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Old 08-31-2012, 08:48 AM
 
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Must be a slow morning news day.....

Lets see, what will be the next few threads:

Romeny kills a woman or Romney's dog (again) or Romney does not care....blah blah blah....
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Old 08-31-2012, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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Lefties still sticking to the class warfare schtick. This should be good.
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Old 08-31-2012, 09:54 AM
 
Location: Pluto's Home Town
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Lefties still sticking to the class warfare schtick. This should be good.
Well, it is fair game. Bain was all about rich people trusting Romney to make them richer. There were some successes though. Staples,etc.

It is a healthy discussion about whether Romney's experience is in fleecing people or in creating opportunities for people. Seems to me to be a bit of both.

Now, no one is going to doubt he knows how to make money, and that he may be a smart guy, but whether he is an altruist who really wants to lead this country is something he'll have to prove. Obama's whole career shows that, so it is a fair comparison.
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Old 08-31-2012, 10:03 AM
 
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Well, it is fair game. Bain was all about rich people trusting Romney to make them richer. There were some successes though. Staples,etc.

It is a healthy discussion about whether Romney's experience is in fleecing people or in creating opportunities for people. Seems to me to be a bit of both.

Now, no one is going to doubt he knows how to make money, and that he may be a smart guy, but whether he is an altruist who really wants to lead this country is something he'll have to prove. Obama's whole career shows that, so it is a fair comparison.
obama will not even listen to his economic advisers.

How many people have run against obama in all his elections?
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Old 08-31-2012, 10:31 AM
 
Location: Riverside
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Well, it is fair game. Bain was all about rich people trusting Romney to make them richer. There were some successes though. Staples,etc.

It is a healthy discussion about whether Romney's experience is in fleecing people or in creating opportunities for people. Seems to me to be a bit of both.

Now, no one is going to doubt he knows how to make money, and that he may be a smart guy, but whether he is an altruist who really wants to lead this country is something he'll have to prove. Obama's whole career shows that, so it is a fair comparison.
Read Taibbi's article. The success stories like Staples were from the venture capital division of Bain. The equity capital/LBO division, which Romney headed, was nothing but legalized piracy.
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Old 08-31-2012, 10:48 AM
 
Location: San Francisco
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Read Taibbi's article. The success stories like Staples were from the venture capital division of Bain. The equity capital/LBO division, which Romney headed, was nothing but legalized piracy.
Class piracy, one might say -- raiding the middle class to enrich a select few at the very top.
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Old 08-31-2012, 11:31 AM
 
Location: CHicago, United States
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One of Romney's often repeated complaints about President Obama is that (as Romney shouts), Obama's intention is to redistribute wealth in the USA. With many dishonest people, people who have things in their own lives to cover-up and about which they worry others will learn of ... the best defense is a good offense. Distract people from learning more of the truth. We know what Romney's about, what his life is built upon ... what funded all of the "good things" he said he's done in his life. Yea, raided companies. Greed. Dishonesty.
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Old 08-31-2012, 01:25 PM
 
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Well, it is fair game. Bain was all about rich people trusting Romney to make them richer. There were some successes though. Staples,etc.

It is a healthy discussion about whether Romney's experience is in fleecing people or in creating opportunities for people. Seems to me to be a bit of both.

Now, no one is going to doubt he knows how to make money, and that he may be a smart guy, but whether he is an altruist who really wants to lead this country is something he'll have to prove. Obama's whole career shows that, so it is a fair comparison.
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Old 08-31-2012, 03:33 PM
 
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Ummm. What do you think Goldman Sachs has been doing?

That is the next step in Global Inc. Further privatization of what little is left. This has been occurring and I am sure plans are to continue the trend. Romney is perfect for this. But BO has done a fine job, as well.
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Old 08-31-2012, 03:45 PM
 
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The largest programs ever devised to transfer money from the lower and middle classes were the Quantative Easing programs. For some reason I never see anyone complaining about them which leads to me to believe that arguments about this sort of thing doesn't actually have anything to do with economic complaints.
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