” At the start of Obama’s presidency, 12 million were out of
work.
His claim that half of college graduates can’t find work now also was
dishonest. A Northeastern University analysis for The Associated Press
found that a one-fourth of recent graduates were probably unemployed and
another quarter were underemployed, which means working in jobs that
didn’t make full use of their skills or experience.
ROMNEY: “Right now, the CBO says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year.”
THE FACTS:
Romney is dishonestly making selective use of the Congressional Budget
Office’s March findings on how employers might adjust to the new health
law. The neutral Washington scorekeeper actually gave Congress four
scenarios — ranging from a net increase in employer-provided coverage
for 3 million people to the decrease of 20 million that Romney cited.
Here’s why: The law offers tax incentives for companies with more than
50 workers that provide coverage and penalties for those that don’t. The
analysis says it’s difficult to say how companies will behave, with
some making a purely economic calculation and others concluding that
continuing coverage may be essential to pleasing workers in a
competitive environment. “As a result, any projections of those effects
are clearly quite uncertain,” the study’s authors concluded.
ROMNEY on cutting the deficit: “Obamacare’s on my list. … I’m going to
stop the subsidy to PBS. … I’ll make government more efficient.”
THE FACTS:
Romney has promised to balance the budget in eight years to 10 years,
but he hasn’t offered a complete plan. Instead, he’s promised a set of
principles, some of which — like increasing Pentagon spending and
restoring more than $700 billion in cuts that Democrats made in Medicare
over the coming decade — work against his goal. He also has said he
will not consider tax increases.
He pledges to shrink the government to 20 percent of the size of the
economy, as opposed to more than 23 percent of gross domestic product
now, by the end of his first term. The Romney campaign estimates that
would require cuts of $500 billion from the 2016 budget alone. He also
has pledged to cut tax rates by 20 percent, paying for them by
eliminating tax breaks for the wealthiest and through economic growth.
To fulfill his promise, then, Romney would require cuts to other
programs so deep — under one calculation requiring cutting many areas of
the domestic budget by one-third within four years — that they could
never get through Congress. Cuts to domestic agencies would have to be
particularly deep.
But he’s offered only a few modest examples of government programs he’d
be willing to squeeze, like subsidies to PBS and Amtrak. He does want to
repeal Obama’s big health care law, but that law is actually forecast
to reduce the deficit.
Please spread these videos. Take an hour or two to post them on debate forums, email and social media. Don't let that lying bastard Romney breath. Bury his lying ass in the truth!
Similarly, the researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center's FactCheck.org found examples of truth-stretching by both men but only Romney told outright lies.
Overall,
it was a debate packed with facts, a wonk's delight. From the very
first remarks, with President Obama saying 5 million jobs have been
created in the private sector over the last 30 months, the debate was
very number focused. So there were some things to check. And because
Romney made more factual assertions, he's getting dinged more — at least
in the early hours after the debate — by the fact checkers.
Here
is a sample of what's being reported about the truthiness of what Obama
and Romney had to say Wednesday night on stage at the University of
Denver: — One of the biggest disputes was over tax cuts.
Obama argued that Romney's plan to stimulate the economy includes a tax
cut totaling $5 trillion that, Obama said, isn't possible because the
Republican nominee is also promising to spend money in other places.
Romney flatly disputed that number. "First of all, I don't have a $5 trillion tax cut," he said.
Who's right? The Washington Post's Fact Checker saysthe facts on this one are on Obama's side. The New York Times notes
that Romney "has proposed cutting all marginal tax rates by 20 percent —
which would in and of itself cut tax revenue by $5 trillion."
FactCheck.org has weighed in too, tweeting during the debate
that "Romney says he will pay for $5T tax cut without raising deficit
or raising taxes on middle class. Experts say that's not possible." PolitiFact has given a "mostly true" rating
to the charge that "Romney is proposing a tax plan "that would give
millionaires another tax break and raise taxes on middle class families
by up to $2,000 a year."
— Has the president put in place a plan that would cut Medicare benefits by $716 billion? Romney says yes. The president says no. According to PolitiFact, Romney's charge is "half true."
"That
amount — $716 billion — refers to Obamacare's reductions in Medicare
spending over 10 years, primarily paid to insurers and hospitals," says PolitiFact.
So there is a basis for the number. But, it adds, "the statement gives
the impression that the law takes money already allocated to Medicare
away from current recipients," which is why it gets only a "half true"
rating.
The New York Times writes
that Obama "did not cut benefits by $716 billion over 10 years as part
of his 2010 health care law; rather, he reduced Medicare reimbursements
to health care providers, chiefly insurance companies and drug
manufacturers. And the law gave Medicare recipients more generous
benefits for prescription drugs and free preventive care like
mammograms."
Still, as NPR's Julie Rovner has reported,
"some of the money does indeed reduce future Medical spending, and the
fact is, you can't reduce health care spending and preserve Medicare for
78 million baby boomers without slowing its growth."
— In listing his objections to the Affordable Care Act,
Romney said it "puts in place an unelected board that's going to tell
people, ultimately, what kind of treatments they can have. I don't like
that idea."
But the Times and National Journal have reported that the board in question wouldn't make treatment decisions, a point Obama made during the debate. National Journal called Romney's characterization of what this board would do "one of the biggest whoppers of the night." PolitiFact gave Romney's claim a "mostly false" rating.
Under
the law, the board's job would be to keep Medicare spending within a
particular target (not a dollar figure, but as a factor of GDP) but the
board is prohibited from choosing the benefits to be restricted to
achieve savings, so it cannot make treatment decisions.
FactCheck.org,
which has likened the charge about this panel to the earlier claim from
Republicans that Obama would create "death panels," writes that
"the board, the Independent Payment Advisory Board, cannot, by law,
'ration' care or determine which treatments Medicare covers. In fact,
the IPAB is limited in what it can do to curb the growth of Medicare
spending."
— On cutting the federal deficit,
PolitiFact writes, "Romney claimed that Obama had said he would 'cut
the deficit in half.' That's the case. ... Obama said he put forward 'a
specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan.' That's true if you combine
the 10-year impact of his budget with the 10-year impact of cuts
already approved. (For that reason, we've previously found his claim
that his budget plan would 'cut our deficits by $4 trillion' Half True.)"
— As for Obama's claim that under his watch the economy has created 5 million jobs
in the past 30 months, NPR's John Ydstie says that's true. But it also
ignores an inconvenient truth (for the president), that about the same
number of jobs were lost during Obama's first year in office but it must be noted that in 2009 the economy was still in free fall.
—
And on a lighter note, the debate opened with a tender moment and a
fact that soon was disputed on Twitter. In acknowledging his wedding anniversary,
Obama said that "20 years ago I became the luckiest man on Earth
because Michelle Obama agreed to marry me." An astute tweeter noted that
20 years ago, the first lady's last name was Robinson.
I, Fat Bastard rarely endorse a product but with all the shit coming out of the mouths/asses of Republicans I am reminded just how big of a pain in the ass that they are. All of us fatties have gone to the shitter and given birth to to a giant Republican. When ever I know that a huge ass busting shit is about to come down the poop shoot I call it a Republican. When it is particular nasty and it flip flops into the brownie bowl I call it a Romney. If it is a spray of floating nuggets that just won't flush I call it a Ryan.
A big ass busting turd can do as much damage your butt hole as that butt hole George Bush did to the economy. Brute force is not the best way to purge your colon of Republicans. Like Romney you need to switch positions in order to coax these colon clogging rectal wreckers from your lower bowel.
Chumlee may seem like a simpleton but Chumlee is really fucking smart!
Antwaun Austin Chumlee's Muscle!
Chumlee has plenty of backup!
Antwaun Austin The shop's 6' 5" security guard.
Usually seen in the background, Antwaun sometimes sells store T-shirts
to people who come in, helps customers bring in large items, and when
necessary, removes customers who are unruly or disruptive.
In the video you will see some thug fucking with Chumlee and his posse. The thug got thumped!
This could get ugly folks. Droughts worldwide have caused a reduction in pig feed and I have said many times that vegetables are what food eats but unfortunately for pigs there is not enough feed so pig farmers are thinning the their herds.
I predict hoarding and pork riots. This is a bacon economy and if you think the financial meltdown was bad this pork shortage will deliver a death blow to our economy.... and it's not just the bacon! Bacon comes from the noble pig but so does barbecue, pork chops, pork rinds and most sausage.
And fuck that turkey bacon! It sucks. Don't be fooled by it. Our heart valves need pork fat!
Beef bacon is sacrilege!
The 850 calories formidable BK Quad Stacker
Fatlings will be starving to death in they can't have their bacon cheese burger super stackers! A cheese burger without bacon is just plain unAmerican! Say goodbye to these appetizers.
Wendy's 660 calorie single Baconator
Hard hit will be the Hardee's 1,170 calorie
Monster Biscuit
That has the holy pork trinity of bacon, sausage and heavenly ham
The impressive 850 calorie Wendy's Double Baconator
Wendy's Triple Baconator meal 1,540 calories 83 g fat (33 g saturated, 4 g trans) 2,370 mg sodium
Most of us fat guys physically can't pork fat girls and besides we really are not that attracted to them anyway. We all like to bone skinny chicks regardless of their race, creed, color, country of origin or political beliefs. I admit it! I would bone Ann Coulter in a heartbeat and so would every other fatling I know. For the life of me I am surprised that she did not hook up with the Drugster Rush Limbaugh. WTF, you know Ann must be smoking crack to be that skinny. I think the reason why Rush won't bone her is that he prefers kids.
''We need to execute people like (John Walker Lindh) in order to physically intimidate liberals.''
—Ann Coulter
Crazy Chicks are HOT!
''We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' creme brulee.'' —Ann Coulter
''My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building.''—Ann Coulter
''I don't really like to think of it as a murder. It
was terminating Tiller in the 203rd trimester. ... I am personally
opposed to shooting abortionists, but I don't want to impose my moral
values on others.''—Ann Coulter, on the murder of Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller, FOX News interview, June 22, 2009
''It would be a much better country if women did not
vote. That is simply a fact. In fact, in every presidential election
since 1950 - except Goldwater in '64 - the Republican would have won, if only the men had voted.''—Ann Coulter, May 17, 2003
''God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the
plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape
it. It's yours.''— Ann Coulter, on FOX News, June 20, 2001
''They're [Democrats] always accusing us of
repressing their speech. I say let's do it. Let's repress them. Frankly,
I'm not a big fan of the First Amendment.''—Ann Coulter, speech at the University of Florida, October 20, 2005
''If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in
the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist
assassination plot.''—Ann Coulter
''We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity.''—Ann Coulter
As bat shit crazy as Ann Coulter is, she has nothing on Ted Nugent. Ann's rhetoric sells a shit load of shitty books so the bitch is rich. Skinny and rich trumps crazy in my book. Ted hasn't sold a record in years. Ann has had the good sense not to endorse criminal Mitt Romney.
"If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next year". -Ted Nugent A Romney Supporter-
"Obama, he's a piece of shit. I told him to suck on my machine gun. Hey
Hillary [Clinton], you might want to ride one of these into the sunset,
you worthless bitch."
-Ted Nugent A Romney Supporter-
More comments from Treasonous Ted Nugent
1. Nugent On Then-First Lady Hillary Clinton: "You Probably Can't Use The Term 'Toxic Cunt' In Your Magazine, But That's What She Is." From a 1994 interview with Denver, CO music magazine Westword: 2. Nugent: "Piece Of Shit" Obama Should "Suck On My Machine Gun." From a 2007 concert where an assault-rifle-wielding Nugent also referred to then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as "a worthless bitch":
3. Nugent: Deceased Florida Teenager Travyon Martin Was A "Dope Smoking, Racist Gangsta Wannabe." [Rare, 7/14/13]
4. Nugent's Reprehensible Commentary On The African American Community. During a 2013 appearance on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones radio show, Nugent claimed that African-Americans could fix "the black problem" if they just put their "heart and soul into being honest, law-abiding, [and] delivering excellence at every move in your life." [Genesis Communication Network, The Alex Jones Show, 7/16/13, via Media Matters]
5. More Inexcusable Commentary From Nugent On The African-American Community. In a WND column, Nugent wrote that his claim Travyon Martin was a violent person was evidence of "the same mindless tendency to violence we see in black communities across America." [WND, 7/24/13]
6. Nugent Compares Obama To A Nazi. During a March 2013 appearance on 9-11 truther Pete Santilli's radio show, Nugent compared Obama to a Nazi who kills his Jewish neighbors, stating the president is like "a German in 1938 pretending to respect the Jews and then going home and putting on his brown shirt and forcing his neighbors onto a train to be burned to death." [Media Matters, 3/22/13]
7. Nugent: Civil Rights Leaders Jackson And Sharpton Speak In "Ebonic Mumbo-Jumbo." In a column for birther website WND, Nugent claimed that if a Republican president had the same drone policy as the Obama administration, "Jesse Jackson and Al Not-So-Sharpton would be lisping their ebonic mumbo-jumbo that the policy and the president are racist and bigoted." [Media Matters, 2/11/13]
8. Nugent: "I'm Beginning To Wonder If It Would Have Been Best Had The South Won The Civil War."From a column for The Washington Times:
9. Nugent: Real Americans Are "Working Hard, Playing Hard, White Motherfucking Shit Kickers Who Are Independent." From a 1995 interview with Bob Mack of Grand Royal magazine:
10. Nugent: African-American Rappers Appearing On MTV Are "Big Uneducated Greasy Black Mongrels." From a recording posted on YouTube, supposedly "from his radio show [in] 1994":
11. Ted Nugent On Suspected Undocumented Immigrants: "I'd Like To Shoot Them Dead." From a 2008 appearance on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes:
Voter suppression is a long time Neo Conservative and Republican strategy. Romney wants to suppress the votes of Blacks, students and senior citizens. Watch this very funny video by Sarah Silverman. It is as funny as it is informative as well.
If you don't understand the implications of Romney disrespecting the working poor then you are an asshole worse than Mitt Romney.
When we look at the words of Christ Jesus which are recorded below, we are reminded what it is to be a true follower of His.
Would you like some help understanding the Sermon on the Mount? If so, pleaseCLICK HEREto read a verse by verse commentary of the Sermon on the Mount.
SOURCE: THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
DATE WRITTEN: 63 AD
Matthew 5
The Beatitudes
1And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. 5Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.
6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. 7Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. 8Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. 9Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. 10Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Romney 5
When we look at the words of Christ Jesus which are recorded below, we are reminded what it is to be a true follower of His.
SOURCE: Romney's $50,000 a plate dinner.
The Greeditudes
1And seeing the multi millionaires, He went up on a podium, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2Then He opened His lying mouth and taught them, saying:
3"Fuck are the poor in money
For theirs is the to make the rich richer. 4Blessed are those who invest offshore, For they shall be compensated. 5Blessed are the greedy, For they shall inherit the earth.
6Fuck those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be fucked. 7Blessed are the greedy, For they shall obtain wealth. 8Blessed are the bankers, For they shall see gold. 9Wicked are the peacemakers, For they shall harm the military industrial complex. 10Blessed are those who have prostituted for moneys' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of Fort Knox. 11"Blessed we who revile and persecute working people, and say all kinds of evil against them falsely for My sake. 12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in tax shelters, for so they made huge profits who were before you.
Even though bubba has lost some weight he has not lost his bite. What Bill Clinton used to do with jelly donuts he's now doing with Republicans... he's eating them for breakfast and as a snack.
Obama has unleashed and unmuzzled the big dog who is poised and ready to take a big bite out of those lying Republicans.
Make it personal. What Clinton did was, as Gloria
Borger of CNN said, was “shrink the room.” In doing so he put himself on
intimate terms with his audience. And in doing so there are some
lessons that anyone who must persuade anyone of anything can learn.
Respect your audience. Good speakers never speak
down to their audiences. By contrast, they elevate them. Clinton was
once the most powerful man in the world but to hear him speak he’s just a
country boy from Arkansas who is going to share his ideas on how to
make things better. It does not get any simpler.
Know your facts. Clinton was always a master of
“wonkery,” the intricacies of policies and procedures. But his
presentation is never clinical; it’s always practical and personal.
Speaking of proposed cuts to Medicaid Clinton made note of the fact that
two-thirds of such spending goes to elder care and children, including
special needs children from middle class homes. Think on that, Clinton
advised his audience.
Criticize without getting nasty. Clinton took pains
to talk about bipartisanship by recounting what he had achieved as
governor and as president by working with Republicans in the White House
as well as in Congress. Today, as Clinton critiqued, the Republicans
have sold out to members of their party who believe that compromise is a
sign of weakness and are vilified if they work with Democrats. In other
words, the other guys are tearing themselves apart.
Offer a choice. Clinton drew sharp distinction
between what Democrats and Republicans are offering. Republicans as
Clinton stated are for bold individualism where each of us are on our
own. Democrats are more inclusive believing that success is shared.
Agree or disagree, the choice is up to the listener.
Keep it simple and light. Political speeches can be
deadly dull but Clinton made his speech charming. None more so when it
said the secret of balancing the budget in his second administration was
simple: “Arithmetic!” That simple word crystallized his approach to
making the arcane digestible and intelligible.
The Big Dog Ain't Just Barkin Smak!
The Clinton Presidency: A Historic Era of Progress and Prosperity
Longest economic expansion in American history
The President’s strategy of fiscal discipline, open foreign markets and
investments in the American people helped create the conditions for a
record 115 months of economic expansion. Our economy has grown at an
average of 4 percent per year since 1993.
More than 22 million new jobs
More than 22 million jobs were created in less than eight years -- the
most ever under a single administration, and more than were created in
the previous twelve years.
Highest homeownership in American history
A strong economy and fiscal discipline kept interest rates low, making
it possible for more families to buy homes. The homeownership rate
increased from 64.2 percent in 1992 to 67. 7 percent, the highest rate
ever.
Lowest unemployment in 30 years
Unemployment dropped from more than 7 percent in 1993 to just 4.0
percent in November 2000. Unemployment for African Americans and
Hispanics fell to the lowest rates on record, and the rate for women is
the lowest in more than 40 years.
Raised education standards, increased school choice, and doubled education and training investment
Since 1992, reading and math scores have increased for 4th, 8th, and
12th graders, math SAT scores are at a 30-year high, the number of
charter schools has grown from 1 to more than 2,000, forty-nine states
have put in place standards in core subjects and federal investment in
education and training has doubled.
Largest expansion of college opportunity since the GI Bill
President Clinton and Vice President Gore have nearly doubled financial
aid for students by increasing Pell Grants to the largest award ever,
expanding Federal Work-Study to allow 1 million students to work their
way through college, and by creating new tax credits and scholarships
such as Lifetime Learning tax credits and the HOPE scholarship. At the
same time, taxpayers have saved $18 billion due to the decline in
student loan defaults, increased collections and savings from the direct
student loan program.
Connected 95 percent of schools to the Internet
President Clinton and Vice President Gore’s new commitment to education
technology, including the E-Rate and a 3,000 percent increase in
educational technology funding, increased the percentage of schools
connected to the Internet from 35 percent in 1994 to 95 percent in 1999.
Lowest crime rate in 26 years
Because of President Clinton’s comprehensive anti-crime strategy of
tough penalties, more police, and smart prevention, as well as common
sense gun safety laws, the overall crime rate declined for 8 consecutive
years, the longest continuous drop on record, and is at the lowest
level since 1973.
100,000 more police for our streets
As part of the 1994 Crime Bill, President Clinton enacted a new
initiative to fund 100,000 community police officers. To date more than
11,000 law enforcement agencies have received COPS funding.
Enacted most sweeping gun safety legislation in a generation
Since the President signed the Brady bill in 1993, more than 600,000
felons, fugitives, and other prohibited persons have been stopped from
buying guns. Gun crime has declined 40 percent since 1992.
Family and Medical Leave Act for 20 million Americans
To help parents succeed at work and at home, President Clinton signed
the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993. Over 20 million Americans have
taken unpaid leave to care for a newborn child or sick family member.
Smallest welfare rolls in 32 years
The President pledged to end welfare as we know it and signed
landmark bipartisan welfare reform legislation in 1996. Since then,
caseloads have been cut in half, to the lowest level since 1968, and
millions of parents have joined the workforce. People on welfare today
are five times more likely to be working than in 1992.
Higher incomes at all levels
After falling by nearly $2,000 between 1988 and 1992, the median
family’s income rose by $6,338, after adjusting for inflation, since
1993. African American family income increased even more, rising by
nearly $7,000 since 1993. After years of stagnant income growth among
average and lower income families, all income brackets experienced
double-digit growth since 1993. The bottom 20 percent saw the largest
income growth at 16.3 percent.
Lowest poverty rate in 20 years
Since Congress passed President Clinton’s Economic Plan in 1993, the
poverty rate declined from 15.1 percent to 11.8 percent last year — the
largest six-year drop in poverty in nearly 30 years. There are now 7
million fewer people in poverty than in 1993. The child poverty rate
declined more than 25 percent, the poverty rates for single mothers,
African Americans and the elderly have dropped to their lowest levels on
record, and Hispanic poverty dropped to its lowest level since 1979.
Lowest teen birth rate in 60 years
In his 1995 State of the Union Address, President Clinton challenged
Americans to join together in a national campaign against teen
pregnancy. The birth rate for teens aged 15-19 declined every year of
the Clinton Presidency, from 60.7 per 1,000 teens in 1992 to a record
low of 49.6 in 1999.
Lowest infant mortality rate in American history
The Clinton Administration expanded efforts to provide mothers and
newborn children with health care. Today, a record high 82 percent of
all mothers receive prenatal care. The infant mortality rate has dropped
from 8.5 deaths per 1,000 in 1992 to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 in 1998, the
lowest rate ever recorded.
Deactivated more than 1,700 nuclear warheads from the former Soviet Union
Efforts of the Clinton-Gore Administration led to the dismantling of
more than 1,700 nuclear warheads, 300 launchers and 425 land and
submarine based missiles from the former Soviet Union.
Protected millions of acres of American land
President Clinton has protected more land in the lower 48 states than
any other president. He has protected 5 new national parks, designated
11 new national monuments and expanded two others and proposed
protections for 60 million acres of roadless areas in America’s national
forests.
Paid off $360 billion of the national debt
Between 1998-2000, the national debt was reduced by $363 billion — the
largest three-year debt pay-down in American history. We are now on
track to pay off the entire debt by 2009.
Converted the largest budget deficit in American history to the largest surplus
Thanks in large part to the 1993 Deficit Reduction Act, the 1997
Balanced Budget Act, and President Clinton’s call to save the surplus
for debt reduction, Social Security, and Medicare solvency, America has
put its fiscal house in order. The deficit was $290 billion in 1993 and
expected to grow to $455 billion by this year. Instead, we have a
projected surplus of $237 billion.
Lowest government spending in three decades
Under President Clinton federal government spending as a share of the
economy has decreased from 22.2 percent in 1992 to a projected 18.5
percent in 2000, the lowest since 1966.
Lowest federal income tax burden in 35 years
President Clinton enacted targeted tax cuts such as the Earned Income
Tax Credit expansion, $500 child tax credit, and the HOPE Scholarship
and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits. Federal income taxes as a percentage
of income for the typical American family have dropped to their lowest
level in 35 years.
More families own stock than ever before
The number of families owning stock in the United States increased by 40 percent since 1992.
Most diverse cabinet in American history
The President has appointed more African Americans, women and
Hispanics to the Cabinet than any other President in history. He
appointed the first female Attorney General, the first female Secretary
of State and the first Asian American cabinet secretary ever.
ROMNEY on the failure of Obama’s economic policy: “And the proof of that
is 23 million people out of work. The proof of that is 1 out of 6
people in poverty. The proof of that is we’ve gone from 32 million on
food stamps to 47 million on food stamps. The proof of that is that 50
percent of college graduates this year can’t find work.”
ROMNEY: “Right now, the CBO says up to 20 million people will lose their insurance as Obamacare goes into effect next year.”
